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American Literature Homepage 07-08: Hayes Speaking Prize
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American Literature Homepage 07-08. Wednesday, October 17, 2007. Time Limit: 5 Minutes. 1 What is education for? 3 Respond to the following quotation as it relates to your life at home or here at Proctor. “Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.” – Helen Keller. Posted by Tom Morgan. So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.". St Clair, Kate.
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American Literature Homepage 07-08: Paper #2 Topics
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American Literature Homepage 07-08. Friday, October 5, 2007. NOTE: The guidelines for Paper #2 are the same as the guidelines for Paper #1. Please re-read the Paper #1 guidelines before writing this paper. AGAIN, all 1st paragraphs are to be emailed to me, while rough drafts and final drafts are to be printed out and handed in BEFORE class on the corresponding due date. When brainstorming for this essay, please consider that Thoreau eventually came to view the journal as his life’s work, and he lar...
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American Literature Homepage 07-08: Course Info and Expectations
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American Literature Homepage 07-08. Saturday, November 24, 2007. Course Info and Expectations. In order to attend extra help you must sign up for a time on the sign up sheet in the American Literature Room. Extra help sessions will take place on Mondays between 6:00-7:45 pm in the English Office. 2) All homework is due before class starts on the corresponding due date. 3) Papers handed in (in person and electronically) after class begins will automatically loose five points from the final draft grade.
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American Literature Homepage 07-08: Paper #3: Critique of an Article
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American Literature Homepage 07-08. Thursday, February 7, 2008. Paper #3: Critique of an Article. Choosing a journal or magazine article which 1) presents an argument and 2) interests you, write a full critique of the piece selected. This article must speak to the issue or problem you have chosen to pursue. Write to an intelligent adult who either has just skimmed the article or who has only a vague understanding of this issue. You want to give your audience a clear idea of the value of the article.
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American Literature Syllabus: D Block Syllabus Winter 2008
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Friday, January 4, 2008. D Block Syllabus Winter 2008. 13 Monday, January 7. Final draft of Paper #1 due (print out BEFORE class). 14 Wednesday, January 9. Read “Movements in American Literature” p.1. Read “Regionalism in American Literature” p. 3. 15 Thursday, January 10. Read Jewett “A White Heron” p. 4-10. 16 Friday, January 11. Read Willa Cather on Sarah Orne Jewett p. 11. Read Cather “Namesake” p. 12-21. 17 Monday, January 14. Read Cather part 1 of “A Death in the Desert” p. 22-29. 8212;—̵...
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American Literature Homepage 07-08: A Word on Honor
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American Literature Homepage 07-08. Saturday, November 24, 2007. A Word on Honor. Posted by Tom Morgan. Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And then one fine morning—. So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.". 8212; F. Scott Fitzgerald. St Clair, Kate.
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American Literature Homepage 07-08: Analytical Papers - Rules and Guides
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American Literature Homepage 07-08. Friday, November 23, 2007. Analytical Papers - Rules and Guides. All papers should be printed out and handed in at the BEGINNING of class on the due date. Papers should also be emailed to me. 1 Your paper should be typed, double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font with standard 1-inch margins, approximately 650-750 words (2-2.5 pages). 3 Do not use I, you, or we in a formal paper. 4 Proof read for run-on sentences. 6 Use the present tense (not past or future). Fifth ...
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American Literature Homepage 07-08: List of Possible Topics for Paper #3
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American Literature Homepage 07-08. Thursday, February 7, 2008. List of Possible Topics for Paper #3. Dept of Homeland Security. Right to Privacy and Warrantless Wire-tapping. Posted by Tom Morgan. Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And then one fine morning—. So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.".
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American Literature Homepage 07-08: Paper #2 Topics
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American Literature Homepage 07-08. Sunday, January 13, 2008. Using one of the regionalist/realist novels and/or short stories we have read this year, answer the following question: What intentions do the authors’ have in documenting and demonstrating the various tensions that arise when the sterilizing influence of the modern world comes into contact with the largely isolated communities where these stories take place? Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Their Eyes Were Watching God. Posted by Tom Morgan.
