Survey for Approaches to Teaching Sand's Indiana
Edited by David A. Powell and Pratima Prasad
This survey is designed to gather information about instructors' methods and materials for teaching Sand's Indiana, for the purpose of developing a new volume on the work in the MLA series Approaches to Teaching World Literature. Respondents are invited to answer the questions related to their teaching below. They are also encouraged to submit a proposal for a contribution to the volume, either by responding to question 14 or by mailing a proposal directly to the editors (see addresses listed in the next paragraph). Proposals and survey responses are due 15 February 2010, after which the survey will no longer be available online. All respondents will be acknowledged in the published volume.
Please answer the questions on the form below and click Submit when you are finished. Your responses will go directly to the volume's editors. The editors welcome supplemental materials such as course descriptions, syllabi, assignments, and bibliographies. You may upload them (see the end of the form); send them by surface mail to David A. Powell, 107 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549; or e-mail them to david.powell@hofstra.edu and pratima.prasad@umb.edu. You may also forward queries or comments to the editor at those addresses. Thank you for helping in the development of this important project.
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1. List and briefly describe the courses in which you teach Sand's Indiana. Please indicate for each course the discipline, course title, lecture or seminar format, elective or required, regularly offered or special topics, and how often you teach it.
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2. Do you teach the novel in French or in English or both? Which editions of the novels do you use and why? If you teach portions of the novel rather than the entire work, which portions do you teach?
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3. What secondary sources do you consult in preparing to teach Indiana (biographies, critical essays, historical or cultural background)?
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4. What secondary texts, if any, do you assign as required or recommended reading for students?
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5. What Internet, electronic, or audiovisual resources, if any, do you find useful in preparing for teaching and in the classroom?
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6. If you use a particular critical or theoretical approach in your teaching of Indiana, briefly describe it and how you use it in the classroom.
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7. What specific themes or issues do you emphasize in teaching Indiana?
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8. How do you deal with issues of race, class, and gender in the novel?
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9. Briefly describe any other texts you commonly teach in conjunction with Indiana and why. What parallels do you draw?
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10. What aspects of Indiana do you and your students find most engaging? most challenging?
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11. What written and other assignments (papers, individual and group presentations, in-class exercises, exams, and so on) do you require? Which do you find most successful and why?
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12. What aspects of history and politics, if any, feature in your teaching of Indiana?
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13. What specific issues would you like to see addressed in a volume on teaching Indiana?
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14. If you would like to propose an essay for this volume, please submit a one- to two-page abstract in which you describe your approach or topic and explain its potential benefit for students and instructors alike. You may use the Browse button(s) below to upload your abstract as well as to forward any supplemental materials, such as syllabi. Alternatively, you may send your abstract directly to the editors by surface mail or e-mail. Please also submit a brief curriculum vitae.
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To send supplemental materials with this form, click the button below and select a file or files from your hard drive.
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