Category: Literature
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diary enteries
Now that you have examined the horrors and crimes of the Residential School System, it is time to put a human face to the tragedy. This assignment asks you to write a fictionalized account of the Residential School experience, focusing on the lived experience of an Indigenous student. Write 3 journal entries that encapsulate the…
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Gilgamesh Through The Odyssey
For this assignment, you will evaluate characters from Gilgamesh, The Ramayana, and The Odyssey and then write an essay with a minimum of 1000 words (see specific topic below), arguing for and supporting your conclusions. This assignment will build your writing, analytical, and evaluative skills. Both MLA in-text citations and a Works Cited page are…
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Poem Explication
In a well thought and presented essay of about 1400-1500 wordsnot including quotations, in-text citations, or Works Cited(about 5-6 pages) explicate a poem from the list. Explication is a type of analysis that focuses on the work of literature chronologically. When analyzing a poem, you should probably go with the formalist critical approach. Identify the…
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No-No Boy Response Paper Assignment
*YOU WLL NEED ACCESS TO THE BOOK NO-NO BOY BY JOHN OKADA TO COMPLETE THIS ASSIGMENT.* Write a paper 500-800 words long based on the novel “No-No Boy”. The paper must make use of a minimum of THREE references from the novel and a minimum of TWO references from the readings provided. The paper must…
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Jane Eyre
Referring as specifically and frequently as possible to any of the weeks course materialthe novel, Oatess essay, discussion boards, and videoswrite and submit an essay answering the following prompt. Prompt Questions In the end, what kind of story is Jane Eyre? Do you now think of it as an extended, revised version of a fairy…
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Courtney Faye Taylor’s “Concentrate”
2-3 page critical reflection paper on Courtney Faye Taylor’s “Concentrate”
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Identity and cultural roots
Readings: All assigned readings from the New World Reader Amy Tan Mother Tongue Ch 4-2 Ana Menendez The Bilingual Imagination Ch 4-3 Chang-rae Lee Mute in an English-only World, Ch 4-4 Jhumpa Lahiri My Two Lives Ch 4-5 The stories in this section from the Reader are narratives on people who have multiple identities shaped…
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Identity and Roots
Readings: All assigned readings from the New World Reader Amy Tan Mother Tongue Ch 4-2 Ana Menendez The Bilingual Imagination Ch 4-3 Chang-rae Lee Mute in an English-only World, Ch 4-4 Jhumpa Lahiri My Two Lives Ch 4-5 The stories in this section from the Reader are narratives on people who have multiple identities shaped…
