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Finals Week
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Week Sixteen
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Final Research Presentations
Week Fifteen
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Writing Assignment:
DRAFT RESEARCH PAPER DUE. Meet with Instructor by Appointment. Progress Report.
Week Fourteen
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Readings:
- “Wit” by Margaret Edson
Activity:
- Film Viewing of Wit – Library RT325 – on 4/20
Handout:
- Motion Picture Analysis Worksheet – complete during viewing of film
Quiz: – 4/22
- On the play and the film Wit
- On The Saffron Kitchen
Week Thirteen
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Readings:
- The Saffron Kitchen by Yasmin Crowther (pages 102-183)
- The Saffron Kitchen by Yasmin Crowther (pages 184-254)
Week Twelve
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Readings:
- “Soul Gone Home” by Langston Hughes
- “The Man Who Was Almost a Man” by Richard Wright
- “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin
- Novel: The Saffron Kitchen by Yasmin Crowther (pages 1-101)
Week Eleven
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Readings:
- “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner
- “On the Meaning of ‘A Rose for Emily’” by William Faulkner
What Setting Tells Us
Library Research:
Conduct literary research in the library on the topic for your research paper
Writing Assignment:
Essay #3 due today.
Writing Workshop: Discussion of successes, problems, etc.
Week Ten
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Readings:
- “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell
- “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell
- Responding to Literature: Writing a Comparison
- Responding to Literature: Chapter 5, Argument, Critical Thinking and Research
Writing Assignments:
- Due 3/25 – Short Prospectus for the Research Paper
- Essay #3 – due 4/1
- Write a five-page paper comparing the themes of justice and mercy in the Glaspell short story and play
For fun: visit an interactive site about the Minnie Wright case. Decide whether you are a prosecutor or a defense attorney. Collect clues. Prove your case. Submit your case to the jury. The jury will decide whether or not you have proved your case.
Week Nine
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Enjoy your Spring break!
Week Eight
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Readings:
- Hamlet by William Shakespeare
- “The Character of Hamlet’s Mother” by Heilbrun
- “Images of Hamlet” photo essays
Handout:
- Writing a Short Prospectus for a Research Paper
Writing Assignment: Prospectus for a Research Paper – due 3/25/10