need help in literature
1. Read Chapters 7 and 8 in Dobie
2. Read Chapters 13, 14, and 15 in Foster
3. Locate and watch my video commentary on reader response and deconstruction that should appear
under the Assignments link.
4. Read Janet Burroway’s short story, “Deconstruction,” Prairie Schooner (73:4) [Winter 1999],
p.33-53. This is a creative non-fiction story that incorporates a discussion of deconstruction
elements mixed in with the storyline, which makes it an interesting read. It can be found
5. Read Nadine Gordimer’s “Once Upon a Time” on pg. 301 of the Dobie text; we will be using this text
in our workshop for Reader Response/Deconstructionist criticism
6. Read through the Workshop Paper assignment sheet located under the Assignments link.
7. Write up your Workshop Paper for Gordimer’s “Once Upon a Time” on pg. 301 of the Dobie text and
post it to Safe Assignment (located under the Assignments link—attach a file). This is due no later
than 11:59 pm on Thursday, 4/29.
8. Read Chapters 9 and 10 in Dobie.
9. Read Chapters 16, 17, 18, and 19 in Foster.
10. Locate and watch my video commentary on cultural studies that should appear under the Assignments
link.
11. Read Maxine Hong Kingston’s short story, “No Name Woman,” from her novel, The Woman
Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts, located under the Assignments link on Blackboard;
we will be using this text in our workshop for Cultural Studies: New Historicism, Postcolonialism,
and Multiculturalism.
12. Read through the Workshop Paper assignment sheet located under the Assignments link.
13. Write up your Workshop Paper for Kingston’s “No Name Woman,” and post it to Safe Assignment
(located under the Assignments link—attach a file). This is due no later than 11:59 pm on Monday,
4/02.