News and Nolices, new series, number 2, FalllWintcr 1990

Contents

Fronn the executive directors Currcct projccts and forthcoming cvcnts

FXelp wanted: the regional MLAs Elcctions From the Elcctronic College of Thcory Coming cvcnts IUP corlfcrcnce on theory in the classroom Fronn thc mailbox

Good tcxt with Dr. Truth From the Executive Directors

The Society for Critical Exchange, Inc. Founded 1975; incorporated 1976

Guilford House Case Western Reserve University Wclcome to thc hundred or so new mcmbcrs who havc Cleveland, OII 44106 joincd sincc thc summcr, whcn thc prcvious newslcttcr 216-368-3342 appeared. At last count wc have just short of 400 ~nenlbcrs, Fax: 216-368-2216 (call ahead before sending) considcrably more than thc SCE has ever had beforc. Such Internet: xxl240po.cwru.edu Bitnet: xxl24%po.cwru.eduOcunyvm growth is pleasing, but it also increases the difficulty of keeping us a11 reasonably in touch with one another and with thc Society's activities. Board of Directors

Jonathan Arac, English, I-low to meet such a challcngc? Why, throw a party, (term ending December 31, 1990) sf coursc. What morc of an excusc could wc want?

Dnvid Downing, English, Indiana University of Pennuylvnnia (term ending December 31, 1992) So we'll be holding a rcal party at thc MLA convcntion in Dcccmbcr, rcplacing thc usual latc-nftcrnoon, Bnrbnra Harlow, Engliah, University of at Austin hotcl-salon, you-buy-the-ovcrpriccd-drinks SCE Cash Bar. (term ending December 31, 1990) Dctails appcar on the invitation elscwhcre in tlae ncwslcttcr, Mary Layoun, Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin at Madison but you might note that thc party begins shortly aftcr an (term ending December 31, 1992) SCE pancl is sclrcdulcd for the first cvcning of tl~c convcntion and that it takcs placc away from thc main position vacant convcntion loop, at a hotcl ncarcr to the restaurant and (term ending December 31, 1992) shopping district. David Shumway, English, Carnegie Mellon University (term ending December 31, 1990) Recent and pending SCE activities arc dcscribcd in the following pagcs, but let us say here that, as always, we want Preaident to hear your suggestions for new projects. Several of your initintivcs arc now gathering rnomcntum, but thcrc is always Richard Ohmann, English, Wesleyan University room for new ideas and additional intcrcsts. (term ending December 31, 1991) Finally, in rcsponse to literally oncs of rcqucsts wc arc Executive Directors olcrascd to announce a new fcnturc of the ncwslcttcr: Gooc! k'cxt, an advice column for thc ontologically disnblcd. 7.0 Gary Lee Stonum, English, Case Western Reserve University ovcrcomc your evcry crisis in criticism, evcry gap in your Martha Woodmansee, English, Case Western Reserve University gossip, and every a bscncc of puissance in your jouissancc, just (unspecified term, by appointment of the Board of Directors) ask Doctor Truth.

Assistant to the Directors Gary Lcc Stonttm Martha Woodmnnscc Lisa Maruca, English, Case Western Reserve University

News and Notices, FalllWinter 1990 Bccnuse of this seminar fornlnt, participation will be firuitcd Current Projects and Forthcoming Events to a rnaximuin of 30 ycrsons. In tcrcstcd pcrsorlis should contact James J. Sosnoski (424 Mcrrimn n Rd. Akron, 011 44403; telephone 2 16-867-5187) Irllproving scholarly corlferences or David Downing (English I>cpartment, 110 Lconnrd Ilall, Indiana Univ., Indiana, PA 15705) by April I, 1991. An SCE working group is now bcing assc~nblcdto consicfcr how various sorts of acadcmic confcrcnccs might The I'edagogy of Cultural Sttttlies bcttcr be managed and how tlicy miglit more readily fostcr collaboration and cxcfiangc. Tlic ixitcntion is to publish a Several activities are being planned under tllc general kandbook on organizing and running scliolarly confcrcnccs. umbrclla of [lie pedagogy of cultural studies. In atfcfition to In tcrcstcd pcrsons arc urgcd to con tact David Danlrosch, a panel at rhc spring 1991 rnceting of tllc Intcrnntional Dcpartmcnt of English and Comparative Literature, Coluinbia CO~IIII~11 ica I ioli Associa tion and a yroposcd panel n t tllc 199 1 Univ., Ncw York, N.Y. 10027. h4oclcr-n L:l rigt~agc Association mccting, sessions arc bcitlg organized anti papers requcstcd for the 1991 meetings of tl~c Rocky h4ountain MLA and the Midwest MLA.

Tlreary and Tlleory-IVork 111 an Electxorric Age Sincc tf~crcqucst for vofuntccrs in tllc last ncwslcttcr artti otllcr plnccs, Annc 13alsnmo (Englisll, Illinois Scntc), ICclly Coylc (Cornt~tunications, Tulanc) and Gitn Rnjnn (English, The first session devoted to this topic was ficld at thc Ncw Orlcans) have stcppcd forward to lcad tflc cfforts or) 1998 MMLA and includcd prlpcrs by N. Kntl~crincI-iaylcs, this topic. 'The rcsponsc to tllcir work and tllc ovcrnll Lcroy Searlc, and Hclcn Schwartz. A corrcspondcncc group intcrcst in tl~ctopic 11nvc bccn considcrablc, so it scc~ilslilccly is now bcing gathered to plan furtf~crwork on the tf~corcticnl that thc topic will bccome an official, ongoing SCIl projcct. i~nplications of computers, vidco, and othcr tciccommunications mcdia and on thc impact of these media Call for DQDC~S: Midwcst Modcrn Lnnguagc on scholarly practiccs. Intcrestcd pcrsons should contact Gary Association mccting (Novcn~bcr 14-16, 1991, in Cllicago) Lec Stonum at the SCE office in Clcvcland, C~ilturalStuciics has bccon~ca rnccting ground for scl~oi:lrs f rorn d iversc disciplines to cxcllangc idcas abou t projccts of cultural analysis anci criticisn~. Tllis tra~is-disciplinnrity, ~~O~YCVC~,often obscures two inlportant considerations: I) tllc PACT: Problems of Affir~natiorlir~ Cultural Theory specificity of Cultural Studics as a multi-fncctcd tradition or critical-i~~tcllcctualwork, and 2) the transforniativc potential Announcing an SCE Svn~posium. On the wcckcntl of of Cultural Studies as a tcaching strategy in diffcrcnt October 4-6, 1991, at Case Wcstcrn Rcscrvc Univcrsjty in acndernic contcxts. Papcrs that addrcss these concerns arc Clcvcland, the SCE will sponsor a symposiurn on problcms of rcqucstcci for a panel on "Cult~iralStudies and Pcciagogy" at af rirrnatiotl in cultural thcory. Morc spccif ically, thc topic the 199 1 Mh41,A mccting. Prospective contributors nligllt will be thc theoretical and conceptual difficulties of consiticr the following quest ions wl~cnconstructing t hcir affirming cultural values. The symposium forms part of a submissions: larger undertaking, the PACT project, an initial stage of --Ilow docs thc multi-disciplinary heritage of Culti~ral which will be the SCE panels at tflc 1990 'ILA mcctings in Sttldics inform the dcvclopn~cntof the culturnl sti~tfics course or set of cottrscs? Chicago. Sclccted papcrs and procccdings from the various --!Vila t is tttc rcla tionsllip bctwecn the ovcrt poli ticill PACT meetings arc expcctcd to bc publisftcd in book form. projccts of Cultural Studics and the political clin13tc All symposium participants will citl~crprcparc a papcr News nr~dNotices, Fall / Winter 1990 3 or rcspond to one; tkc syn~posiun~itsclf will bc dcvotcd to tf~c discussion of papcrs circulated in advancc of t hc mccting. of the U.S. academy? --How is Cultural Studics itself informed by other critical/politicaI projccts? What allianccs influcncc its HELP WANTED: current dcvclopmct~t,what alliances arc possiblc in tflc futurc? The Regional MLAs --What can/shouId be thc rclntionship bctwccn Cuitural Studics and traditional disciplines, gcncral education rcquircments, and other Univcrsi ty programs? 1-low do wc nsscss the institutional contcxt for Cultural Studics, In the last few rnontl~s the SCE has initiated or and how do wc transform it? rcncwed ties with several regional MLAs. It is now up to all --How does Cultural Studies inform spccific classroom of us to make something of these nff ilintions, especially thc practices? What do Cultural Studics tcachcrs do ncwcst ones, with thc South Central MLA and tllc Rocky diffcrcntly than traditionally traincd tcachcrs? hlountain MLA. --How do Cultural Studics courscs/tcachcrs ncgotiatc such issues as canon formation, tcachcr authority, anti- intellectualism, political accountn bility, and the For 1991 the SCE will sponsor a special session at t11c privatized classroon~? SCMLA mccting in Fort Worth. Dcpcnding upon tllc attendance at the session and other indications of intcrcst, our slot on the program may become pcrmancnt, so wc urge TIlcsc arc suggcstcd questions; othcr idcns arc ccrtainly you all to support the effort. Patrick Murphy (Englisll, NE wclcomc. The deadline for submissions is April 1, 1991. ) is organizing the scssion, and at this point Scnd papcrs or inquiries to: Annc BaIsamo, Dcpartmcnt of proposals on any topic in thcory and criticism are wclcome. English, Illinois State University, Norntai, Illinois 61761; tclcphonc, 309/828-139 1 (hornc). Also for 1991 the SCE will sponsor a scssion at thc RMMLA, whcre we have been granted affiliate status. (A Call for oapcrs: Rocky Mountain Modcrtl Language call for papcrs appears in thc article on currcnt projccts.) \Vc Association, Octobcr 17-19, 1991, Tempc, Arizona do not yet have anyone located in the RMMLA arca to servc Papcrs arc requested on the "civilization track" that as an SCE liaison. In addition, at the 1991 RMMLA mccting has existed in many foreign language dcpnrtlncnts for over it will be necessary to cl~oosea program committee for tllc two dccades, in ttae hope of dctcrnlining how and whcthcr 1992 mccting. Volunteers are urged to contact Gary Stonurn ncw efforts in cultural studics diffcr from this track and or h4artha Woodmansce. how thc two might benefit onc anothcr in the futurc. Thc temporary organizer for this panel is Maric-Picrrc Le FIir; Our othcr two affiliations, with the Midwest and South Atlantic MLAs, have existed for some time, and thcy papcrs and abstracts should be sent by February 15 to hcr at continuc to thrive. The 1990 SAMLA meeting is taking place the Dcpartmcnt of Modern Languages and Literature, CWRU, as we arc going to press; for further information corrtact Clcvcland, QfI 44 106. Elizabeth Mcese (English, ). The MMLA for 1991 will host sessions on the pcdagogy of cultural studies; a call We would like to urge SCE mcmbcrs living in the for pnpcrs appcars in the article on current projects. Rocky Mountain region to attcnd tfte scssion. To survive in thc RMMLA, the SCE will nccd to bc fruitful and multiply; specifically, we will nccd to sllow cvidcnce of intcrcst in our sessions to bc able to mount further scssions and wc will nccd to clcct organizing conlnlittces for thc futurc sessions.

News and Noticea, Faillwinter 1990 Washington. Ph.D. (1 977), M.A., and A.B. from Chicago. Elections for the Board of Directors Publications include: nirrkirrg Tales: the Poetics of i170rdsworth's Ncirraii~~eExperinrertfs and articles on Wordsworth, narrative, their role as a nominating cornmittcc, thc Acting in Bah ktin and dialogics. SCE activities include, among others, SCE Bonrd of Dircctors has proposcci tllc following slatc of a prcvious tcrnl on the Board. candidates for the seats on the Board which bccome vacant at thc end of this ycnr. David Damrosch: Associate Professor of English and For thc uncxpircd balancc or a tcrm cnding Dcccnibcr Cornparativc Literature, Columbia Univ.. Ph.D. (1980) and 31, 1992: Don Bialostosky. B.A., from Yale. Publications inciudc The Nilrriltive Coilel~nttf: T~.n~ts,forn?niio~lsof Gerrre irl fhe G~-olvfhof Biblical Liferntttre For thc thrcc tcrms cnding Dcccmbcr 31, 1992: David and articlcs on religious texts of various cultures. SCE Dnmrosch, Elizabeth Mccse, and Paula Treichler. activi tics include initiating the project to develop a hand book on confcrcnces. At thc momcnt prcccdcrtt and by-laws specify n sonicwl~at urtusuat way of conducting SGE clcctions. A Elizabeth A. hleese: Professor of English, Univ. of Ala banla. norttinnting comnlittec (in this casc, nil thc currcnt Board Previously taught at Rutgers Univ. Ph.D. (1972) and M.A. mcrnbcrs) cilooscs a slatc from thc list of all tlrosc nominated. from Waync State, B.A. from Michigan. Publications i~lclutlc Selection for the slatc is tantamount to elcction unlcss morc (Ex)Tcrrsiorrs: Re-Figirrirrg Fen~irrisf Criticism, Crossircg tlrc than onc-third of thc mcntbcrship votcs against thc slatc. Dotrble Cross: lhe Practice o/ Fentinist Criticisnr, IITon?eri Poets: That is to say, each of you as mcrnbcrs may cast a ncgativc So!,rh (cd. with Dara Wier), Tlze Dijj'ererrce Il'ithin: Fenzitlist ballot by writing a note to that cffcct to Gary Stonum, by nrrd Criiicnl Tl~eory(intro. and ed. with Alice Parker), articlcs Dcccxnbcr 21, 1990. on womcn's literature and feminist thcory, and poctry. SCE activities include serving as liaison to the SCE affiliate of I. know. This is not a conspicuously clcn~ocraticway the South Atlantic MLA. of conducting clcctions. Howcver, no bad faith is involved, only thc prcdicarnents endemic to voluntary associations. The Pai11a A. Trcichler: Associntc Profcssor of I-Iun~anitics,Univ. clcction procedurc datcs from a tintc when thc Socicty was of Illinois, College of Medicine. P11.D. (1971) from Rochester, considerably smaller; more important, it was dcviscd mainly B.A, from Antioclt. Publications include: A Fer?zirrisl as a way of approving changcs in the by-laws in situations Dicfio~rai-JJ(with Cheris Kramarae), For Alnm Afafer: Tl,eo~-j) wl~ererelatively few members would be motivated to vote at ntrd Prncrice irr Fenrirrist Scholarqship(ed. with Chcris Kramnrac a l I. a nd Bc th S tnf ford), Lnrtgtrnge. Gerider, nrld Projessio~tnl IITr*ilirrg:Tlrenrefical Appr-onches nvtd Grridelirtes for Nortsexis! Usnge (with Francine Frank) and articles on feminist theory, If you have ideas about a bcttcr proccdurc, write to Gary Stonum or bring thcnt up at tllc busincss mccting in medical discourses, and the linguistic analysis of womcn's writing. Chicago. Meanwhile, we trust that thc awkw;lrdncss of t11c process may be forgiven because of the quality of thc slatc of candidates.

Here are brief acadcmic biographies of each, culled fro111 their vi tas.

Dolt Bialostosky: Prof cssor of English, Univ. of Tolcdo,. Previously taugflt at SUNY-Stony Brook anci the Univ. of News and Notices, Fall/Winter 1990 From the We expect the booklct to be available by February (no promises, however; you know how those things go), at whicll time we will mail copies to everyone in the Society who lins Electronic College asked for information about the Electronic College. (Drop us a line if you want to be addcd to the list.) of Theory Meanwhile, here is how to get to thc as yct unrcformcd system, if you arc a newcomer, and also how to get tllc on-line instructions explaining how to join the Collcgc and participate in its activities. If you are dialing in by The Electronic CoIlcge of telephone you need a modem, cornn~unicationssoftware to Thcory continues to wait for (the pun control thc rnodcn~,and a computcr. Set the software for 8 is hard to avoid) a critical mass of bits, no parity, and I stop bit. Set the baud rate for 1200 or participants. At the moment wc have 2400, whichcvcr is the higllcr (faster) your modem can available a sequence on dcbatcs at Tcxas over a ncw handle. Thcn use thc modcm to dial 216-368-3888. Unlcss conlposition course and scvcral rcports about summcr and fall you gct a busy signal (in which case, redial), after about 15 ncadctnic confcrcnces on thcory or theory-rclatcd topics. But scconds the system will answer and your software will report cxccpt for a few brave starts, thc Collcgc has not yet that you arc connected. Push the return key twice, then wait attractcd enough traffic to gcncratc its own continuing until the system responds. (If nothing happens after 30 discussions, which in turn would generate niorc traffic. seconds, try again pushing Rcturn twice).

The slow start may bc incvitablc. Fcaring, howcvcr, Altcrnativcly, if you have acccss to the Intcrnct, that too many obstacles stand in the way of thosc who might pcrllaps through a university mainfrarnc or local arca like to participate, wc plan to do two things. The first is to network, then access the system by using the tclnct utility to simplify thc number of options within the Collcgc. Beginning get to "freenct-in-a.cwru.edu" (no quotes). at some ~ointin January, choosing the Electronic Collcge of Thcory from the on-screen SCE rncnu will bring you a single Either way, by modem or tclnct, you are now at the submcnu with three choices: Archives (docunacnts such as SCE gatcway to FreeNet, where you will get a couple of scrcens bylaws, annual reports, and issues of Critical Esclinr~geand scrolling by, including an ASCII portrait of the Clcvclnnd News orrd Notices; News and Rcvicws (announccn~cnts,calls skyline and concluding with n rcqucst to identify yourscll. as for papers, conference programs, and journalistic reports on a rcgistcrcd user or a visitor. If you do not yet havc a confcrcnces) and The Roundtable (an opcn forum for FrccNct id, choose "visitor" and follow the instructions on tile discussing any matter of interest to SCE folk). scrccn. From the prompt shaped like an arrow type "go sce" (no quotes), thcn when a new menu appears select "Ask SCE". Second, we in Cleveland will prcparc and distribute a This gets you onto a question-and-answer bulletin board pri n ted Guide to the Electronic Collcgc, which will contain which includes full on-line instructions. Although you can stcp-by-stcp instructions on linking to the systcn~by tclcphonc as a visitor read anything on FreeNct, evcn use it to reach or nctwork, obtaining a userid and password, and using thc rcrnote library catalogs and data bases, and although you can systcm once you get access to it. Much of that third catcgory login as a visitor as many times as you wish, note that you of information is now available only in on-linc hcip filcs cannot post rncssagcs or send and rcccive mail until you have main taincd by Cleveland FrceNet, the computer scrvicc a userid. Full instructions on obtaining a userid are availablc within which the College is locatcd. Soon you will thus bc in the Ask SCE section, and if you evcr get really stuck call able to Icarn ahead of time what scrviccs arc availzblc, how or writc the SCE office. you can tailor your computcr to thc FreeNct systcm and vicc vcrsa, how to use electronic mail, and how most convcnicntly to scad or post mcssagcs with thc particular tcrrninal or PC News and Notices, Fall/Winter 1990 you use. Coming Events

SCE at the ILILA, 1990

Party: see the invitation opposite.

Business meetinn; 8:30 am, Friday, Dcccnibcr 28 in the Atlanta room, Hilton. Dcspitc the in~plication in the PhILA program issue, a11 mcmbcrs of the Socicty arc wclcomc. Officcrs and board members, including both outgoing and incoming directors, should plan to attend.

Program; SCE will sponsor two scssions on "Problcms of Affirmation it1 Cultural Theory" at the 1990 MLA Patrick D. Murphy (Indiana Univ. of Pcnnsylvania): Ager~ey Convention in Chicago. 011 Thurs., Dcc. 27, from 7:00 to "Affirmation and in Ecofeminist Dialogics" 8:15 pm, David Downing will chair a pancl including: Evan Watkins (Washington): "When I Win the Lottcry" Betty R. McCraw (Kansas): response David B. Downing (Indiana Univ. of Pcnnsylvania) "Problems of Affirmation, Part I" Laura Donaldson (California State Univ., Frcsno): "Critical SCE Spring Conference Theory and the New Mestiza: a Dcconstructuralisn~for the 90s" Planning continues for the conference on "1ntc1lcctua1 Paul H. Smith (Carnegie Mcllon): "Asserting thc Agent: Propcrty and the Construction of Authorship," to be held Pedagogy and Culturc" April 19-21 at Case Western Rcscrve Univ. The organizcrs, John Brenkman (Northwcstcrn): "Contingent Valucs and Martha Woodmanscc and Pcter Jaszi, have received ovcr 200 Political Commi trncnts: rcsyonscs to thcir call for papcrs. Scl~olarsin law, literature, Philip Goldstcin (Delaware): response and tlic social scicnccs have addrcsscd an impressive array of topics ranging from thc prehistory of authorship in thc On Sun., Dec. 30, from 12:OO to 1:15, Jarrlcs Sosnoski will Rcnaissancc to its apogce in Romantic and Modernist chair a pancl including: xnystifications of particular modes of writing (including numerous marginalized alternatives to these) and its James J. Sosnoski ((Miami of ), Problcms of disintegration and unccrtain futurc in the light of currcnt Affirmation, Part 2" modcs of mass communication and electronic transfcr of Robcr t Mikli tsch (Tufts): "Resisting Negation: tllc Work of information. Affirmation" News and Notices, Fall/Winter 1990 11 "The Role of Theory in Theorizing Academic Roles." William The IUP Conference on Weiss (Pattcn), "Institutionalization of Acculturation and Enlpower~ncntin the Literature Classroom." Jcnnifcr Jackson (Pcnn State), "Re-Valuing Giroux's Pcdagogy rrom a Fcminist Theory in the Undergraduate Classroom I'crspcctivc." James Sosnoski (Miami, Ohio), "Students as Theorists." Stephen Spcncer (Cincinnati), "Roland Barthes and Student Dcsircs: Toward the Liberatory Classroom." In September Indiana University of and Barbara Wcnncr (Cincinnati), "Modeling in the Classroom." the SCE sponsored a conference on "The Rolc of Thcory in the Undergraduate Classroom: Curriculum, Pedagogy, Brcnda 0. Daly (Iowa State), "Teaching Alice Walker's Politics." The conference, directed by David Downing, was Meridinit: Civil Rights According to Mothers." Foster T. Joncs attended by well over 300 persons. Some papers from that (IUP), "Tl~eNcw Pan-African Canon and Cultural Critique." confcrcnce will appear in special issues of i!rorks nitd Dnj~s Roscinary IIaskcll (Elon), "From Third World to First: and Stridies i~rihe Humnrriiies. In addition, a key aspect of hlin i ltlizing Anglocentrism in Course on African, Indian and the conference is expected to be representcd in a book now Wcst Indian Litcraturc." Jcannc Collcran (John Carroll), under preparation for the Univ. of Illinois Press, tentatively "Fcntinism and Its Chalfengcs in African Womcn's Writing." cn ti tled Cllal~ging Classroom Practices: llesources for Grcg IIcwctt and Alicc Moorhcad (I-lamline), "Thc Class Literary and Cultural Studies. Without Class: The Articulation of Social Idcology in Litcra turc and Writing Courscs." Don Kraemcr (Templc), On the program for this conference were the following "Idcological Rcpcrtoircs and Classroom Social Relations." activities and prcsentations: Janct Zandy (Rochester Institute of Techtlology), "I-lurnan Labor and Litcraturc: A Pcdagogy from a Working-Class Plenary Sessions: "Alternative Pedagogics: Ilow Do Pcrspcctivc." Michael M. Clarke (Loyola), "Designing, Rcccnt Theories Change Classroom Practices?" James Bcrlin DeCcnding, and Tcaching an Introductory Course," Jody L. (Purdue), Don Bialostosky (Toledo), David Blcich (Rochester), Price (Stonchill), "Feminism and the Rcconstitution of Farnily Paula Treichler (Illinois). "What Constitutes a Radical in Introductory Courscs." Gail Tayko and John Tassoni Pcdagogy? And How Radical Arc Thcy?" Gcrald Grarf (IUP), "Writing Into/Out of Slavery." Richard C. Turncr (Northwestern), Beverly Guy-Shcftall (Spclman), Gregory (Indiana), "From the Grecian Urn to Lot 49: Cclcbrating Ulmcr (Florida). "The Politics of Cultural Litcracy for the Discontinuity in Freshman Literature Classes." Donnalce 90s. What Are the Social Rcsponsibilitics of Huntanitics Frcga (UNC, Wilmington), untitled. Tcachcrs?" Cary Nelson (Illinois), Richard Ohmann (Wesleyan), Susan Stewart (Temple), Cathcrinc Stimpson Dianc C. Hcrbst (Minncsota), "Rethinking thc Canon: (Ru tgcrs). Problcn~s of Litcrary Valuc." Thomas McLaughlin (Appnlacl~ianStatc), "Thcory as Equipment for (post-Modern) Regular Sessions: Eileen Barrett (California Statc), Living." Shcree L. Meycr (Ursinus), "'The strife of tonguc "Teaching a Fcminist Tradition: Pairing 19th and 20th and the confusion of body': Confusion as a Pedagogical Century Won~cnWriters." Ellen E. Bcrry and Vivian Pntraka Practice." Michael Bernard-Donals (SUNY Stony Brook), (Bowling Green), "Local Struggles and Partial Explanations: "Answering and Authoring in thc Classroom: Somc Bakhtinian Producing Feminist Theory in the Classroom." Laura L. Donn Suggestions for tflc Tcaching of Litcraturc." Brian Carahcx (SUNY Geneseo), "Difference 101: The Pedagogical Othcr in (Indinna), "Thcory as Pcdagogy: Somc New Anthologies of the Fcminist Classroom." Rosmnric kI. Found (Idaho Statc), Literary Criticism and Theory." Mary Alice Deiia "Feminism at the Undergraduate Level: A Cnsc for Theory." (Maryland), "Thc Trial of Theory in the Classroom." Isaiah Clairc Buck (The Polytechnic of North London), "Aftcr the Smithson (Southern Illinois), "Platonic and Sophistic Pcdagogy: Honeymoon: The Institutionalizn tion of Critical Thcory." Thc Beginnings of the Foundationalist-Antifoundationalist Jose de Vinck (Hobart and William Smith), "Constellations: Dcbatc." Anita Pfath flcllc (Iowa State), "Gertrude Stein: Ilistory, Culture, Pedagogy." David S. Randall (Pcnn State), News and Notices, Faillwinter 1990 13 Notes Towards a Feminist Post-Pedagogy." Gail C. Keating Classroom: Empowering Students with Theory." James E. (Penn State), "Voices Crying Out To Be Heard." Ann L. Ford (Ncbraska), "Intcrprctive Emancipation: Explicit Postlethweight (South Florida), "The Subversion of Studcnt Assumptions and thc Rolc of Thcory in thc Undcrgrnduatc Voice Through Patriarchal Induction." Lois I. Green Litcraturc Classroom." John C. Herold (Elon), "Gcndcr and (Clarion), "How Do We Know What We Know: Feminist Uncertainty in Tess." Jamcs Phelan (Ohio State), "Teaching Implications for Writing About Literature." Philip Goldstcin as a T31uralist." Maria GrrndoIpho (Lchigh), "American (Delaware), "Criticism, History and Politics: The Reception of Education and the American Dream: Is Social Change Possiblc Jane Austen's Fiction." Floyd L. Goodwyn (Arkansas), in thc Classroom?" Richard Jensctll (Lchigh), "Disputed "Rewriting the Classroom: A Canon of Valuc." Robin Joncs Discourscs: Rcthinking Discussion and the Pcdngogics of (), "'In the Beginning': Myth and Narrative in Empowcrmcn t." Joe Lucia (Lchigh), "The Persistcncc of Othcr Amcrican Literature." Jeanne Moskal (UNC), "Teaching Voiccs: Scductions of the Subject in Teaching Recent Poetry." R. M. Robcrtson (Rhode Island College), "The Bacllelor Romanticism and the Other." Peter G. Broad (IUP), "Anglos A and Chicano Literature: Dcconstructing Languagc to Machine of Thcory: Where Is It Taking Us?" Dale M. Baucr Construct Readers." (Wisconsin), Susan C. Jarratt and Marian Sciachitano (Miami, Ohio), "Feminist Sophistics." Jcan Fcrguson Carr (Pittsburgl~), Yvonne Jehenson (SUNY Oswego), "Third World "And tltcn the class discusses ...." Stephen Carr (Pittsburgh), Literature of Contemporary Womcn Authors." Ra jcswari "Who spca ks thcory?" Joseph IIarris (Pittsburgh), "Is thcrc a Mohan (Ilaverford), "Dodging the Crossfire: Problems in classroom in this theory?" Brian Macaskill, Jofln McBratncy Postcolonial Pedagogy." Tracy Reed and M.A.R. Habib and Gcorge Kanieski (John Carroll), "Threatening Otherness: Exccntric Praxis and Thcory in the Undcrgraduntc (Bloomsberg), "The Role of Theory and The Sntnrric Verses." Anne Balsamo (Illinois State), "Cultural Studies and the Classroon~." Undergraduate Literature Curriculum." Kathryn Flanncry (Indiana), "Calling One's Canonical Bluff: Teaching the Jody Norton (Albion), "Cadillac Jack's Dog and Pony Survey Course." Alan Kenncdy (Carncgic Mcllon), Show: Introducing Language Theory to the Undergraduate "Committing the Curriculum and Other Misdcmcnnors." Student of Literature." Jim Laditka (SUNY Albany), "How Barbara DiBernard and Sheila Rcitcr (Ncbraska), "Womcn's to Dccidc? Intentionality and Ethical Judgement in thc Ways of Saying: Using A Fenzirzisf Dictiorrnry in thc Litcraturc Fostmodcrn Problematic." Rex Olson (Alfred), "Litcraturc(,) Classroom." Criti(~uc(,) Theory: Effects of Deconstruction in the Classroom." John Scliultz and Randall Albers (Columbia Robert Miklitsch (Ohio), "Political Litcracy: E.D. College Chicago), "Voice as Empowerment, Theory and If irsch, The Black Pnrzlker(s), and the 'Pacdogogical Ef fcct'." Practice: A Story Workshop Video Presentation." Ali Aghbar Alicc Templeton (Murray Sta tc), "Cultural Studics: Some (IUP), "Fixcd Expressions as an Integral Componcnt of a Theoretical Considerations." Ron Strickland (Illinois Sta tc), Coherent Thcory of Language." Mary Cermak (District of "Confrontational Pedagogy." Terry Brown (Wisconsin), "A Columbia), "Is Literary Study Being Forccd out of thc Pedagogy of Seduction?" Cynthia Herman (George Mason), Composition Class?" Robcrt Wcllcr (Wnshington) and Jnnct "Reading Beyond Resisting: Emancipatory Strategies that Ellerby (UNC), "Setting Free the Bear: The Effect of on Undergraduates Can Learn to Use to Avoid Marginalization." Electronic Bullctin Board on a Class." David Sanjck - Calvin Thomas (Syracuse), "Men-Teaching-Gcn(Dc)r- (Fordham), "Rock and Roll and the 'Rcal' World: the Plrrcc of Construction: A Pedagogy Unbecoming Masculinity." Jocl Cultural Studies in Music Business Education." Georgc Petty Foreman (George Mason) and David R. Shumway (Carncgic and Fawzia Afzal-Khan (Montclair State), "J.M. Coctzec's Foe Mellon), "Reading Visual Texts." Henry Gonshak ( as a Thcorctical Modcl for Questioning Texts in the Tech), "The Wiles of the Troll King: Thc Problem with Classroom." Jon Rosenthal (Franklin and Marshall), Rcader-Centered Theory." Richard Law (Kutztown), "Power "Pcrforn~nnccStudics and Litcrary Theory in the Classroom." and the New Historicism Inside the Classroom." Marian Price (Central Florida), "Rcadcr Response vs. Traditional Classes." Richard C. Sha (Texas), "The New Historicism Insidc the News and Notices, FalIlWinter 1990 filc rcady to bc printed out with TEX (a standard typesetting program). We have discussed various possibilities for making the work accessible at something lcss than thc cost of publishing it conventionally. So far none of the ideas-- From the posting thc whole 100 pages to the Electronic Collcgc, storing it in an archive acccssiblc by filc transfcr protocols--sccrns Mailbox quite rig11 t. Meanwhile, interested persons might contact Martin directly, c/o the Univ. of Toledo English Department.

Strategies: A jotlrnnl , oj fkeory, CIIIIII~Entrd politics, invites subscriptions, Good Text submissioms, and inquiries from SCE mcmbcrs. Thc currcnt issue, #3, has as its . . . .with Doctor T~rh thcmc "In thc City." Forthcoming issues includc "Critical Elistorics" and "Marx aftcr Elvis: The Politics of Popular Culture." Writc to thc Dcar Dr. Truth: editorial collective at 4289 Bunchc Ilall, UCLA, Los Angclcs, CA 90024. T am writing to ask your help on a matter that has come up in connection with my doctoral dissertation on reccnt critical trcnds in the Midwest. An NEH summer seminar for college tenchcrs, directed The aim of the by Gary Saul Morson, will be hcld this summer at dissertation is to chronicle the Northwestern University, June 17 to August 10, 1991. diverse approaches to literature Entitled "The Counter-Tradition of Russian li tcra ture," thc that havc emerged since John seminar will first explore Bakhtin's theories and then examine major works by Dostocvsky, Tolstoy, and Chckhov Crowc Ransom's School of in the light of Bakhtin's thcorics and of "prosaics." No Lettcrs migrated from knowledge of Russian is required. Participants rcccivc a Gan~bicr,Ohio to Indiana, Iowa, stipcnd of $3,500 each. For furthcr information, writc: Gary and elsewhere. Saul Morson, Director, NEH Summer Seminars, Dcpartrnent of Methodologically I proceed on Slavic Languages, Kresge Hall, Northwcstcrn University, the assumption, which I derive Evanston, 1L 60208-2206. from the work of the French theorist Hippolytc Taine, that critical practices vary in direct proportion to a critic's "milieu." By applying this principlc systematically 1 hope to producc a micro-history of contcmporary Midwcstcrn criticism which does justice to the wealth of minutc Wallace Martin has bccn in corrcsponclcncc with us for diffcrcnccs in the practice of critics dispersed throughout thc scveral months regarding a bibliography of the history of Midwest and in this way complcte the project which Frank criticism that he has prepared, At the momcrlt the bibliography is in electronic form, more spccifically, in a News and Notices, Fall f Winter 1990 17 Ecntriccl~iabcgan in A ffer [lie New Cri[icis)?l. Accordingly, 1 an1 cicvoting a cl~aptcrto evcry Micfwcstcrn state. And the latest rebuke is the worst: I can't even gct a papcr acccpted for a crunlmy SCE conference. I offercd to It is in the contcxt of my rcscarch on thc criticism of explain my life's work at the meeting on "Intcllcctual Ohio that I am writing to you today. My hopc is that you Propcrty and the Amortization or Authorship," but those can provide information on the emerging "Ohio sc11ool" of snobs won't even listen. criticism, thc members of which arc described by my sourccs as preparing to issue a manifesto in the special anniversary rlfy rcscarch isn't tileoretically sophisticated, they say, issuc of Crificnl Exclznrlge. I wondcr if you can tell rnc morc but such cavilling just means the work is a lot more practical about this cxciting development or give mc thc narncs of thc than thcir useless and airy verbiage. In my papcr entitled thinkers spearheading it so that I can cxplorc it further "Scholarly rnfluencc as Intellectunl Property: Buying and Sclling Without Anxiety," I provide a detailed guide to the myself. vnluc of getting mentioned by other critics. To give you ail I will bc cxtrcn~clygratcful and nssurc you that I will exornplc of what my rcscarch has turned up, hcre is the acknowledge whatever hctp you arc able to givc mc. currcnt, seasonably adjusted rate for purchasing refercnccs to onc's work from critics in the "Class A," "Class B" and "Class Edward Swallow C" ca tcgories. (The classification system is fully explained in Cand. pllil. thc several Cull-color charts that accompany my papcr)

Dcar Mr. Swallow,

You're barking up thc wrong buckcyc, bubclch. First of all, John Crowe Ransom and Kcnyon Collcgc arc ancient "SCC also" footnote Ilistory. You want to start thirty ycars lntcr, about the timc $3 $2 $1 Jacqucs Derrida iicccptcd an invitation to Oxfortl, Ohio, on tllc ~nistakcnassumption that it was Oxford, England, anci Dcrogatory footnote 8 5 1 illat hc would havc a chancc to ogle thc filthy English postcards on display in the Bodlcarl. Footnote citing one's "important" so 7 -2 cssay or book Sccond, the only Ohio Scl~oolof Criticism I know is a proprietary institution with franchises in 17 major citics Mcntion of one's work in a 150 50 20 across the United Statcs and Canada. Like thc organization scntcncc or paragraph on which it is modcllcd, the Connecticut School of Broadcasting, the Ohio Scllool trains pcoplc for cxciting Full page devotcd to one's work 400 350 288 carcers in telctheory, radiocrit icism, and nlicrownvc hcrn~cncutics. Full page attack 800 500 5

Mcntion of one's full name in a 1000 750 250 book or cssay title Dcar Doctor Truth: Mention by last name only in a 5000 1000 500 Plcasc help mc gct sonlc rcspcct. No onc pays attention book or essay title to my work any morc, cvcr sincc 1 acidrcsscd Darbnra iicrnnstcin Smith as "Uabs" during a qucstion and answcr session at the English Institute.

News and Notices, Faillwinter 1990 The full paper includes, of course, a comprchensivc analysis of these figures, projections of future market trends, Back Issues and a cost/benefit analysis of upgrading from Class C to Back issues of the SCE journal, Critical Exchnrtge, nlny Class A. bc ordcrcd for $8 an issue. If supplies of thc original printing becon~eexhausted, it may bc necessary to substitute John Ray, Jr., Ph.D. photocopies. Dear Junior: 1 Thc Language of 10 The Return of tfle Ask yourself this. Did you cite Woodmansee in your Criticism I Text paper? Did you include her in the list of Class A critics? IS Cataract B 1 Michel Foucault And, for God's sake, you didn't call her Dabs, did you! 2 Thc Languagc of 12,13 Literary Criticism I1 You want my advice? So you think your research is Change/Critical Cftangc practical? So use it, already! Get yourself some cash and a 3 The Function of (double issue) Filofax listing ten, maybe fifteen, Class A critics. Pay their Controversy I I4 Frcdric Jamcson price, but make thev all refer to vou during the same six or 4 Thc Function of 15 Stanley Fish: 12 months[ And when all of a sudden your name is in cvery Con trovcrsy 11 Anti-ProfessionnIisrn journal, then, poof, you are the Rookie of tile Ycar, and all 5 Uses and Misuses of of a sudden they're calling you and begging you to conlc to 16 Oral Poetry their meetings. Criticism I 17 Deconstruction in 5s Uses and Misuses of America On the other hand, with your head for business maybe Criticism I1 18 Men in Feminism you should quit this racket and go into buying up S&Ls. G Bcyond Irlterprctation I 19 Institutional Issucs in 7 Bcyond Interpretation the Iiumanities I I 20 The VOCAT Project 8 Dcconstructive 21,22 Third World Cri t icisin Theorizing I and I1 8s Bibliography of (double issue) Dr. Truth says: Do colleagues laugh at your inability to Dcconstruction rewire an ideological state apparatus? Would you bc the last 23 Gerald Graff to know whether Stanley Fish gets named IIarvard's new 9 Dcconstruction, 25 Feminist Political president? Do you need instruction in practicing snfc Narrative Stratcgics semiosis? For answers to all your questions and mot-c, write: Dr. Truth, c/o Society for Critical Exchange, Guilford Ilouse, Casc Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, 013 44106. (No fax, Makc orders payable to the Socicty for Critical please, we're British.) Exchange, and send them to SCE, Guilford House, Casc Western Rescrve Univ., Cleveland, OH 44106.

News and Notices, Fall/Winter 1990 SCE Dues to Increase?

At the annual business mecting in Dcccmber thc board of directors will be askcd to approve an incrcasc in SCE dues for 1991. If approved, regular memberships will be $20 pcr year, international and joint $25, and student or retired $10.

(As near as we can tell, this would bc the first increase since the Society was founded, 15 years and 300°/o inflation a go.) To ease the transition, however, the incrcasc would not take effect until March I. So until then rcnewals or ncw memberships will be accepted at the old rates of $10, $15, and $5. Membership, incidentally, is for the calcndar year. All new membership applications received after Noven~ber30, 1990 will be applied to 1991.