Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
3/31 or 4/1
Read the introduction by Hugh Kenner on Portrait. (Handout)
Complete the Wuthering Heights essay assignment (explained below).
Complete the Wuthering Heights essay assignment (explained below).
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Due Mon/Tues
Wuthering Heights through Chapter 24.
Essay assignment over spring break:
Wuthering Heights Critical Essay Assignment
You must find and read 2 critical essays written about Wuthering Heights. Your essays can come from the internet (please include the website address), a literary journal, the back of a copy the novel (if included) or the introduction to the novel if long enough.
If you choose to use an essay from the internet, it must be from a reputable, academic source. This excludes essays from Sparknotes, Echeats, Purple monkey, Debbie’s Book Report Grade 8, etc.
Then you must write a 2 page evaluation of each essay. Your evaluation should include a summary of the thesis/argument of the essay you read (use quotations to refer to this) as well as your personal opinion on the validity of these points. You will also want to make sure you support your opinion with quotations from WH.
Pay special attention to the language used by the authors of the critical essay—this is a chance for you to experience the language of literary analysis and learn from it stylistically
Essay assignment over spring break:
Wuthering Heights Critical Essay Assignment
You must find and read 2 critical essays written about Wuthering Heights. Your essays can come from the internet (please include the website address), a literary journal, the back of a copy the novel (if included) or the introduction to the novel if long enough.
If you choose to use an essay from the internet, it must be from a reputable, academic source. This excludes essays from Sparknotes, Echeats, Purple monkey, Debbie’s Book Report Grade 8, etc.
Then you must write a 2 page evaluation of each essay. Your evaluation should include a summary of the thesis/argument of the essay you read (use quotations to refer to this) as well as your personal opinion on the validity of these points. You will also want to make sure you support your opinion with quotations from WH.
Pay special attention to the language used by the authors of the critical essay—this is a chance for you to experience the language of literary analysis and learn from it stylistically
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Due 3/5 or 3/9
Chapters 1-8 of Wuthering Heights. If you did not purchase your book, the library has then available for checkout. Also, if your desperate, there is an annotated online copy available here.
Monday, March 2, 2009
EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT
For your extra credit assignmnet, you will be writing a practice open ended essay. You will be placed on the honor system, so time 40 minutes, and do not use any notes, books, or friends. Please include a signature from a reliable source that will vouch for you in regards to these guidelines. Here is your topic:
In Kate Chopin's The Awakening (1899) the protagonist Edna Pontellier is said to possess "that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions." In a novel or play that you have studied, identify a character who conforms outwardly while questioning inwardly. Then write an essay in which you analyze how this tension between outward conformity and inward questioning contributes to the meaning of the work. Avoid mere plot summary.
You must select from one of the plays we have read in class.
This assignment is due no later than 3:30 on Thursday, March 5th.
In Kate Chopin's The Awakening (1899) the protagonist Edna Pontellier is said to possess "that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions." In a novel or play that you have studied, identify a character who conforms outwardly while questioning inwardly. Then write an essay in which you analyze how this tension between outward conformity and inward questioning contributes to the meaning of the work. Avoid mere plot summary.
You must select from one of the plays we have read in class.
This assignment is due no later than 3:30 on Thursday, March 5th.
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