Basically, the notebook includes expository writing, creative writing, visual exercises and whatever else you want to put in there. Treat it like a scrapbook, but don’t take the visual element too far. What I want to see is your thinking and direct responses to the notebook assignments. Each notebook entry should be at least 600 words, and no longer than 800. Each notebook entry should demonstrate to me your writing ability at its best, though it can be somewhat informal in style. It should show me that you have read the material. Overall the student makes clear what idea they are pursuing, something like a “thesis” or angle the student has shown me that they read the entire book and not just the small portion they are writing about, the student quotes from the text to support their argument, the student is writing about both the style and the substance of what they are discussing.
Four entries and prompt ideas on:
- Ask the Dust by John Fante–>What does the novel suggest about self-mythology and masculinity? How does Bandini perform a version of himselfwriter, lover, tough guy and where does that performance collapse?-How does the novel treat ethnic identity, prejudice, and belonging in Depression-era LA? How are Italian, Mexican, American, and white categories asserted, resisted, or weaponized?
- City of Night by John Rechy
- The Revolt of the Cockroach People by OSCAR ZETA ACOST—>How do you reconcile what is the very loose, seemingly amoral hedonistic life of Acosta with the noble efforts he is making for the Chicano people? What do you think Acosta’s attitude is to the people who are leading this “revolution”? Does he respect these people? Should he? How can you describe the writing style? Is it “literary” in a conventional sense? Is it a comic novel, and if so, what is the nature of the comedy? What elements of the novel seem dated to you? Does this portrait of a liberated bohemian world seem respectable in any way? Could you imagine any of these people today
- MAD DOG BLACK LADY by Wanda Coleman—>What is her attitude toward race in Los Angeles? How would you describe her persona in her poems? What are some of ideas about class, particularly the working class?
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