Based on your group discussion on Thursday, February 24, summarize your views on the labyrinth imagery in one of Borges's stories. In each story, the reader can find an element (e.g. the forking paths or the volumes in the library) that creates a metaphysical structure of endless repetition or proliferation. What is the nature of this structure and how does it create an impact on the characters? What goes on in the story? What is the overall meaning of the story?
Due: Wednesday, March 2, 11:55 pm
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Assignment 4
Post a blog on the movement classification of Kurt Vonnegut's SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE. Is it a Modernist or a Postmodernist text? Use the criteria that I gave you in class. Be sure to back up your viewpoint with evidence from the text. A variation of this question will be on the midterm exam.
Due: Monday, February 28, 11:55 pm.
Due: Monday, February 28, 11:55 pm.
Midterm Study Guide
Dr. Anna Lillios
LIT 4303
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Midterm Study Guide
Identification
§ Major characters’ names
§ Settings
§ Strategic quotations
Essay Questions
§ Modernism/Postmodernism: be able to determine the movement a novel most resembles
§ Language/style: how do the style and language of a novel impact on its narrative?
§ Authors’ worldview: look at the novels’ endings and determine the author’s perspective on the subject matter.
§ Journey of the hero: what is the purpose of the journey? What boon does the hero gain for the community?
LIT 4303
______________________________________________________
Midterm Study Guide
Identification
§ Major characters’ names
§ Settings
§ Strategic quotations
Essay Questions
§ Modernism/Postmodernism: be able to determine the movement a novel most resembles
§ Language/style: how do the style and language of a novel impact on its narrative?
§ Authors’ worldview: look at the novels’ endings and determine the author’s perspective on the subject matter.
§ Journey of the hero: what is the purpose of the journey? What boon does the hero gain for the community?
Monday, February 14, 2011
Assignment 3
LIT 4303
Dr. Lillios
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Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five
Reading Assignment: Read the book by Tuesday, February 8
Schedule:
Tuesday, February 8: Biography of Vonnegut, Dresden, beginning of novel, style
Thursday, February 10: Continue discussion of structure of the novel, science fiction, and role of comedy.
Monday, February 14:
Submit journal entry to http://www.postww2lit.blogspot.com (see below) by midnight. Be sure to sign your entry.
Tuesday, February 15: Discuss blog entries in class (be sure to bring a hard copy of your own entry to class.
Journal Assignment:
Read selection, “The Death of the Author,” by Roland Barthes (Richard Howard translation).
http://books.google.com/books?id=hfZ841vHJCIC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=%22the+death+of+the+author,%22+richard+howard&source=bl&ots=Lstus3sSXM&sig=2u3P0opQD-Br-gzfHLnlY_UySzQ&hl=en&ei=53NRTda3OYK0lQen-vzKCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false
Google: “the death of the author,” Richard Howard
Go to entry: “The Rustle of Language” at books.google.com/books
In this excerpt, Barthes claims that the author is simply another reader of his/her text after the words are set down on paper. Do you agree with Barthes? What is the role of the author in SH5? Comment on what you think Vonnegut’s view of the author is.
Write about a page or 200-250 words and then post to blogspot. Please try to read the entries of the other students in class before Tuesday. You can post a comment on their entries, if you wish.
Dr. Lillios
________________________________________________________________________
Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five
Reading Assignment: Read the book by Tuesday, February 8
Schedule:
Tuesday, February 8: Biography of Vonnegut, Dresden, beginning of novel, style
Thursday, February 10: Continue discussion of structure of the novel, science fiction, and role of comedy.
Monday, February 14:
Submit journal entry to http://www.postww2lit.blogspot.com (see below) by midnight. Be sure to sign your entry.
Tuesday, February 15: Discuss blog entries in class (be sure to bring a hard copy of your own entry to class.
Journal Assignment:
Read selection, “The Death of the Author,” by Roland Barthes (Richard Howard translation).
http://books.google.com/books?id=hfZ841vHJCIC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=%22the+death+of+the+author,%22+richard+howard&source=bl&ots=Lstus3sSXM&sig=2u3P0opQD-Br-gzfHLnlY_UySzQ&hl=en&ei=53NRTda3OYK0lQen-vzKCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false
Google: “the death of the author,” Richard Howard
Go to entry: “The Rustle of Language” at books.google.com/books
In this excerpt, Barthes claims that the author is simply another reader of his/her text after the words are set down on paper. Do you agree with Barthes? What is the role of the author in SH5? Comment on what you think Vonnegut’s view of the author is.
Write about a page or 200-250 words and then post to blogspot. Please try to read the entries of the other students in class before Tuesday. You can post a comment on their entries, if you wish.
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