Literature

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 […]

Planning Your Work Epics are known for richness and detail of the worlds they depict, and Gilgamesh is no exception. Imagine you are tasked with providing a service or creating a business or organization in the world of Gilgamesh using skills and knowledge from your field of study, current or previous job, extracurriculars, or volunteer […]

For this assignment, you will evaluate characters from The Shahnameh, Sundiata, and The Popul Vuh 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. You may be able to further develop ideas you […]

You may write about any aspect of the readings, including the poets writing style, the poems subject matter, themes, or form, or even your own response to the poem. Please aim for two double-spaced pages and follow The MLA Style Manual. book will be sent. Requirements: full essay

Instructions and an example are attached. The following link is where to find the corresponding lecture: youtube.com/watch?v=e5K9oT5lIhs&feature=youtu.be This link will take you to the reading, the password is GGU2026: https://ggu.libguides.com/er.php?course_id=122233 Consider the definitions for ecocriticism and origin stories discussed in this week’s lecture. What origin story is most familiar to you, and how has it […]

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Our professor is a heavy grader. Make sure to follow the instructions and grading rubric. I got these feedback on my last essay. Make sure your essay fulfills all these requirements.

Each Unit of this course includes one critical article about one of the literary works covered in the Unit. For Unit #1, the work discussed in the article is Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko, or The Royal Slave. The article by Cynthia Richards (“Interrogating Oroonoko”) follows this page. To complete the assignment, please follow these steps: Read […]

What do you plan to write your Individual Paper on? In at least 150 words, tell me what topic you are addressing and what two or three literary works you will use to support this topic. What will you say about the topic; in other words, what is your projected thesis? Include commentary on how […]