EWRT1B-21: essay 2, flow, and Oedipus

Here's a link to the handout from Monday: flow (pdf).

And here's a link to the prompt for the next essay: essay 2 (pdf).

And lastly, here's a link to a performance of Oedipus the King filmed in 1984.

Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5. Part 6. Part 7. Part 8. Part 9. Part 10. Part 11. Part 12.

And just for contrast, here's the Tiresias scene from Pasolini's 1967 version:

EWRT1B-21: reading response 3 prompts

Here are the prompts for reading response 3. Choose one or create your own focus. Remember, I'm looking for a short analytical paper. See the end of the syllabus for more about reading responses.

• In “The Yellow Wallpaper,” examine the changing descriptions of the wallpaper. What does it represent?

• Describe the husband, John, in “The Yellow Wallpaper.” How does his character influence the events in the story?

• What is the point of view in “A Rose For Emily”? How does it affect our understanding of the story?

EWRT1B-21: paper 1 prompt and James Baldwin

Here is a link to a .pdf of paper 1 (I handed this out Wednesday, April 9).

And here's an old interview with James Baldwin. I'm not sure exactly when it was done. I assume the late 50s or early 60s. There is an odd voice over in the beginning, but they start talking about 29 seconds in. He talks about growing up in Harlem and how it has changed since then. Then he gets into talking about the moral apathy in the U.S. Keep in mind that this interview was done in the midst if the Civil Rights movement.

EWRT1B-21: Sherman Alexie

Here's a funny little video of Sherman Alexie, who wrote "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in heaven." Here he's speaking as part of a Young Adult Novelists Panel in Texas.

EWRT1B-21: syllabus and active reading

Here's a link to the syllabus.

And here's the overheard I had about how to read literature.

EWRT1B-21: The Books

Here are the books we will be using in EWRT1B-21…

Literature and Its Writers, fourth edition, by Ann Charters and Samuel Charters.

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami