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General Humanities I (Fall 2014): September 2014
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General Humanities I (Fall 2014). Tuesday, September 30, 2014. For Wednesday: Introducing The Tales from the 1,001 Nights. On Wednesday, we'll be introducing the book and the culture of Tales from the 1,001 Nights. Which may help you read/appreciate the individual stories. There is nothing due in class, though I will assign the first readings in class. Monday, September 22, 2014. For Wednesday, The Iliad, Books 23 and 24. For Wednesday: The Iliad. Books 23 & 24. How callous can you get? But when he has w...
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British Science Fiction and Fantasy (Spring 2015): March 2015
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British Science Fiction and Fantasy (Spring 2015). Friday, March 27, 2015. For Tuesday: Lord Dunsany, Tales of Fantasy and Reality. For Tuesday: Lord Dunsany, In The. Answer 2 of the 4 questions. 1 Many of these stories seem to cross numerous genre boundaries, from ghost stories to mysteries and folk legends. Given this diversity, why might we consider each one part of the larger genre of “fantasy” literature? Is he being a more "adult" writer here? Where else can we see Dunsany mocking the pretensions of.
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British Science Fiction and Fantasy (Spring 2015): April 2015
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British Science Fiction and Fantasy (Spring 2015). Monday, April 27, 2015. A few ECU Defense Paper Resources. A few ECU library sources to consider for your Defense Paper:. Brian Aldiss, Trillion Year. The History of Science Fiction. Gregory Bassham and Eric Bronson, The Lord and the Rings and Philosophy. L Sprague De Camp, Science Fiction Handbook. Samuel Delany, The Jewel-Hinged Jaw: Notes on the Language of Science Fiction. Neil Isaacs, Tolkein and the Critics: essays on J.R.R. Tolkein. Science Fictio...
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Freshman Composition I (Fall 2016): September 2014
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Freshman Composition I (Fall 2016). Tuesday, September 30, 2014. Finding Sources for Paper #2. EX: I want to write a guide about how to self-publish your own novel. What are other writers saying about this? What is their advice? Is it the same as mine? Who would the naysayers be to my approach/ideas? Step #3: The link brings me to a summary of the article complete with an abstract: “. The author discusses his experience. The Breeders." Topics include the benefits and drawbacks in his experience of at...
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Freshman Composition I (Fall 2016): For Thursday: Escape From Camp 14, Chapters 16-20; also, Paper #3 assignment
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Freshman Composition I (Fall 2016). Tuesday, October 25, 2016. For Thursday: Escape From Camp 14, Chapters 16-20; also, Paper #3 assignment. For Thursday, read Chapters 16-20 of Escape from Camp 14. There are no questions this time, though we'll do an in-class writing response based on a specific passage in the work. We'll also discuss more writing techniques to help you with Paper #3, which I handed out in class (see below):. Paper #3: The Conversation of Camp 14. Choose ONE of the following:. How can y...
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Freshman Composition I (Fall 2016): September 2016
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Freshman Composition I (Fall 2016). Friday, September 23, 2016. For Tuesday: Coates, “The Case for Reparations”. For Tuesday: Coates, “The Case for Reparations”. Answer TWO of the following:. Q1: Coates gives us a prominent naysayer early in the essay,. What else is causing the poverty and disparity in many inner-city African-American neighborhoods? Q2: What does Coates mean when he writes, “To proudly claim the veteran and disown the slaveowner is patriotism à la carte” (19)? Where to the ‘sins of...
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General Humanities I (Fall 2014): October 2013
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General Humanities I (Fall 2014). Monday, October 28, 2013. For Wednesday and Friday: The Old Testament/Genesis (94-115). NOTE: For many of us, Genesis. Is not literature and not something we read alongside works like The Iliad. Answer TWO of the following…. 1 This version of Genesis. Are there any passages that are markedly different from what you’ve read or from what you remember? How might this affect how we read the entire work? Sometimes the sin is apparent, as when Eve takes the apple and shares it...
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EQ2: Gods, Heroes, and Devils : For Friday: V.S. Naipaul, The Mystic Masseur, Chs.4-6
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EQ2: Gods, Heroes, and Devils. Wednesday, April 13, 2016. For Friday: V.S. Naipaul, The Mystic Masseur, Chs.4-6. Answer TWO of the following…. Q1: As the hero of our tale, Ganesh undertakes the most heroic task of all: to become a writer of books. What obstacles does Ganesh face on his path? Are these typical to all writers—or would-be writers—or are they uniquely Trinidadian complications? Is this simply part of the “Non-Western” fabric of. What do we see (thanks to the narrator) that he is blind to?
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EQ2: Gods, Heroes, and Devils : For Monday: V.S. Naipaul, The Mystic Masseur, Chs.1-3 (pp.1-45)
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EQ2: Gods, Heroes, and Devils. Friday, April 8, 2016. For Monday: V.S. Naipaul, The Mystic Masseur, Chs.1-3 (pp.1-45). NOTE: A “masseur” is a term denoting something between a sage, a mystic, a spiritual healer, and a prophet. Part of the comedy of this work is how Ganesh enters into this profession, and whether or not V.S. Naipaul feels there is anything heroic in his career: can a man with the wrong intentions come out right. Answer TWO of the following…. Q3: When this novel was written,. Q4: Naipaul w...
