Middlebury College — ` Bread Loaf School of English 1996 Summer Programs TE zc ES , m E , a " لمتكا‎ : y ‎ ك 2 avDVPISررمAUاrمتSAوpENلeAnحاa يDرeDوRكyNرا LدSNVدDو‎eوo ج v i ‎stIAi N ر T E A ‎E EGSREO SR Administration JOHN M. McCAR DELL, JR., President of Middlebury College JOHN P. McWILLIAMSJ,R. , Vice President for Academic Affairs JAMES H. MADDOX, Director of the Bread Loaf School of English JOHN V. FLEMING, On-Site Director of Bread Loaf at Lincoln College, Oxford TILLY WARNOCK, On-Site Director of Bread Loaf in New Mexico Please address correspondence to: Ms. Elaine Hall Administrative Associate Bread Loaf School of English Middlebury College Middlebury VT 05753-6131 Telephone: (802)388-3711, ext. 5418 (through June 17) (802)388-7945 (June 18—August 10) Fax: (802)388-0927 (through June 17) Front cover photograph by Jonathan Blake Photographs by Erik Borg and Edward Brown Middlebury College complies with applicable provisions ofs tate and federal law which prohibit discrimination in employment, or in admission or access to its educa- tional or extracurricular programs, activities or facilities, on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, place of birth, Vietnam veteran status, or against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis ofd isability. EU. D 49 Ihis publication was printed on recycled paper. LG MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE Bread Loaf School of English 1996 Summer Programs The Aim Each summer the Bread Loaf School of English assembles a community of teachers and learners at each of its three campuses: the Bread Loaf Mountain campus in Vermont; Lincoln College, Oxford, in the United Kingdom; and the Native American Preparatory School in Rowe, New Mexico. Students at each of these campuses follow courses of study leading to the Master of Arts and Master of Letters degrees in English. The Bread Loaf emphasis has always been upon close contact between teacher and student in an intensive six-week course of study. The Bread Loaf School of English at Bread Loaf, Vermont june 25-August 11, 1996 Since 1920, the central location for these programs of study has been the campus located outside Middlebury, in sight of Bread Loaf Mountain in the Green Mountains of Vermont. Here, faculty members from many ofthe most distinguished colleges and universities in the United States and the United Kingdom offer courses in literature, literary theory, creative writing, the teaching of writing, and theater; students normally enroll in two three-credit courses each summer. All of these courses benefit —————— a Ae(E(£(£aS EGELLHLLLLUEEOCLLSLCGLLPLLLNLLALAAAGOEODE)»ULLLLL- AGZAZLOOKLUELNLqLELLA2LLILNLECZLO6LTTRREEOOCULCdULOLSOOO from the on-site presence of the professional Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble, which visits classrooms and, along with actors drawn from the student body, appears in theatrical productions during the summer. Each year approximately 250 students come from all regions of the United States and several foreign countries to study at the Bread Loaf campus. The Bread Loaf School of English in Vermont is one of ten summer programs of Middlebury College. Others are the Language Schools of Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish, as well as the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Middlebury College offers no graduate program in English during the regular academic year. l'he original mountain-and-forest area in which the School of English is located was willed to Middlebury College in 1915 by Joseph Battell, breeder of Morgan horses, proprietor of the local newspaper, and spirited lover of nature. Mr. Battell acquired large landholdings, tract by tract, starting in 1866, until several mountains were among his properties. In this striking setting Mr. Battell constructed the Bread Loaf Inn and other buildings to house his summer guests. Modern improvements and the addition of several buildings have enhanced the charm and conveniences of the original Inn and the surrounding "cottages," but the nineteenth-century structures in their Green Mountain site still make an unforgettable impression. During the last seventy-six years Bread Loaf has counted among its faculty members such distinguished teachers and scholars as George K. Anderson, Carlos Baker, Harold Bloom, Cleanth Brooks, Reuben Brower, Donald Davidson, Eliza- beth Drew, A. Bartlett Giamatti, Laurence B. Holland, Perry Miller, Martin Price, John Crowe Ransom, Donald Stauffer, and Wylie Sypher. But no one has been identified with Bread Loaf more indelibly than has Robert Frost, who first came to the School on the invitation of Dean Wilfred Davison in 1921. Friend and neighbor to Bread Loaf, Frost returned to the School every summer with but three exceptions for forty-two years. His influence is still felt, in part because Middlebury College owns and maintains the Robert Frost Farm as a National Historic Site near the Bread Loaf campus. The Bread Loaf School of English at Lincoln College, Oxford june 24—-August 4, 1996 The Bread Loaf School of English enrolls about eighty students at Lincoln College, Oxford, each summer. Bread Loaf has exclusive use of the accommodations of Lincoln College during the summer session, so that the School of English has its own identity. Located on the Turl in the center of the city of Oxford, Lincoln is one of the smallest and most beautiful of the Oxford colleges. Each student selects one seminar as a six-credit (two-unit) summer's program. There are usually from four to six students in each seminar, which meets in a manner determined by the tutor. For example, the tutor may meet all students together once a week and then in tutorial for an hour. Oxford tutors place heavy emphasis on independent study; students should expect to give oral reports and write weekly papers. Seminars and tutorials are often held at the college with which the tutor 1s affiliated. m The Bread Loaf School of English at the Native American Preparatory School in Rowe, New Mexico June 25-August 9, 1996 Bread Loaf will also offer courses in 1996 at its third site, the Native American Preparatory School, Rowe, New Mexico, near Santa Fe. Bread Loafin New Mexico enrolls approximately seventy students and offers a curriculum similar to those offered in Vermont and at Oxford, but with an appropriate emphasis upon Native American literature, American Hispanic literature, and writing of the Southwest. As in Vermont, students typically enroll in two three-credit courses. Admission Admission is on the basis of college transcripts, three letters of recommendation, and a writing sample. Because the program is designed to meet individual needs, there is no set of requisites for admission, although an excellent undergraduate record in English and strong recommendations are the surest admission criteria. Students are accepted for one summer only and must reapply for each subsequent summer ofstudy. Students whose work, in the judgment of the director and of the faculty, is marginal and who may have difficulty completing the degree may be denied readmission. As Bread Loafi s especially committed to increasing diversity in its commu- nity, minority applications are encouraged. Instructions for Application New applicants should fill out and return the application form and supporting materials along with a $40 application fee. Application forms are available from the Bread Loafoffice in Vermont at the address listed inside the front cover of this bulletin. All undergraduate and graduate transcripts should be forwarded to the Bread I oaf office. The applicant is responsible for asking three teachers with whom he or she has studied or colleagues to serve as references. The Master of Arts (M.A.) Degree Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited college and be in residence for at least one summer at the School of English in Vermont. To earn the M.A., students must successfully complete the equivalent of ten units (thirty credits). A grade of B- or better is required in order to receive course credit. The normal summer program of study consists of two courses (two units) at Vermont or New Mexico. or one course (two units) at Oxford. In Vermont and New Mexico, each course meets five hours a week. Exceptional students may, with permission, take a third course for credit at Vermont or New Mexico, or an additional three-credit tutorial at Oxford, after the first summer. The curriculum is divided into six groups: (I) writing and the teaching of writing; (II) English literature through the seventeenth century; (III) English literature since the seventeenth century; (IV) American literature; (V) world literature; (VI) theater arts. Ordinarily the M.A. program includes a minimum of two courses each from Groups II and III and one course each from Groups IV and V. A student may, in consultation with the director, waive one of the six required courses. es) س The Master of Letters (M.Litt.) Degree The M.Litt. prograt 1 builds in a co ncentrated, specialized way on the broader base of the M.A. in Engl sh, which is th e first prerequisite for this degree. Students may concentrate, for exa nple, on a period such as the Renaissance, a genre such ast ale, novel, or a field of study such as American literature. The M.Litt. can ye earned in thi ree to five 51 miners by following a program of ten ent Reading Pro jects. This program of studies is drawn up duri y courses Or Independ (f the student’s first or second sum ner in the deg 'ee program in consultation with the director and appropr ate member s of the faculty. Ofthese ten courses, up to three may be electives not directly related to the field of concentration. No thesis 1s required. Candidates may undertake as ma ry as four Inde vendent Reading Projects during the academic years intervening between Bread Loaf summers and must undertake at least one such project. In the final sui nn lera studen must pass a comprehensive written and oral examination, or the eqt ivalent, in his or her field of concentration. At least one summer must be spent in residence at the School of English in Vermont. Program in Continuing Graduate Education Schoo allows students not seeking a degree to enroll for a sammer in a non- l he degree status in continuing graduate education. Upon the student’s successful of a summer's study, Middlebury College will issue the student a completion n Continuing Graduate Education. (Sent ificate Undergrad luate Honors Program 'ptiona ly able undergraduates with strong backgrounds in literary study may be Exce admi tted to graduate study at Bread Loafand take up to six credits of course work after thec omple ion of three years toward their bachelor's degree. Their courses may be transferred o their home institutions or they may serve as the initial credits leading to the M.A. degree at the Bread Loaf School of English. The Program in Theater Virtually since its beginnings, the Bread Loaf School of English in Vermont has pu ama jor emphasis u yon the theater a rts. The Program in Theater provides formal anc info mal instructio iin acting, direct ing, play writing, stagecraft, and design. While the uctured as a pr fessional training school, it is oriented towarc program IS not str bringing students 1 ito. contact with theater professionals in all fields. A major aspec oft l eater study at he Bread Loafp 'ogram in Vermont is the presentation of aw ide varic 'ty of perform: ince projects. Beginningin 1980, B read Loafs tarted bringing professional actors to the Vermon cam 2115 to assist in t 16 mountinogf t esummer's major production. The participation of P fi essional actors has increased to the point of there now being a professiona com pa nyin Vermont eac summer , the Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble. The Ensemble IS 1n til nately involved in many of the classrooms not only classes in dramatic liter: itt re, but also classine otshe r forms of literstaudry yan d n the teachofi wrnitging . In p: istsummers,t h e Ense nble has been central to a major p 'oduction as well as other, smal ler productions. In 1996 we are planning a radical de rture from this pattern. Seve >ra prominent contemporary playwrights will visit Bread Loaf, and at intervals E throughout the summer both professional actors and actors drawn from the student body will stage scenes from those playwrights’ work in progress. The playwrights will hold seminar/discussions open to all members of the Bread Loaf community to discuss their art, to elicit reactions to their current work, and to talk about contemporary American drama. New plays written by Bread Loaf students are often produced in the theater on the Vermont campus, as are one-acts directed by advanced directing students. There are opportunities for acting students to explore and present longer scenes and for all interested students to act in informal presentations in the directing or playwriting workshops. NEH Institute: Acts of Collaboration In 1996. the Bread Loaf School of English will offer at its campus in Vermont a summer institute for twenty secondary school teachers of drama, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Entitled “Acts of Collaboration: The Way of the Playwright, the Way of the Actor,” the institute is designed for teachers who seek to deepen their knowledge both of dramatic literature and of two of the arts of the stage—playwriting and acting. Participants will receive a full tuition scholarship, room and board on campus, a book allowance, travel expenses, and a stipend of $250 per week. The courses will be very intensive; they may be audited or taken for graduate credit, but all students are expected to participate fully in class activities. The cast of a student-directed production of The Second Shepherd’s Play mn Financial Aid Be Cal se of he generosity of former and present Bread Loaf students and friends of the Scl 10¢ oft inglish, the School has steadily increased ts financial aid resources. No int e 'e sted a DP icant with strong credentials should fai to < ipply because of need. I 1 nanci al aid may be in the fo -m of grants (at all th ree Bread Loaf sites) and/or work-aid (in Vermont and New M exico). The aid is av y 1 rd ed on the basis of financial neec and sc 10 astic achieveme nt. To be considered for al ty ‘pes of aid offered through Mi ddlebury C ;ollege, a student mt st first file a Bread Loaf Financial Aid Form with the > Middle Ju ry Financial Aid Off ice. Requests for aid sl 10uld be made when the appl cation form is submitted to the School; all pertinen fc ms and information will be sent when they become availa je. Students are adv sed to return all completed rials as soon as possible a fter they are received. mate n addition, Bread Loaf offers he following scholarsh ips and awards. DeWitt Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fellowships for Rural Teachers. For the foi rth year, in 1996, Bread Lo af wil offer up to thirty full fel lowships for rural teachers fro n the following states: Alaska, Arizona, Mississippi, New Mexico, South Carolina, anc 1 Vermont. Only first-year Breac 1 Loaf students are eligib le for these awards. These fel ]o wships, supported by a ge 16001 s grant from the DeWitt Wallace-Reader’s Digest EL id, will cover the costs of tuition, room, board, travel . and books. The DeWitt W ows form the core of the Bread Loaf Rural Teacher illace-Reader’s Digest Fel Ne 'twork. Besides taking a ful load of courses at Bread Loa f, the fellows will also plan fo ow-up projects among th eir home state groups and a mong the community of fel ows as a whole, and they will receive grants to carry out telecommunications pr yjects over the ensuing acac emic year. Those receiving I YeWitt Wallace-R eader's ( D gest Fellowships in 1996 will be eligible to reapply for fellowships in their second ye: ır at Bread Loaf. The Educational Foundation of America Fellowships for Arizona and New Mexico Teachers of Native American Students. In 1996, Bread Loaf will offer fel owships to five Arizona and New Mexico teachers who teach in predominantly Native American schools, to attend Bread Loafi n New Mexico. These fellowships, ported by a generous grant from the Educational Foundation of America (EFA), sup 1 cover the costs of tuition and books, and provide a gra ıt of $1,000 for classroom W jects during the following academic year; EFA fellows 1 ay also apply for financial pre aid from Middlebury College ift heir demonstrated financ ial need exceeds the costs of tuition and books (see sect ion on financi al aid above). The EFA fellows will take a full load of courses at Bread Loaf in New Mexico and receive training in telecommunications, and will be invited to yecome membe rs of the Bread Loaf Rural Teacher Network. Recipients will be el zl je to reapp we N 1997 and 1998 for o fellowships for a second and third summer. Orion Society Institute. In 1996 Breac Loaf will host an institute, “Literature, Writing, and Nature,” sponsored by the Orion Society, publisher of Orion magazine. Participants will enroll in a pair of linked courses: a seminar on the literature of place and a workshop for nature writers. Hikes and other outings will complement written BENDUM ‎اممم work. The grant will also bring several prominent writers into classes for residencies and support lecture series at Bread L oafs Vermontand New Mexico campuses. Orion fellows will receive $2,000 toward the cost ofthe summer program at Bread Loaf, and a $500 stipend for use in their own land-based teaching in the following school year. Orion fellows may also apply for additional financialaid from Middlebury College (see section on financial aid above). To receive more information about any of these special fellowship opportunities (DeWitt Wallace-Reader’s Digest, EFA, NEH, and Orion), write to James Maddox, director, at the Bread Loaf School of English office. Other Information Independent Reading Projects With the approval ofthe director and an appropriate member of the faculty, qualified students may undertake an Independent Reading Project of reading and research during the academic year. Students must have taken a course at Bread Loaf in the area of their proposed Reading Project and have demonstrated their competence by securing a grade of A- or higher in that course. Arrangements must be completed session before the academic year in which the Reading Project during the summer istobeu idertaken. Each Reading Project culminates in a long essay, a draft of wh = zh veginning of the summer following the academic year of reading 1s presen ed at the and research. Students then work closely with a faculty member in revising and bringing this essay to completion over the course of the summer. A Reading Project succec ssfuol ly complJ eted is the equivalent ofa regular Bread Loaf course. Two c Readi^ ng Projects in different years are permitted toward the M.A. degree and four toward the uition fee of $1,390 is charged for each Reading Project. M.Litt. degree. A Independent Summer Reading Projects Under exceptional circumstances, when the format of the norma I dependent Reading Project is not appropriate (for example, in acting or direc ting projects), students may design an Independent Summer Reading Project, which counts as the equivalent of a regular Bread 1 oaf GO) urse. Studer is have the res vonsibility for establishing the subject n iatter of the Sui nmer Projec t and for submitt ing a coherent and well-conceived pros vectus for the su nmer’s wor no later than M ay 1. For M.A. and M. Litt. candidates, t 1e Summer Pro ect must be in an area in whi ch the student has previously taken a course at Bread Le if and recel ved a grade of A - or better; for M.Litt. candidates, the Project must be n the stude Ys area of concentration. In general, the stuc entis expected to work independently, meeting about an hourevery week with his or her advisor. ' he studenatnd the faculty member together determine whether the student will submit a series of short papers, or one or two essays, equivalent to at least a thirty-page paper. Oxford Tutorial Reading Projects Students attending Bread Loafa t Lincoln College, Oxford, may propose a course of study for a tutorial to be taken in addition to their regular Bread Loaf course. These MEMMM. aoa AE ll c tutorial projects receive three hours of cred t and should nvolve approximately the amount of reading : ind writing contained within a three- 1our Bread Loaf course in Vermont or New Mexico. Project proposals must be app roved by both the director and a member of the Bread Loafa tO xford aculty, who will supervise the student's study during the ei 151111125 summer. A Bread Loaf st ident nust be enrolled in one of the regular Bread I oaf at Oxfor d courses in order t > bee igible to take one of these extra tutorials A tuition fee of $1,3 90 will be chars ced for each tutorial. Lecture Program and Other Activities n at Bread Loafi ntroduces stude nts to scholars and writers whose [he lecture sro gral lectures broa den th e outlook and enrich the content of the regular academic program. Among the special lecturers at Bre ad Loaf have been distinguished poets, novelists, and critics st ch as ¢ ale Darber, Saul Bellow, John Berryman, R. P. Blackmur , Willa ather, Ric yard Ellmann, Northrop Frye, Ha nlin Garland, Shirley Jackson, Sinclair Lewis, Arch bald Macl eish, Hillis Miller, Howard Nemerov, Dorothy Parker, Carl Sandbt Allen Tate, Ri chard Wilbur, an d William Carlos Williams. Similar ooy» progral ns of lectur es are he ld at Oxford and 1 1 New Mexico. Experie iced t eacher-researchers also visit Bre ad Loaf to offer workshops on practice-oriented research n the classroom. Each week in Vermont, students have the opp« »rtunity to see classic or modern films. I ı Vermont and at Oxford, they are invited to join the Bread L oaf Madrigalists, who gi ve informal performances each summer. Stt dents at all three ca npuses give frequent re adings from their own writings. Course Registra tion Course choices should be made following the receipt of the official jxulletin (but not prior to March Early registration is advised, as t e size of all classes is limited. Students are u 'ged to complete as much reading as possible before arrival in order permit more ime during the session for col ateral assignments and for the preparation of pap GS In Vermont a nd New Mexico, students may, with the instructor's permission, audit another cot rse in literature in addition to tl e two courses taken for credit. Students regularly registered for a course may not ch: inge their status to that of auditor without permissio n of the director. A bookstore or the sale of textbooks, statione and supplies is maintained at Bread Loaf in Vermont. Required texts for each course are availa vle for students. It may occasionally be necessary to substitute other texts for those listed in the courses described in this bulletin. Although it is impossible to advise studen ts of these changes in advance, the bookstore will stock copies of the substituted tex ts. Students going to Oxford and to New Mexico are urged to purchase their own copies of the texts to be used. Library Facilitie S facilities of Starr Library at Middlebury College, which include the Abernethy [he Collection of Americana and the Robert Frost Room, are available to Bread Loaf students. The Davison Memorial Library at Bread Loaf contains definitive editions,