As you know, this is another weird week. Baruch is closed on Tuesday and Wednesday, so we will NOT be meeting in person. I haven’t assigned any new reading this week, so this is an opportunity to catch up on missing assignments. Your work for this week is as follows:
- William Blake: Poem Analysis – Following our discussion of Blake on Wednesday, I’d like you to choose one of the poems you were assigned to read (“The Lamb”, “The Tyger”, “The Chimney Sweeper” (I and II), and “London”) and perform a close analysis of the poem. To do this, please answer the questions on the assignment sheet I’ve linked to HERE. Submit your work by Wednesday, October 5th.
- Office Hours: I will be holding drop-in office hours on Monday, October 3rd from 3-4pm. Please feel free to come by if you’d like to discuss your upcoming essays or any other course-related issues. If you have not yet had a meeting with me, this is also an opportunity for that.
- Essay #1: I will be posting the details of your first formal essay of the semester in a separate post. Please read the assignment carefully and the “General Guidelines” carefully. In a comment on the “Essay #1” post, please share your initial thoughts and/or questions about this assignment. What would you like to understand more clearly? What questions do you have? What text are you thinking about exploring for this assignment? Please share these questions/observations by Friday, October 7th. Note that you will need to submit a “plan” for your essay by October 10th. The essay is due by Friday, October 21st.