These works were your top vote getters:
- A River Runs Through It
- Slaughterhouse Five
- Death of a Salesman
- In Cold Blood
- Classical Foundations
- Into the Wild
- Invisible Man
- Love in the Time of Cholera
- The Merchant of Venice
We'll start at the beginning, with Classical Foundations.
The votes were not terribly close in any category other than plays and African Literature.
Invisible Man 29, Great Expectations 3
Resurrection 24, As I Lay Dying 7
Siddhartha 24, One Day 7
Things Fall Apart 17, The Stranger 15
Love in the Time of Cholera 21, Wuthering Heights 10
Plays
Dr. Faustus 8, Macbeth 8 (we'll settle on Tuesday)
Doctor Faustus wins, 22-18.
The notes from today's class are available here –and will always be in the downloads section in the future. In general, if you are trying to find something, the course information page is the best bet to find it.
I will post your essay assignment this evening. It will be located here .
Have a great weekend.
What I want should not be confused with total inactivity.
Life is what it is about…..
If we were not so single minded about keeping our lives moving,
and for once could do nothing,
perhaps a huge silence might interrupt this sadness
of never understanding ourselves
and of threatening ourselves with death.
Perhaps the earth can teach us,
as when everything seems dead in winter and later proves to be alive.
Now I'll count up to twelve
and you keep quiet and I will go.
Quiz Makeup
- 3 entries in the Literapedia
- 2 thoughtful forum posts about a poem from the poetry of the week or a novel we are reading
- 1 insightful contribution to the Top 10 book lists (You can do this once)
- 1 very thoughtful (2+ paragraphs) analysis of a poem from one of the poems of the week.
- 2 useful web links about material we are working on in class, including a useful description of the page
Extra Credit
- Each entry in the Literapedia beyond your required makeup =1 point
- Each thoughtful forum post about a poem from the poetry of the week or a novel we are reading =3 points
- Each contribution to the the top ten list =5 points
- Each very thoughtful (2+ paragraphs) analysis of a poem from one of the poems of the week =10 points
- Each web link that enhances our understanding of a text or author we are studying=2 points
Remember, Literapedia entries require that you provide a definition and give an example. To get credit, posts in the forums must be thoughtful.
