| EN 309-01 Early American Literature
Prof. Ann Brunjes Response #1 Assignment Due Wednesday, 9/12/07 |
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Do
you think the conflict between European and indigenous cultures that
occurred in North, Central, and You
may rely in part on my lectures, on the Norton, and on other
sources, but do try to add
as much of your own insight as possible—this is what interests me
most. Better to be wrong
(though it’s hard to be “wrong” in this assignment) than to be
thoughtless. Remember to use
MLA format in your in-text citations and works cited
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| ENGL309 Early American Literature Prof. Brunjes Writing Assignments |
| EN 309-01 Early American Literature
Prof. Ann Brunjes Response #1 Assignment Due Wednesday, 9/12/07 |
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Do
you think the conflict between European and indigenous cultures that
occurred in North, Central, and You
may rely in part on my lectures, on the Norton, and on other
sources, but do try to add
as much of your own insight as possible—this is what interests me
most. Better to be wrong
(though it’s hard to be “wrong” in this assignment) than to be
thoughtless. Remember to use
MLA format in your in-text citations and works cited
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Typed
(12 pt. font) Your
name
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EN 309-01 Early American Literature Prof. Ann BrunjesResponse #2 Assignment Due October 3 It is tempting to think of all American colonists, in particular the Puritans, as possessing one “mind”—a continuous, unbroken and unified understanding of their faith and experiences. Certainly politicians in our own day like to present early Americans in this light. In fact, like all conscious beings, the Puritans and other colonists were searchers, questioning their faith and the events of their lives in much the same way we do. It is sometimes difficult to see this, however, when reading the “official” histories, sermons, and biographies of the period, which are intended to give the reader a sense of the society’s coherence. Review the readings we have completed to date, and see if you can find indications that Colonial society was not in fact a monolithic culture but a fluid, conflicted and various one. You might look for a particular passage or part of a poem—one which describes, for example, an historical event, or a personal exploration of faith—and read it closely, pointing to words, images, phrases or ideas which show Puritan or colonial culture in all its complexity, contradiction, and flux. Or you might consider an entire text and its purpose or argument. OR Perform a close reading of Anne Bradstreet's poem, "On the Burning of Our House." Your essay must have a thesis that explores one element of the poem: its tone, metaphor, imagery, structure, word choice, some element of prosody (meter, for example), etc. Follow all format guidelines above.
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| EN 309-01 Early American
Literature
Prof. Ann Brunjes |
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We’re going to do something a little different for your fourth response. Find one scholarly article, using the MLA on-line bibliography, related to your term paper. You may instead use one chapter from a scholarly book (a scholarly book is usually, but not always, published by a university press). It makes sense to choose an essay that you’re actually using for your paper.
In a two-page paper, please do the following:
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