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Gothic Fiction: Castle of Otronto Prompts
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Introduction to Fiction ENG 10103 Summer 09. Tuesday, July 7, 2009. Castle of Otronto Prompts. Let the following prompts inspire you to "make meaning-making" from the fiction you have just read. You are not restricted to the prompts, but you can write about anything you see as significant in the text. 1 Take a feminist point of view and blog your ideas about the role of women in the text's setting. What options do women have? Are these options reasonable considering the time period? Office: 312 Reed Hall.
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Gothic Fiction: Reflection
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Introduction to Fiction ENG 10103 Summer 09. Friday, July 31, 2009. Please take a few moments and blog a reflection about the course you've just completed. Have your opinions about literature improved? How do you feel about Gothic? Did anything surprise you? Did you enjoy the reading? If I should teach this class again, which readings should I omit or add? What was your favorite? I really enjoyed being your instructor this semester, and I hope you've enjoyed the class as well. Have a great summer! Prompt...
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Gothic Fiction: Charles Chesnutt’s Goophered Grapevine (The Atlantic Monthly 1887) and The Sherriff’s Children (Nov. 1899).
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Introduction to Fiction ENG 10103 Summer 09. Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Charles Chesnutt’s Goophered Grapevine (The Atlantic Monthly 1887) and The Sherriff’s Children (Nov. 1899). Today we talked about the element of resistance in the medieval idea of Carnival and how it has morphed into the modern-day, middle-class novel. Shortly before Chesnutt published “The Sheriff’s Children” (Nov. 1899), he published an essay entitled “What is a White Man? How does he "resist" popular notions of racial identity? Furth...
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Gothic Fiction: Writing Prompts for Our Nig by Harriet E. Wilson
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Introduction to Fiction ENG 10103 Summer 09. Monday, July 20, 2009. Writing Prompts for Our Nig by Harriet E. Wilson. Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-Story White House, North. In reading Wilson’s narrative, do you see any reason why her biographical novel was lost to us until it was rediscovered and recovered by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. in 1983? Note what scholar Margo Jefferson wrote about Wilson:. Wilson was all too aware that, with New England's moral attention turned to.
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Gothic Fiction: Prompts for "House of Usher"
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Introduction to Fiction ENG 10103 Summer 09. Thursday, July 16, 2009. Prompts for "House of Usher". Select one prompt and focus on "meaning making" from the text. 1) In “The House of Usher” how does Poe use the setting (and trivial things like the painting, books, and songs) to mirror the inner turmoil of the R. Usher? Pay attention to the description of the house, the character of which the narrator links with the character of the family (113). How does the House's character mirror the family? See this ...
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Gothic Fiction: Writing Prompts for "Jean-ah Poquelin" by George Washington Cable
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Introduction to Fiction ENG 10103 Summer 09. Thursday, July 23, 2009. Writing Prompts for "Jean-ah Poquelin" by George Washington Cable. 1 Discuss how Cable juxtaposes two contrasting types of male characters; Jean, who is strong, and Jacques who is gentle. Are there any similarities between either one and White? 2 Consider the mob violent charivari scene. Who are these people? Are they Northerners or Creoles? What are the feelings between colonial French-Americans and Anglo American values? 5 Discuss ho...
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Gothic Fiction: Writing Prompts for Young Goodman Brown
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Introduction to Fiction ENG 10103 Summer 09. Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Writing Prompts for Young Goodman Brown. You need only select one prompt to expand upon. Or if there is an area you want to write about not covered below, please feel free to blog those thoughts. What I want as an instructor is to see students struggle with "meaning-making" of the text. 1 How does Hawthorne use symbolism in his piece? Like “Lois,” there is significance in naming. Why does he use the names he does? Office: 312 Reed Hall.
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Gothic Fiction: "The Fall of the House of Usher" Trailer from 1960 Staring Vincient Price
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Introduction to Fiction ENG 10103 Summer 09. Thursday, July 16, 2009. The Fall of the House of Usher" Trailer from 1960 Staring Vincient Price. What do you think of this film clip? Please feel free to comment in "my" comment box! See Prompts for tonight just below. LD. July 16, 2009 at 7:17 PM. It reminds me of one of todays soap operas- very dramatic and suspenseful. July 16, 2009 at 9:05 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Office: 312 Reed Hall. Email: lynda.davis@tcu.edu. Elements of Gothic Novel.
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Gothic Fiction: Tenative Schedule of Readings
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Introduction to Fiction ENG 10103 Summer 09. Thursday, July 2, 2009. Tenative Schedule of Readings. Note that this schedule is subject to change at instructor's discretion). Week 1: Monday, July 6th. Introduction to the Gothic genre (begin reading. Tuesday, July 7th. Preface, Chapters 1, 2, and 3. Wednesday, July 8th. Chapters 3, 4, and 5. Thursday, July 9th. Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 42-82. Presentation: Robert L. Stevenson. Friday, July 10th. Finish novel, 83-122. Monday, July 13th. Presentat...
