English 104 - Introduction to Narrative
Mark Phillipson
E2 assignment
Category: 2 Essay: Carroll, Twain, Faulkner, Sebold | Mark Phillipson
Write a structured, argumentative essay contrasting two of the following four works: Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass, Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, and/or Sebold’s The Lovely Bones. Again, please keep your analysis attuned to the narrative setups of each text – and...
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Posted by mphillip on December 06, 2003 at 04:38 PM
Tenth blog assignment
Category: 10 Blog: The Lovely Bones | Mark Phillipson
Please post before class on Thursday, 12/4 *** Pick one: Susie’s narration seems to circle back and forth through time. Is there strategic purpose for that? Identify a transition between scenes that coveys subtle meaning. -or- In what surprising way does Susie’s horrific fate shape her narration? Zero in on...
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Posted by mphillip on December 02, 2003 at 09:48 AM
Ninth blog assignment
Category: 09 Blog: As I Lay Dying | Mark Phillipson
Ninth Blog Assignment Ninth blog (09 Blog): Post before class on Tuesday, Nov. 25. *** Pick one: What is particularly interesting about the placement of Addie’s one and only monologue? In your answer, make sure you connect to a specific passage in that monologue. - or - Look through Darl’s...
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Posted by mphillip on November 20, 2003 at 05:17 PM
Eighth blog assignment
Category: 08 Blog: As I Lay Dying | Mark Phillipson
Post before class on Tuesday, 11/18. Identify a thing, a person, or an event that gets described in intriguingly different ways by two characters in As I Lay Dying. What does this difference suggest about each character?...
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Posted by mphillip on November 13, 2003 at 04:50 PM
07 Blog assignment
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Mark Phillipson
Seventh blog (07 Blog): Must be posted before class on Tuesday, Nov. 11. Make sure you assign your post to two categories: '07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn' and 'your name'. Assigned postings should be 100 – 200 words long. Be concise and specific: quote details to back up your claims. Keep...
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Posted by mphillip on November 06, 2003 at 12:01 PM
06 Blog: Huckleberry Finn
Category: 06 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Mark Phillipson
Post before class on Tuesday, 11/4 *** “Well, anyways, I don’ hanker for no mo’ un um, Huck. Dese is all I kin stan’.” “It’s the way I feel, too, Jim. But we’ve got them on our hands, and we got to remember what they are, and make allowances.” -...
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Posted by ebutton on October 30, 2003 at 09:53 AM
05 Blog assignment
Category: 05 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Mark Phillipson
Post before class on Tuesday 10/28 "I reckoned he believed in the A-rabs and the elephants, but as for me I think different. It had all the marks of a Sunday-school." (HF ch. III) Huck's world is full of elements that aren't quite what they're said to be. Pick one...
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Posted by mphillip on October 23, 2003 at 09:46 AM
E1 assignment
Category: 11 Essay: James and Bronte | Mark Phillipson
Essay 1 assignment Write a structured, argumentative essay contrasting Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw with Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. Keep your analysis attuned to the narrative choices each author is making – and how those choices compare to each other. Track the authors’ use of framing and/or point...
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Posted by mphillip on October 16, 2003 at 09:17 AM
Fourth blog assignment
Category: 04 Blog: Alice in Wonderland | Mark Phillipson
Fourth blog (04 Blog): Must be posted before class on October 7. Make sure you assign your post to two categories: '04 Blog: Alice in Wonderland' and 'your name'. How exactly would you characterize the narrator of Alice in Wonderland? In your answer, zero in on a passage that demonstrates...
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Posted by mphillip on October 02, 2003 at 09:41 AM
03 Blog assignment
Category: 03 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Mark Phillipson
Third blog (03 Blog): Must be posted before class on Tuesday, September 30. Make sure you assign your post to two categories: '03 Blog: Wuthering Heights' and 'your name'. Assigned postings should be 100 – 200 words long. Be concise and specific: quote details to back up your claims. Keep...
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Posted by mphillip on September 25, 2003 at 09:39 AM
02 Blog
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Mark Phillipson
Second blog (02 Blog): Must be posted before class on Tuesday, September 23. Make sure you assign your post to two categories: '02 Blog: Turn of the Screw' and 'your name'. Assigned postings should be 100 – 200 words long. Be concise and specific: quote details to back up your...
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Posted by mphillip on September 18, 2003 at 09:31 AM
01 Blog
Category: 01 Blog: Turn of the Screw | Mark Phillipson
First blog: Must be posted before class on Tuesday, September 16. Make sure you assign your post to two categories: '01 Blog: Turn of the Screw' and 'your name'. Assigned postings should be 100 – 200 words long. Be concise and specific: quote details to back up your claims. Keep...
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Posted by mphillip on September 11, 2003 at 09:18 AM
Getting our feet wet
Category: Mark Phillipson
In the beginning, there was practice. Don't worry about great thoughts - they'll come later - for now, it's enough just to figure out how to post....
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Posted by mphillip on September 09, 2003 at 12:07 AM