Essay #4: Due Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Essay #4: Due Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Mythological Criticism / Setting


Paper Guidelines
*8.5x11-inch paper
*1-inch margins
*typed, double-spaced, Cambria 12 font
*minimum three (3) pages; maximum four (4) pages
*minimum of three (3) primary sources, cited in MLA format; attach the list to your essay on a separate piece of paper
Left-hand corner of paper, single spaced:
FIRST AND LAST NAME
January 19, 2010
Professor Melinda Roberts
Short Story: Wintersession 2010
Centered Title (all caps and bolded):
ARCHETYPAL SYMBOLISM: UNIVERSAL RESPONSES TO TIME AND PLACE

• IMPORTANT REMINDER: Papers that do not meet the guidelines will not be accepted and will be given a score of zero (0).
• IMPORTANT REMINDER: Papers are due at the start of class, i.e., at 9:30 A.M., on January 19, 2010.  Late papers will not be accepted and will be given a score of zero (0).

Essay Topic:

Use the Mythological Criticism on pages 693-696 of our text and the handouts you received in class.  Choose a story from the list below. Identify, analyze and discuss the archetypal symbols/situations in the work.  How are the archetype(s) and setting interrelated?  Is setting central to the reader's understanding of the archetype(s)?  Come up with a thesis sentence, and back up your argument with specific observations about the text. Incorporate at least five quotations, and document them, as explained in the writing chapters at the end of the book.

• An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
• A Good Man is Hard to Find
  
• A Worn Path
  
• The Birthmark
• The Story of an Hour
• Her Letters
• The Rocking-Horse Winner
  
• Young Goodman Brown

• IMPORTANT NOTE: Be sure to incorporate all parts of the essay topic into the essay to receive full points.
• This essay has a value of 75 points.

Young Goodman Brown

ONLINE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Thursday, January 14, 2010

Response must be posted by 10:00 PM EST

What is your favorite / scariest experience from a visit into the woods?

Mist Woods, photo by Kim Nixon

Nathaniel Hawthorne: "Young Goodman Brown"

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Friday, January 15, 2010 at 9:30 AM

Young Goodman Brown

(pp. 419-429)

First, listen to the following on-line lecture on Hawthorne and Young Goodman Brown (there is also a transcript of the lecture; the link follows):

"Why We Still Read Hawthorne 150 Years Later," by Dr. Pierre A. Walker, Salem State College (2003) (audio)

"Why We Still Read Hawthorne 150 Years Later," by Dr. Pierre A. Walker, Salem State College (2003) (audio transcript)

Read Young Goodman Brown.  You may also listen to an audio reading of the story at this link:

http://www.adamsmithacademy.org/etext/Young_Goodman_Brown.html

Also, here's an online study guide to help you with interpreting the story:

http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Brown.html#Young%20Goodman%20Brown

Write a First Response to Young Goodman Brown. What was your initial response to the first few paragraphs of the text? What was your first impression of Goodman Brown? of Faith? of the Devil? Do you think Goodman Brown's trip into the woods was a dream/hallucination or real? What aspect of the work affected you most? Why? Provide specific textual details and quotations from the story to justify and/or explain your response to Young Goodman Brown.

Remember, a first response is not a summary -- use 3-5 quotations from the story and tell me how the story affected you.

First Response Guidelines:

*8.5x11-inch paper

*1-inch margins

*typed, double-spaced, Cambria 12 font

*minimum one (1) page; maximum two (2) pages

Upper left-hand corner of the paper, single spaced:

FIRST AND LAST NAME

January 15, 2010

Professor Melinda Roberts

Short Story; Wintersession 2010

Centered Title (all caps and bolded):

RESPONSE PAPER: "YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN"

Ambrose Bierce: "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"

A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama,

looking down into the swift water twenty feet below.

The man's hands were behind his back,

the wrists bound with a cord.

A rope closely encircled his neck.

It was attached to a stout cross-timber above his head

and the slack fell to the level of his knees.

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 9:30 AM

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

(pp. 485-491)

Read An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.  You may also follow along with an online audio version:

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (audio)

After you have read/listened to the story, you may enjoy the 1960's Twilight Zone version, which is available for online viewing:

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (full video)

Write a First Response to An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. What was your initial response to the first few paragraphs of the text? What was your first impression of Peyton Farquhar? Do you think he deserved his fate? What aspect of the work affected you most? Why? Provide specific textual details and quotations from the story to justify and/or explain your response to An Occurrence of Owl Creek Bridge.

First Response Guidelines:

*8.5x11-inch paper

*1-inch margins

*typed, double-spaced, Cambria 12 font

*minimum one (1) page; maximum two (2) pages

Upper left-hand corner of the paper, single spaced:

FIRST AND LAST NAME

January 14, 2010

Professor Melinda Roberts

Short Story; Wintersession 2010

Centered Title (all caps and bolded):

RESPONSE PAPER: "AN OCCURRENCE OF OWL CREEK BRIDGE"

Essay #3: Due Thursday, January 14, 2010

Essay #3: Due Thursday, January 14, 2010
Historical Criticism / Character


Paper Guidelines:
*8.5x11-inch paper
*1-inch margins
*typed, double-spaced, Cambria 12 font
*minimum three (3) pages, maximum four (4) pages
*minimum of three (3) primary sources, cited in MLA format; attach the list to your essay on a separate piece of paper
Left-hand corner of paper, single spaced:
FIRST AND LAST NAME
January 14, 2010
Professor Melinda Roberts
Short Story: Wintersession 2010
Centered Title (all caps and bolded):
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

• IMPORTANT REMINDER: Papers that do not meet the guidelines will not be accepted and will be given a score of zero (0).
• IMPORTANT REMINDER: Papers are due at the start of class, i.e., 9:30 AM, on January 14, 2010.  Late papers will not be accepted and will be given a score of zero (0).

Essay topic:
Use the Historical Criticism on pages 685-689 of our text.  Choose a story from the list below and analyze the protagonist. Discuss the historical context of the story; how does this context impact upon the protagonist's character?  What techniques has the writer used to create, reveal, or develop the character?  What motivation(s) (either explicit and/or implicit) does the writer provide for the character's actions?  Discuss how the character changed or how his/her full personality was revealed. What does a reader in 2010 need to understand historically about the piece to fully appreciate the exact meaning and impact it had on its original audience? Come up with a thesis sentence, and back up your argument with specific observations about the text. Incorporate at least five quotations, and document them, as explained in the writing chapters at the end of the book.

• A Worn Path (Phoenix Jackson)
• A Good Man is Hard to Find (the grandmother)
• The Rocking-Horse Winner (Paul)
• The Birthmark (Aylmer)
• The Birthmark (Georgianna)
  
• The Things They Carried (Lieutenant Jimmy Cross)
• An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Peyton Farquhar)
• The Lottery (Tessie Hutchinson)

• IMPORTANT NOTE: Be sure to incorporate all parts of the essay topic into the essay to receive full points.
• This essay has a value of 75 points.  The essay topic has four (4) parts; each part is assigned 25% of the total points.

Tim O'Brien, "The Things They Carried"

Photos taken July 8, 2003 by Melinda Roberts
Vietnam Veterans/POWs/MIAs Memorial
Little Saigon, Westminster, Orange County, California

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Wednesday, January 13 @ 9:30 a.m.
The Things They Carried (pp. 595-607)


Write a First Response to The Things They Carried. What was your first impression of First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross? of the other soldiers? of the things they carried? Did any of your impressions change? If so, why? how? Which aspect of the work affected you most? Why? What is the significance of the the things they carried? Provide specific textual details and quotations from the story to justify and/or explain your response to The Things They Carried.

First Response Guidelines:

*8.5x11-inch paper

*1-inch margins

*typed, double-spaced, Cambria 12 font

*minimum one (1) page; maximum two (2) pages

Left-hand corner of the paper, single spaced:

FIRST AND LAST NAME

January 13, 2010

Professor Melinda Roberts

Short Story: Wintersession 2010

Centered Title (all caps and bolded):

RESPONSE PAPER: "THE THINGS THEY CARRIED"

Nathaniel Hawthorne: "The Birthmark"

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
Due Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 9:30 AM
The Birthmark (online text)

Print out and read The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne: http://www.fibrotalk.com/fibrotalk-distraction-therapy/fibrotalk-book-club/the-birth-mark-by-nathaniel-hawthorne/

Bring the printed out copy with you to class on January 12th.

It is not required, but if you are so inspired, you may purchase an audio recording of The Birthmark online for $1.95: http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&productID=BK_JIMC_000174

or purchase from iTunes for $0.99.


Write a First Response to The Birthmark. What was your first impression of Aylmer? of Georgiana? Did your impression of either or both of them change? If it did, why? how? Which aspect of the work affected you most? Why? What is the significance of the birthmark? Provide specific textual details and quotations from the story to justify and/or explain your response to The Birthmark.

First Response Guidelines:

*8.5x11-inch paper

*1-inch margins

*typed, double-spaced, Cambria 12 font

*minimum one (1) page; maximum two (2) pages

Left-hand corner of the paper, single spaced:

FIRST AND LAST NAME

January 12, 2010

Professor Melinda Roberts

Short Story: Wintersession 2010

Centered Title (all caps and bolded):

RESPONSE PAPER: "THE BIRTHMARK"