Literature

Using his relationship with Dido as your major example, discuss the differences between Aeneas as the embodiment of a Roman hero and Odysseus that of a Greek hero.  Use relevant examples.  You also need to identify the similarities between the two men in order to better focus on the differences.

Professor Ida Ghaffari Topic: In his epic poem Paradise Lost, John Milton recounts the story of the revolt of Satan and his banishment from Heaven, and the Fall of man and his expulsion from Eden. Compare the Adam and Eve in the Biblical Genesis to their counterparts in Milton’s work. Note: Remember to support your opinions by reference to the texts, and be sure to quote passages from the literary texts. *DO NOT require to include outside sources

submit an annotation (annotated bibliography) of “Home Burial” by Robert Frost. You can annotate it by hand and submit photos of it to this dropbox for credit. Alternatively, if you are tech savvy you can annotate it using Google Drive / Microsoft word or another program and submit it as a pdf.  Link for text can be found below: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53086/home-burial

Drama Sampler and Character Analysis By the due date assigned, post your response of at least 150-200 words to the Discussion Area. By the end of the week, comment on at least two of your classmates’ submissions. Before beginning this assignment, read the following 10-minute plays in your Portable Literature textbook: “Beauty,” “Zombie Love,” “Magic 8 Ball,” “Applicant,” “The Blizzard,” and “The Date.”  Choose only one play to use in your response. Prompt: Choose a character from one of the 10-minute plays listed above. In one or two well-developed paragraphs, write a character analysis, explaining the person’s actions, emotions, conflicts, and motivations. Include examples and at least one quotation from the play as supporting evidence. Refresher on Character A reader or viewer of a play can learn about a character in a number of ways. Here are some questions to think about before drafting your response: Dialogue/monologue – How do the words the character says reveal information about who he/she is? Does the character have a noticeable speech pattern? Does the character’s use of language reveal his/her emotional state? What is revealed through what others say about the character? Action – What is shown through the character’s actions or lack of action? Stage directions/movement/props – What is revealed through the character’s placement on the stage, movements, and use of props? Relationships/interactions – What is understood about the character through relationships and interactions with other characters? Development – Does the character grow and change during the play, or is the character static and unchanged? How developed or round is the character? Role – Is this character the narrator? If so, is he/she reliable or unreliable? Tips: Remember to provide evidence for your claims in the form of quoted passages from the play. Quotations, paraphrases, and summaries should be cited according to APA rules of style, including in-text and reference citations. Quoted material should not exceed 25% of the document. Check grammar and spelling before posting. Your replies to classmates should be at least a paragraph in length and made with an eye to expand, clarify, defend, and/or refine their thoughts. Consider asking questions to further meaningful conversation. Participation must be completed by the end of the week to earn credit.

write a personal journal about the story “The facts concerning the recent carnival of crime in Connecticut” by Mark Twain. what is the story about? main topic? what do you think of the story? does the story relate to you? http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3183/3183-h/3183-h.htm

The goal of this assignment is to practice conducting background research by finding scholarly, peer reviewed articles and writing literature review summaries. Choose a topic or research question. It would be beneficial to choose a question that you can continue to develop for the final mini research proposal assignment. Find 3 Scholarly and Peer-reviewed articles. Write argument structured, journal article summaries. You do not need a title page or abstract for this paper, but you are required to use APA formatting for your citations and reference page. This link would give you access to view multiple articles..please save the title of each article used and cite. https://indianatech.on.worldcat.org/search?databaseList=&queryString=child+abuse#

Choose a TOTAL of three questions to write about, but please choose different plays for each question.  You may use books, notes, Power Points, dictionaries, translators, etc.  Just please do not use the internet to find your answers.  Length of essays will vary, but be sure to use specific examples to make the point you are making and include an opening and closing paragraph (4 or 5 paragraphs for each essay should suffice.)     How does the poem by Langston Hughes, from which the play A Raisin in the Sun takes its name, relate to the themes in the play?       What happens to a dream deferred?    Does it dry up   like a raisin in the sun?   Or fester like a sore—   And then run?   Does it stink like rotten meat?   Or crust and sugar over—   like a syrupy sweet?   Maybe it just sags   like a heavy load.    Or does it explode?    What sort of statement does Lorraine Hansberry (the author) seem to be making about race? Does she make more than one statement? If so, do these statements conflict with each other?   Of the major characters in A Raisin in the Sun (Beneatha, Walter Lee, Mama, Ruth), choose one which you would consider to be a protagonist and which to be an antagonist and explain why.      The Glass Menagerie  Of the main characters (Tom, Laura, or Amanda), which face life most unrealistically?  Does this contribute to the themes of illusion versus reality featured in the play? Discuss the symbol of the glass menagerie. What does it represent? Does it represent the same things throughout the play, or does its meaning change?  Triffles   What life was like for Minnie Wright when John Wright was alive? How do the props in the play come to represent their life together, and the motive for his murder?   How might the circumstances of the character Minnie Wright compare to Mrs. Mallard from The Story of an Hour or the narrator from The Yellow Wallpaper? Previous Next

https://www.pval.org/cms/lib/NY19000481/Centricity/Domain/105/the_glass_menagerie_messy_full_text.pdf Discuss the symbol of the glass menagerie. What does it represent? Does it represent the same things throughout the play, or does its meaning change?

Question: In 500 words, use King’s article to analyze the other articles posted. What similarities or parallels do you so? What differences do you see? In what places do the other articles converge and/or diverge in their arguments? Sources: The first article in comparison to the others below it. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russia-fsu/2020-06-30/how-great-power-falls-apart https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-spread.html https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6827090/we-are-witnessing-the-fall-of-a-great-power/ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/covid-19-end-of-american-era-wade-davis-1038206/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/09/coronavirus-american-failure/614191/

The reader-response papers require no research or works-cited page.  These papers are to provide a venue for readers to synthesize the literature and develop informed observations and opinions about the natural environment and the role of humans in that environment.  All Reader-response papers must be completed and submitted to be eligible to pass this course.  Reader-response  papers must be at least three (3) paragraphs long (5-8 sentences per paragraph, average)*, establish a thesis and provide specific details and examples from the readings that validate thesis.  These papers must assert a specific authorial position on one or more of the works read for the week, explain/support that authorial position, and use an acceptable manuscript format (MLA, APA, CBE/CSE). No research is used for these papers–reader-response only.  Part One —  THE HUMAN ANIMAL Our notions of nature start with how we see ourselves and other creatures.    Chapter 1,  OUR ANIMAL SELVES What is wild and instinctual in our nature, and how do we respond to it?  How does this response influence our relations with the outer world? 1.     Mary Oliver, The Honey Tree Clambering up a tree in search of honey, Oliver exalts in the joy of bodily appetite. 2.     Annie Dillard Living Like Weasels A startling encounter with a weasel reminds Dillard of the wisdom of living purely in the senses.  3.     Kent Nelson, Irregular Flight  In pursuit of a bird rarely seen in the vicinity, two scientists experience their own mysterious flights of desire. 4.     Lisa Couturier, Snow Day Two city women follow the deeper stirrings of their bodies and tast the sweet earth that raised them. 5.     Jack London To Build a Fire A man traveling in the Yukon on a bitterly cold day pays the price of ignoring his dog’s and his own instinctual wisdom. 6.     John Burroughs, Human Traits in the Animals The first popularizer of the nature essays reflects on the extent to which animals share with us “the ground or basement story of the house of life.” 7.     John Freeman, Not So Fast Is it the certainty of our own death that we are soothing with “the simulated busyness of email addiction?”