Snow Falling on Cedars DQs

Come up with a minimum of 5 discussion questions over the film and post them to the blog sometime before class on Tuesday.

Pan Itinerary

I will give you time in class over the next three days to read Knut Hmasun's novella, Pan. We will begin each class with a brief discusion or Q/A session, but you can count on at least 45 minutes to read each day.

Wednesday 2/2 - Pan reading day.

Thursday 2/3 - Pan reading day.

Friday 2/4 – Pan reading day.

Monday 2/6 - CPS Pan Quiz (50 pts.); annotated copy of Pan due. (50 pts.)

Tuesday 2/7 – AP Prompt essay (9 pts.)

Short Story Paper Assignment

Write a 1500-word essay on a topic and story/stories of your choice. You may want to spend some time reading the “Choosing a Topic” chapter in Perrine’s (pp 7-11), and you will definitely want to review the chapters on “Introducing Quotations” and “Documentation” (pp 16-32).

Some possible topics might include:

- A study of the three stories by Knut Hamsun, focusing on devices and strategies the author employs to create differences in tone and theme
- A comparison and contrast of stories in Angela Carter’s book
- An in-depth study of The Bloody Chamber
- An in-depth study of Paul’s Case
- The use of symbol in Miss Brill, The Rocking Horse Winner, and Young Goodman Brown

Tomorrow (Tuesday 1/25) will be a work day in the 508 Computer Lab. By the end of class, please e-mail a précis of your paper topic.

First drafts should be completed by Friday 1/28 which will be a peer-editing day.

Final drafts are due Wednesday 2/2.

Short Fiction Itinerary #4

Week 13 -

Chapter 4 "Theme"

Stories: A Fragment of Life, The Lesson, Gooseberries, A Worn Path

CPS Story Quiz Friday 11/13

Week 10 -

Papers due Monday 11/1 (100 pts.)

Reading :
The Elements of Fiction Ch. 2
Stories: How I Met My Husband, Interpreter of Maladies, & A & P (p. 609)

CPS Reading Quiz Friday 11/5 (20 pts.)
Bring Perrine's and composition book to class everyday!

Week 10 Itinerary

Poetry Paper #2 – Ode: Intimations of Immortality
The Elements of Fiction Ch. 1
Stories: The Most Dangerous Game & Hunter's in the Snow

Monday – Workshop first draft
Tuesday – Reading Day
Wednesday – Discuss stories (bring comp. book to class!)
Thursday – Workshop second draft
Friday – Short Story Quiz #1 (CPS)

Final Draft due Monday 11/1

Poetry Paper #2

Poetry Paper #2 – Using the suggestions on pp 5-7 of “Writing about Literature” in Perrine’s and “The Book of Thel: An Analysis of Death as a Progenitor of Fear”, write a paper analyzing Wordsworth’s Ode: Intimations of Immortality. (See link below) This paper should be a minimum of 1,000 words, typed and double-spaced. We are going to workshop this paper (same partners), so you need to keep to the following schedule:

Thesis and outline of paper – Wednesday 10/20
First draft of paper – Friday 10/22
Second draft – Wednesday 10/27
Final draft – Friday 10/29

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