Jennifer Bryan
Jennifer Bryan is a professor in the English department at Oberlin. She specializes in Medieval literature and yearly teaches a course on linguistics, The History and Structure of the English Language. A comprehensive and fascinating examination of the language from Anglo-Saxon times to the present, this is a tremendously popular course among English majors and non-majors alike. In addition to survey Medieval courses, Jen teaches more focused courses on the influence of women's writings on Medieval literature.
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[edit] Courses
[edit] Fall 2008
- ENGL 301: Chaucer
[edit] Spring 2009
- ENGL 203: Medieval and Renaissance Literature
- ENGL 239: History & Structure of the English Language
[edit] Opinions
Jen Bryan is totally hot. --anonymous, 21 February 2007
Jen's classes are characterized by breadth of scope and intensity of study; the challenge, however, is always worth the effort. Her classes are consistently among the most sought-after and the most appreciated courses in the department.
[edit] Quotes
"This class is going to be extremely, overtly biased against all things French. We hate the French, we hate French, we hate French-isms. They are the enemy!"
"That proves that it doesn't work in the animal paradigm, because beer is NOT an animal."
on Old English writing: "The next word is tricky because it looks like 'populace', but it's 'world.'"
"Season your language with little chocolate tidbits of bigness!"
"You can't separate a Scot from his Presbyterianism!"
"As if one of the standard features of African-American Vernacular English is to have every other word be 'fuck', 'shit', 'dimebag', or something."
"Well, England kind of looks like a sock!" [2]
"We're happy when it's Christmas, because then we get to get totally drunk and slaughter all the animals."
"Also, sometimes people did sleep together."
on the interpretation of a particular poem: "Growing? Spring? Anyone have a dirtier mind than that?"
on the Vikings: "Nobody knows what made them suddenly up and be the ravagers of Europe. It's just a thing."
"Most people knew that Noah Webster was insane."
