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Dr. Shafer | TSU | Fall 2017 | ENGL 2320: World Lit II | W 5:30-8:30pm AWC 287 | Homework 3 PURPOSE(S)

KNOWLEDGE + SKILLS  Competency 1: Texts as Expressive Forms  Competency 3: Global Diversity  Competency 4: How Ideas have Shaped the World  Competency 5: Artistic Development  Competency 6: Critical Methods and MLA

TASK(S)

CLOSE READING + RESPONDING  Read the introductions from all three of the The Longman Anthology of World Literature textbooks:

o Vol D: The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (pages 1-11) o Vol E: The Nineteenth Century (1-18) o Vol F: The Twentieth Century (1-20)

 Use the information found in these readings to answer the questions below. CRITERIA

 Please answer each question/prompt as completely as necessary (likely 1-3 paragraphs per question, depending on what you are trying to say, your style of writing, etc). Please note that 1-2 sentences per answer will probably not earn very many points.

 Admit which (if any) questions/prompts you find particularly challenging.  Each question needs to be answered in separate—but well developed—paragraphs. Number each answer (to

indicate which question you are answering).  If you use outside sources (books, magazines, web sites, etc.) you MUST give credit (in MLA form). Simply

google: OWL MLA for lots of free information and examples.  You do NOT, of course, HAVE to use outside sources; you can just write what YOU think. In fact, this is

actually what I am asking you to do.  Your writing needs to be as well crafted as it can be. All this means is to pay attention to your language

choices, sentence patterns, transition words/phrases, paragraph structures, etc.  The work MUST be completed in a digital document (Word document, NOT an apple file or a pdf).  This assignment is due in the Homework 3 dropbox on eLearn by 11:59pm on Tue, Sep 12.  This is the only way to receive credit (20 pts). Simply bringing a hardcopy to class will not count for credit.  However, it is still a good idea to bring a copy of your responses to class in Week 4 (Wed, Sep 13) to help

facilitate class discussion.  It can be turned in late (with a letter grade penalty each week it is late).

QUESTIONS/PROMPTS

1. Based on information found in the introduction in Vol D: The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, what is your understanding of that historical period? Make (at least) three separate points as part of your response. Explain and use examples where useful.

2. Based on information found in the introduction in Vol E: The Nineteenth Century (1-18) what is your understanding of that historical period? Make (at least) three separate points as part of your response. Explain and use examples where useful.

3. Based on information found in the introduction in Vol F: The Twentieth Century (1-20) what is your understanding of that historical period? Make (at least) three separate points as part of your response. Explain and use examples where useful.

4. Choose one piece of artwork in ANY of the three vols that you have a positive personal response to. Explain what your personal response is and why you believe you had this particular positive response. You can discuss colors, shapes, sizes, content, lines, whatever you notice. Just make sure to make a clear connection between the artwork in question and your response to it. You do not have to be an art major to be able to write about art.

5. Choose one piece of artwork in ANY of the three vols that you have a negative personal reaction to. Explain what your personal reaction is and why you believe you had this particular negative reaction. You can discuss colors, shapes, sizes, content, lines, whatever you notice. Just make sure to make a clear connection between the artwork in question and your reaction to it.