To Do List (Albatross)
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truepenny1. Read Levin, The Question of Hamlet.
2. Adorn Hamlet chapter with same.
3. Look at Braden again. Figure out why committee didn't think I'd used him, even though I had.
4. Fix, if possible without going mad.
5. GO TO LIBRARY
a. Find Mack, The World of Hamlet, articles by Heather James and Katherine Rowe on Hamlet.
b. Find recent articles on Seneca, starting from L'annee philologique and the Cambridge History of Classical Literature vol. II. Look for Segal's most recent book, although I'm likely to be unimpressed. Also check Oliver Taplin and G. B. Conte.
6. Read materials acquired.
7. Put Hamlet stuff in Hamlet chapter. (Notice my suave and professional use of academic discourse here.)
8. Put Seneca stuff in Seneca chapter.
10. Respond to director's comments on Kyd, 1st Shakespeare chapter, Jacobean chapter, conclusion, and Shaffer coda when she gives them to me. Pray there won't be much to do.
11. Let director see revisions of whatever she wants to see (find out from her what that is).
12. Tidy, proof-read, print out.
13. Make pilgrimage with supplicant Albatross to temple of formatting; consult oracles.
14. Deposit???
And all this before June 11th.
***wrings hands***
2. Adorn Hamlet chapter with same.
3. Look at Braden again. Figure out why committee didn't think I'd used him, even though I had.
4. Fix, if possible without going mad.
5. GO TO LIBRARY
a. Find Mack, The World of Hamlet, articles by Heather James and Katherine Rowe on Hamlet.
b. Find recent articles on Seneca, starting from L'annee philologique and the Cambridge History of Classical Literature vol. II. Look for Segal's most recent book, although I'm likely to be unimpressed. Also check Oliver Taplin and G. B. Conte.
6. Read materials acquired.
7. Put Hamlet stuff in Hamlet chapter. (Notice my suave and professional use of academic discourse here.)
8. Put Seneca stuff in Seneca chapter.
10. Respond to director's comments on Kyd, 1st Shakespeare chapter, Jacobean chapter, conclusion, and Shaffer coda when she gives them to me. Pray there won't be much to do.
11. Let director see revisions of whatever she wants to see (find out from her what that is).
12. Tidy, proof-read, print out.
13. Make pilgrimage with supplicant Albatross to temple of formatting; consult oracles.
14. Deposit???
And all this before June 11th.
***wrings hands***
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Date: 2004-05-08 11:47 am (UTC)I just laughed so hard you probably heard me downstairs.
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Date: 2004-05-11 08:09 am (UTC)The ways of committees are unfathomable. I always had a feeling that no matter what I was told to do with my thesis, there was a hidden agenda somewhere: they were waiting for me to
a) demonstrate utter slavish submissiveness to their advice
or
b) put my foot down and refuse to do any more work.
I never could figure out which one was the better choice as a token of my having learnt whatever they wanted me to. I certainly didn't feel that anyone commented on the basis of having read my work...
And all this before June 11th.
So, does this mean you're almost done?
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Date: 2004-05-11 08:21 am (UTC)Oh thank goodness. It's not just me.
I've managed to bargain with my director to the point that what I need to do is specified, quantifiable, and possible, but that was definitely a one-on-one thing, not a me-against-the-hive-mind-of-the-committee thing.
And, yes, I am almost done. As absolutely impossible as that is for me to believe. *g*