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Middlebury a Bréad Loaf School of English Summer 2009 Dates and Fees New Mexico Campus June 9 Arrival and registration day June 10 Classes begin July 21 Classes end July 22 Commencement ‘Tuition: $4,185 Room & Board: $2,570 Facility Fees: $ 170 Total: $6,925 North Carolina Campus ADMINISTRATION BREAD LOAF STAFF June 16 Arrival and registration day June 17 Classes begin RONALD D. LIEBOWITZ, Karen Browne July 28 Classes end President of Middlebury College Lexa deCourval July 29 Commencement Susan Holcomb Judy Jessup JAMES H. MADDOX, Director of the Bread Loaf School of English Elaine Lathrop Tuition: $4,185 Sandy LeGault Room & Board: *$2,515 EMILY BARTELS, Associate Director of Facility Fees: $ 300 the Bread Loaf School of English PLEASE ADDRESS Total: $7,000 CORRESPONDENCE TO: CHERYL GLENN, On-Site Director of *The room and board charge for a Bread Loaf in New Mexico single room will be $2,900 Bread Loaf School of English TILLY WARNOCK, On-Site Director 121A South Main Street of Bread Loaf in North Carolina Middlebury College Oxford Campus Middlebury VT 05753 JOHN FYLER, On-Site Director of June 29 Arrival day Telephone: 802.443.5418 Bread Loaf at Lincoln College, Oxford June 30 Registration day Fax: 802.443.2060 (through June 12) Summer fax: 802.443.2770 July 1 Classes begin Front cover photos by Edward Brown, Jennifer (June 15—August 10) August 7 Classes end Corey, Andrew Griswald, courtesy of UNCA E-mail: [email protected] August 8 Commencement Other photographs by Edward Brown, Charles Web page: http://www.middlebury.edu/ Byrne, Robert Casados, Elizabeth Catanese, Jennifer Corey, Sarah Gahan, Chris Gilbert, academics/blse/ Comprehensive Fee: $8,760 Alexandra Halsey, Bob Handelman, Heath Hansum, Glenn Kantz, Sarah Kauffman, Alison Lemoine, Chelsey Meek, Molly This publication was Vermont Campus Newman, Emily Norton, Emily Piacenza, printed on recycled paper. June 23 Arrival and Marissa Ptak, Noelle Short registration day June 24 Classes begin July 17 Midterm recess August 5 Classes end The Bread Loaf School of English, as a graduate school of Middlebury College, is accredited by the August 8 Commencement | New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Middlebury College complies with applicable provisions ofs tate and federal law that prohibit discrimination in employment or in admission or Tuition: $4,185 access to its educational or extracurricular programs, activities, or facilities, on the basis of race, Board & Room: $2,250 color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, place ofb irth, Vietnam veteran status, or against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability. Total: $6,435 Because ofv arying circumstances and legal requirements, such provisions may not apply to programs offered by the College outside the United States. This is consistent with the College’s intent to comply with the requirements ofa pplicable law. Individuals with questions about the policies governing such programs should direct inquiries to James Maddox. Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English 2009 Summer Programs ach summer the Bread Loaf School of English assembles a community of teachers and learners at each of its four campuses: St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico; the University of North Carolina at Asheville; Lincoln College, Oxford, in the United Kingdom; and the Bread Loaf Mountain campus in Vermont. Students may take courses in continuing graduate education, or they may enroll in full degree programs, 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. Bread Loafs faculty come from many of the most distinguished colleges and universities in the United States and the United Kingdom and offer courses in literature, literary theory, creative writing, the teaching of writing, and theater arts. Students normally enroll in two one-unit (three semester hours) courses each summer. Since it was established in 1920, the Bread Loaf School of English has been a cornerstone of Middlebury College's reputation for excellence in the teaching ofl iterature. The Bread Loaf School is one of 12 summer programs of Middlebury College. Others are the Language Schools of Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish, and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Middlebury College offers no graduate program in English during the regular academic year. ole J YLI one cere ni SU at anoman: The Campuses Students may attend any of Bread Loafs four campuses, and they may attend different campuses in different summers. The single residency reguirement is that students pursuing a degree must spend at least one summer at the Vermont Campus. See the front inside cover for a complete schedule of dates. Bloomng cactus on the Atalaya Trail, ajacent to St. John's College. The Bread Loaf School of English The Bread Loaf School of English at St. John’s College, Santa Fe, at the University of North Carolina New Mexico in Asheville JUNE 9-JULY 22, 2009 JUNE 16-JULY 29, 2009 Bread Loaf offers courses at St. John's Bread Loaf offers courses at the University College, at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo of North Carolina in Asheville, at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Bread Loaf Mountains in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Bread Loafi n New Mexico enrolls in North Carolina enrolls approximately approximately 70 students and offers a 85 students and offers a curriculum similar curriculum similar to those offered at the to those offered at the other campuses, other campuses, but with an appropriate but with an appropriate emphasis upon emphasis upon American Indian literature, literature of the South and African American American Hispanic literature, and writing literature. of the Southwest. Students will be lodged in single and Students are lodged in double rooms at double rooms on the UNCA campus, St. John's College. The Bread Loaf office which is located within Asheville, one mile can give advice to students with families north of downtown. Students living on seeking housing in Santa Fe. Students living campus will take their meals together in the on campus take their meals together at UNCA Dining Hall. St. John's. Asheville is a small city; it is both intensely In the larger area around Santa Fe, regional and strikingly cosmopolitan— there are many locales to visit, including regional in being a center for local Albuguergue, Acoma, Taos, and some of Appalachian arts and country and bluegrass the most significant archeological sites in music, cosmopolitan for so small a southern the United States. Some classes may make city in its varied ethnic restaurants and excursions to selected sites. Students might ubiguitous sidewalk cafes. Mountain sports seriously consider renting a car, since many and activities around Asheville include of the sites are easily reachable from, but hiking, mountain climbing, and whitewater not in close proximity to, Santa Fe. rafting. A student reads Toni Morrison at the Botanical Gardens at UNCA. The Bread Loaf School of English The Bread Loaf School of English at Lincoln College, Oxford at Bread Loaf, Vermont JUNE 29-AUGUST 8, 2009 JUNE 23-AUGUST 8, 2009 This summer the Bread Loaf School of The central location for the Bread Loaf English will enroll about 70 students at School of English is the campus located Lincoln College’s Grove Quad as seen from Lincoln College. Bread Loaf has exclusive outside Middlebury, in sight of Bread Loaf a student room. use of the accommodations of Lincoln Mountain in the Green Mountains of College during the summer session, so that Vermont. Fach year, approximately 260 the School of English has its own identity. students come from all regions of the United Students select one seminar as a two-unit States and from other countries to take (six semester hours) summer program. There courses in literature, creative writing, the are usually six students in each seminar, teaching of writing, and theater arts. All of which meets in a manner determined by these courses benefit from the on-site the tutor. For example, the tutor may meet presence of the Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble, all students together twice a week and then which visits classrooms and, along with in tutorial for an hour. Oxford tutors place actors drawn from the student body, appears heavy emphasis on independent study; in theatrical productions during the summer. students should expect to give oral reports and write weekly papers. Seminars and Dormitory housing at Bread Loaf in tutorials are often held at the Oxford college Vermont is available for students without with which the tutor is affiliated. families accompanying them; most student rooms are doubles. Cabins, houses, and At Oxford, students have single accom- camps in the mountain communities sur- rounding Bread Loaf and at Lake Dunmore modations, occasionally consisting of a living room and a bedroom. They take their are available for students with families. meals together in the College Hall. Rooms Although the Bread Loaf office provides are cleaned by scouts. A limited number of housing lists, securing off-campus housing is the responsibility of the student. Meals for Student-led poetry slam in Lincoln College's suites are available at Lincoln for students with spouses, and there are a limited on-campus students are served in the Bread Deep Hall. number of semi-private accommodations Loaf Inn; off-campus students may pay for outside of Lincoln for students with families individual meals in the Inn. The School (students with spouses can live on campus contracts the services of a local day care or in these other accommodations). center to provide a child-care program for children ofs tudents, faculty, and staff. Located on the Turl in the center of the For those who enjoy outdoor life, Bread city of Oxford, Lincoln is one of the smallest and most beautiful of the Oxford Loaf/Vermont is ideally located at the edge colleges. The School promotes theater trips of the Green Mountain National Forest. A junction with the Long Trail, which winds to Stratford-upon-Avon and London. In along the summit of the Green Mountains recent years, Oxford classes have, either and extends from southern Vermont to the officially or unofficially, taken excursions to locales associated with the courses. Canadian border, is a short hike from the School. A picnic at the nearby Robert Frost Farm and a tour of the Frost Cabin are popular Bread Loaf traditions, as are movies and dances in the Bread Loaf Barn. The extensive campus and nearby lakes and rivers offer many opportunities for recreation. A softball and soccer playing field and tennis and volleyball courts are available. Running and hiking trails are everywhere. Reading in Vermont. Academics The Master of Arts (M.A.) Degree Credits Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree The normal summer program of study j from an accredited college. To earn the consists of two courses (two units) in M.A., students must successfully complete New Mexico, North Carolina, and the eguivalent of 10 courses; the M.A. is Vermont, and one course (two units) at i usually earned in four or five summers. Oxford. At all campuses except Oxford, No thesis is reguired. A grade of B- or each course meets five hours a week. Each better is reguired in order to receive course one-unit course at Bread Loaf receives the credit. Students must complete work leading eguivalent of three semester hours (or four Professor Paul Muldoon confers with a student to the M.A. within 10 years of their initial and one-half guarter hours) of graduate on the porch of the Inn in Vermont. enrollment. credit. After the first summer exceptional students may reguest permission to take The curriculum is divided into six groups: a third course for credit in New Mexico, (I) writing and the teaching of writing; (Il) North Carolina, or Vermont or an English literature through the seventeenth independent tutorial (for one unit of credit) Master of Arts (M.A.) century; (III) English literature since the at Oxford. seventeenth century; (IV) American litera- Master of Letters (M Litt.) ture; (V) world literature; (VI) theater arts. Continuing Graduate Education Ordinarily the M.A. program includes a The School allows students not seeking a minimum of two courses each from Groups degree to enroll for a summer in a nondegree Courses in Continuing II and HI and one course each from Groups status in continuing graduate education. Graduate Education IV and V. Upon the student's reguest, any Upon the student's successful completion of one of these six distribution reguirements a summer's study, Middlebury College will may be waived. issue the student a Certificate in Continuing Graduate Education. The Master of Letters (M.Litt.) Degree The Master of Letters program is designed Undergraduate Honors Program for highly qualified candidates who already Exceptionally able undergraduates with hold an M.A. in English. The program strong backgrounds in literary study may be builds in a concentrated way on the broader admitted to graduate study at Bread Loaf base of the M.A. Students choose a field of after the completion of three years toward specialization in which most or all of their their bachelor’s degree and may take up to course work is to be done. That field may two units of course work. Their courses be a period such as the Renaissance, may be transferred to their home institutions, a genre such as the novel, or an area such or they may serve as the initial credits as American poetry. leading to the M.A. degree at the Bread Loaf School of English. The M Litt. can be earned in four or five summers by following a program of 10 Transfer Credits courses or Independent Reading Projects. Up to two units (six semester hours or nine Students draw up a program of studies by guarter hours) of graduate credit may be the end of the first summer in the degree transferred from other accredited institutions, Studying in the Davison Library in program in consultation with the associate to count toward the Bread Loaf M.A. or Vermont. director. Of the 10 courses, up to three may MLi tt. degree. Each course must be approved i be electives not directly related to the field for transfer by the associate director, preferably of concentration. No thesis is reguired, but before the work is done. Transfer course in the final summer a student must pass a credits cannot be counted for degree credit E comprehensive written and oral examina- elsewhere and must be of a grade ofB or tion, or the eguivalent, in his or her field better. Graduate credits, whether they are of concentration. Students must complete earned at Bread Loaf or transferred from work leading to the M Litt. within 10 years another institution, cannot count toward a of their initial acceptance. degree after 10 years have elapsed. Credits earned at the Bread Loaf School of to completion over the course of the sum- English are generally transferable to other mer. A reading project successfully complet- graduate institutions. ed is the eguivalent of a regular Bread Loaf course. A tuition fee of $2,093 is charged for The Program in Theater each reading project. Virtually since its beginning, the Bread Loaf School of English in Vermont has put a Independent Summer Reading Projects major emphasis upon the theater arts. The Under exceptional circumstances, when the Program in Theater provides formal and format of the normal Independent Reading informal instruction in acting, directing, Project is not appropriate (for example, in playwriting, stagecraft, and design. While acting or directing projects), students may the program is not structured as a profes- design an Independent Summer Reading sional training school, it is oriented toward Project, which counts as the eguivalent of a Carol MacVey and her acting workshop bringing students into contact with theater regular Bread Loaf course. Students have the students take a break in the Burgess professionals in all fields. A major aspect responsibility for establishing the subject mat- Meredith Little Theater in Vermont. of theater study at the Bread Loaf program ter of the summer project and for submitting in Vermont is the presentation of a wide a well-conceived prospectus for the summer's variety of performance projects. work; students should submit the prospectus In recent years, major no later than February 16. The summer proj- productions at Bread Loaf in Bread Loaf each year brings professional ect must be in an area in which the student actors to the Vermont campus to assist in has previously taken a course at Bread Loaf Vermont have included: mounting the summer's major production, and received a grade of A- or higher. produced in Bread Loaf's Burgess Meredith Romeo and Juliet Little Theater; these actors constitute the Oxford Independent Tutorials Big Love Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble. The Ensemble Exceptional students attending Bread Loaf Pirandello's Henry IV is intimately involved in many of the at Lincoln College, Oxford, may propose a Twelfth Night classrooms—not only classes in dramatic course of study for a tutorial to be taken in literature, but also classes in other forms of addition to their regular Bread Loaf course. literary study and in the teaching of writing. These tutorial projects receive one unit of credit and should involve approximately the The 2009 production will New plays written by Bread Loaf students are amount of reading and writing contained be The Changeling, by the occasionally produced in the theater on the within a one-unit Bread Loaf course at one Jacobean playwrights Thomas Vermont campus, as are one-acts directed by of the other three campuses. Project propos- advanced directing students. Opportunities als must be approved by both the director Middleton and William also exist for acting students to explore and and a member of the Bread Loaf/Oxford Rowley. Vermont students present longer scenes and for all interested faculty, who will supervise the student's will have the opportunity to students to act in informal presentations in work during the ensuing summer. Students study The Changeling in the directing or playwriting workshops. should register for the tutorial when they two Bread Loaf courses this register for their other courses, and submit Independent Reading Projects a prospectus no later than February 16. summer. With the approval of the associate director and A Bread Loaf student must be enrolled an appropriate member of the faculty, guali- in one of the regular Bread Loaf/Oxford fied students may undertake an Independent courses in order to be eligible to take one of Reading Project, which consists of reading, these extra tutorials. A tuition fee of $2,093 research, and writing during the academic will be charged for each tutorial. year. Students must have taken a course at Bread Loaf in the area of their proposed Course Registration reading project and have demonstrated their Course registration begins on February 16. competence by securing a grade of A- or All enrolled students will receive detailed higher in that course. Arrangements must be registration instructions. At all campuses completed during the summer session before except Oxford, students may, with the the academic year in which the reading instructor's permission, audit another course project is to be undertaken. Each reading in literature, in addition to the two courses project culminates in a long essay, a draft of taken for credit. Students regularly registered which is submitted in early April following for a course may not change their status to the academic year of reading and research. that of auditor without permission of the Brian McEleney's Malvolio pours tea Students then work closely with a faculty director. for Olivia, played by Angela Brazil, member in revising and bringing this essay as Fabian, played by student actor Ken Hincker, stands by in the 2008 Bread Loaf production of Twelfth Night. Admission & Aid Admission Re-enrollment New students are admitted on a rolling basis Returning students should complete a f beginning on January 15; as long as space is re-enrollment form at the end of the available, new applications will be accepted summer session or early in the fall. They until May 15. will be notified of re-enrollment in | December. Students whose work receives a M.A. Program, Continuing Graduate grade below B will be placed on academic Education, and Undergraduate probation. Students who receive a second Honors grade below B may be denied re-enroll- Admission is based on college transcripts, ment. letters of recommendation, a statement of purpose, and a writing sample. Returning students who have not attended Bread Loaf in the past 10 years or more M. Litt. Program will be asked to submit new application Admission is limited to students holding materials. an M.A. in English with especially strong academic records. Candidates (including Financial Aid Bread Loaf M.A.s) will be evaluated Because of the generosity over the years of primarily on the basis of their master's Bread Loaf graduates, faculty, and friends, degree course work and a sample of their the School has steadily increased its graduate-level writing. Applicants holding financial aid resources. No interested a Bread Loaf M.A. are encouraged to applicant with strong credentials should apply by December 1. fail to apply because of need. As Bread Loaf is especially Financial aid in the form of grants and loans committed to increasing diversity is available at all campuses; aid is awarded in its community, minority on the basis of financial need and scholastic applications are encouraged. achievement. To be considered for all types of aid offered through Middlebury College, Instructions for Application a student must first file a Bread Loaf New applicants should fill out and return Financial Aid Form with the Middlebury the application form and supporting Office of Student Financial Services. (For materials, along with a $55 application fee. more information, downloadable forms, Students may apply online, or they may and the link to the new online financial aid receive application materials either from the application, visit the Bread Loaf Web site Bread Loaf office in Vermont at the address at: www.middlebury.edu/academics/blse/ “I cannot express how listed inside the front cover of this bulletin, finaid/.) Reguests for aid should be made valuable this [Bread Loaf] or via the online inguiry form on the Bread when the application form is submitted to | class will be for my Loaf Web site. the School. Since financial aid is dispensed teaching. Everyone who on a first-come, first-served basis, students | entered our classroom had First-time applicants who were accepted for are advised to return all completed materials a previous summer but did not attend Bread as soon as possible. On-campus student jobs | something to share, and Loaf may reactivate their applications by are available in Vermont and New Mexico. | | learned from them all.” submitting a new application form; they will be considered for admission with other new Bread Loaf staff work throughout the applicants. They will not be reguired to pay year to raise funds for special fellowships. —Beth Paugh, Trenton (NJ) the application fee again, or to resubmit Information about any fellowships will be 4 Public Schools, writing about supporting application materials if they posted on the Bread Loaf Web site if and Dixie Goswami’s course reapply within two years (the Bread Loaf when they become available. "Writing and the Teaching office will keep all such applications on file of New Media.” for two years only). 6 Other Information Fees additional amounts paid as follows: Fees for summer 2009 are listed in the front + before the end of first week of classes: inside cover of this catalog. The tuition 60 percent of tuition and 60 percent of fee includes a fee for an accident insurance board; policy with limited coverage. An additional e before the end of second week of classes: $2,093 is charged when students take a third 20 percent of tuition plus 20 percent of course for credit. board; Bread Loaf students have tea in the garden e no refunds after the end of the second behind St. Mary’s Church in Oxford. Each accepted applicant who wishes to week of classes. register is reguired to pay a non-refundable $400 enrollment deposit, which is applied Transportation to the student's total bill. An applicant is Students are expected to make their own officially enrolled in the Bread Loaf program travel arrangements. They will receive only upon receipt of this deposit. Money information early in the spring about traveling should not be sent until payment is reguest- to the campus at which they are enrolled. ed. Rooms are assigned only to students enrolled officially. In order to be fair to Transcripts students waitlisted for on-campus housing, Official transcripts from the Bread Loaf students who intend to live off-campus must School of English will be issued by notify the Bread Loaf office no later than Middlebury College for a fee of $5 for each May 1. Students who move off-campus after transcript ordered. Requests for transcripts this date will incur a penalty fee of $300. must be made by the individual student in writing (not by e-mail or fax) to the Final bills are mailed about May 1 and are Registrar’s Office, Forest Hall, Middlebury payable upon receipt. A late fee will be College, Middlebury, VT 05753. Students charged for bills not paid by June 1, except can download a form from the Bread Loaf for those students admitted after bills have Web site. No transcript will be issued to been sent. Checks should be made payable students who are financially indebted to to Middlebury College. Students living out- the College until satisfactory arrangements Bread Loaf students and side the U.S. must have the checks made have been made with the Middlebury alumni can go to the out in U.S. dollars. Controller’s Office. “Information for Students” page of our Web site to find Refunds Letters of Reference downloadable forms and Students who withdraw for medical reasons Requests for letters of reference should be more detailed information or serious emergencies forfeit the enrollment made to the associate director of the School, deposit but may receive refunds for any through the Bread Loaf office, not to former about: Bread Loaf faculty. e ordering official transcripts e viewing transcripts e accessing grade reports e requesting letters of recommendation e transferring credits e re-enrollment course registration Faculty member Patricia Powell preparefso r class in Vermont. Facilities & Activities Library Facilities facilities are also available at the other three The facilities of the Middlebury College campuses. Bread Loaf encourages students to Library in Vermont, which include the bring their own computers for their personal Abernethy Collection of Americana and use. There are wireless capabilities on the the Robert Frost Room, are available to Vermont campus. There are direct Internet Bread Loaf students. The Davison Memorial connections in student rooms in New 1 Library at Bread Loaf contains defini- Mexico, North Carolina, and Oxford. In 2008 Bread Loaf student Alex Levin's tive editions, reference books, and reserve jazz trio enlivened Vermont courses and shelves for special course assignments. BreadNet and the Bread Loaf plays; they perform here in the Bread Loaf Teacher Network Barn. e In New Mexico, students have use of One of the most exciting of Bread Loaf's the library ofS t. John's College, supple- innovations has been the development of mented by books from the University of BreadNet, an electronic network that links New Mexico. the classrooms of Bread Loaf teachers. The primary goals of BreadNet are to perpetuate e In North Carolina, students have use the Bread Loaf community throughout the of the R. Hiden Ramsey Library and year and to encourage collaboration among its resources. all Bread Loaf teachers, faculty, and their classrooms. All Bread Loaf students, faculty, e At Oxford, students have use of both the staff, and graduates are invited to join; Lincoln College Library and the Bodleian there is no fee. Library of Oxford, one of the greatest libraries in the world. Lecture Program and Other Activities The lecture programs at all Bread Loaf Texts campuses introduce students to scholars Texts for each course are listed with the and writers whose lectures broaden the course descriptions found in this bulletin, outlook and enrich the content of the usually in the order in which they will be regular academic program. Among the Soccer in Vermont. studied. Students going to New Mexico, special lecturers at Bread Loaf have been North Carolina, and Oxford must purchase distinguished poets, novelists, critics, and their own copies of the texts to be used; teachers such as those listed on the Bread Loaf does not maintain bookstores at opposite page. these campuses. An onsite bookstore for the sale of required texts is maintained at the Experienced teacher-researchers also visit Vermont campus. Bread Loaf to offer workshops on practice- oriented research in the classroom. It may occasionally be necessary to substitute other texts for those listed in the At most campuses, students have the courses described in this bulletin. The Bread opportunity to see classic or modern films. Loaf office will make every effort to inform At all campuses they are invited to join the students of any changes before the start of Bread Loaf Madrigalists or other singing the session. Students are urged to complete groups. Students at all campuses give as much reading as possible before arrival readings from their own writings. in order to permit more time during the session for collateral assignments and for Medical Facilities the preparation of papers. At Bread Loaf/Vermont the Middlebury Whitewater rafting on the French Broad College medical director, and his staff, River outside Asheville. Computer Facilities is available for consultation. The well- At Bread Loaf/Vermont a student computer eguipped Porter Medical Center in center is equipped with both Macintosh Middlebury is within easy reach. computers and PC’s; instruction in the use of computers and of various forms of soft- At the other three sites, students with medical ware is provided when needed. Computer needs will be referred to local doctors.

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