Tuesday, February 4, 2014

This Week:  Welcome to Short Literature!!
Tuesday - Course overview and syllabus. The text for the course will be The Story and Its Writer. If you are absent, sign a copy out from the library.
Wednesday - An examination of the different types of criticism that we will be applying in the course. We will look at "Little Miss Muffet" from various literary perspectives. If you are absent and need the handouts see below:
Miss Muffet Literary Criticism handout (definitions on pg. 1798 of the text).
Thursday - Friday: We will examine the story "Happy Endings" by Margaret Atwood. We will discuss the concept of meta-fiction and how it applies to this piece. Please complete all questions for this piece. This will count as a homework assignment. The story is on page 43 of your anthology. If you need a copy of the questions, click HERE.

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