Assignments for Week # 4 ENL 121 (Vavra)
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Due In-class
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M/T
Jan. 30/31
W4A		 Be prepared to take Cornell Notes.

1. Faulkner, "A Rose for Emily" [Link 1] [Link 2]
Consider the following: 
1.) Where is the story set, i.e., where does it take place? Why is the setting so important to an interpretation of this story? 
2.) Characterize Emily. What does Emily symbolize? 
3.) Characterize Homer Baron. How does Homer add to the theme of the story? 
4.) How does the plot (the difference between the sequence of events within the world of the story and the sequence in which they are revealed to the reader) affect your reaction to the story? 
5.) Characterize the narrator. Does the point-of-view affect the theme of the story? 

 Collect Cornell Notes?

Quiz?
Discuss

Using Databases
Make WC while doing research 
          Works Cited 
          In-text citations

 
W/Th
Feb.
1/2
W4B		 Be prepared to take Cornell Notes.

1. Read: Hawthorne, Nathaniel, Young Goodman Brown 

2. Get "A Study of a Critical Article" from the R Drive. It is file "E121_Connolly_YGB.doc." Read the article and try to answer the questions. 

 Collect Cornell Notes?
Quiz?

Framing _2_Connolly's article.

Discuss Connolly's article

Discuss "YGB"
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