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Week #6: The Ghost Road

Week #6: The Ghost Road. Professor Poyner -Del Vento. Kindly turn off. All cell phones The wireless component of any laptop computers. Overview of lecture. Introduction to author , novel, and trilogy Historical background Proposal—brief reminders.

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Week #6: The Ghost Road

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  1. Week #6:The Ghost Road Professor Poyner-Del Vento

  2. Kindly turn off • All cell phones • The wireless component of any laptop computers

  3. Overview of lecture • Introduction to author , novel, and trilogy • Historical background • Proposal—brief reminders

  4. Introduction to author, novel, and trilogy

  5. Introduction to Pat Barker Image from The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2007/nov/20/theotherpatbarkertrilogy

  6. Introduction to The Ghost Road Image from New Writing North: http://www.shop.newwritingnorth.com/pat-barker-the-ghost-road-d198532.html

  7. Regeneration trilogy Images from: http://thebookaffair.wordpress.com/2010/04/18/review-pat-barker-regeneration/ http://piningforthewest.co.uk/2010/03/26/the-eye-in-the-door-by-pat-barker/ http://www.shop.newwritingnorth.com/pat-barker-the-ghost-road-d198532.html

  8. Billy Prior in Regeneration and The Eye in the Door • Served in World War I • Suffered from “shellshock” and went mute • Cured at Craiglockhart War Hospital in Scotland • Worked in for the War Office in England for a while • Now wants to return to fighting • Bisexual • Engaged to be married to a woman • Promiscuous with men and women • Upwardly mobile and class-conscious • Working class background • Rose to officer class in military

  9. William Rivers in Regeneration and The Eye in the Door • Military psychologist • Early pioneer in treating mental illness • Treated soldiers suffering from “shellshock” (i.e., Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) • Worked at Craiglockhart War Hospital in Scotland • Now working in a hospital in London • Treats several other characters • Billy Prior • Wilfred Owen • Siegfried Sassoon

  10. Other characters in Regeneration and The Eye in the Door • Sarah Lumb—Billy’s fiancée, works in a munitions factory • Wilfred Owen—an officer who serves with Billy, poet, also treated by William Prior

  11. Historical background

  12. World War One • 1914-1918 • Centered in Europe, but involved countries from around the world • Allies • Central Powers • More than 70 million soldiers and other military members were involved • More than 9 million people killed

  13. World War One Image from Carleton College: http://apps.carleton.edu/events/wwi/exhibition/photos/?image_id=446138

  14. W.H.R. Rivers Image from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rivers

  15. Wilfred Owen Image from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Owen

  16. Proposal—brief reminders

  17. Brainstorm first • Choose novel and topic combination • Browse through novel for relevant passages • Perform Close Reading on some relevant passages • Ask yourself questions about your ideas • How? • Why? • What are the implications?

  18. Most important part of proposal:Thesis statement • Specific, detailed • Reveals your perspective • Must be debatable (not everyone agrees with it) adapted from OWL Website: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/618/01/

  19. Format for Proposal • A paragraph • Possibly format as a formal proposal: “For my essay, I will . . .” • Possibly format as an introductory paragraph • Summarize main argument, including a thesis statement

  20. Format for Proposal • One paragraph that summarizes the main argument of the essay (approximately 6-8 sentences) • One Works Cited page, using MLA style • Optional: Acknowledgements page • Due dates are based on your tutorial dates • Mon, June 13 • Tue, June 14 • Also turn in via WebCT

  21. The Ghost Road Read until page 200 by next lecture Good luck on your proposal!

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