I decided to make the video public.  Here it is: http://vimeo.com/42162504

Here’s a link to White Nights and Other Stories, which contains “A Faint Heart.” Click on the link to “Read Online,” find the story in the table of contents, and scroll ahead to the appropriate page.  

Please read for May 10 Dostoevskiy “A Faint heart“. It is a short story (25pg). Think of next themes: – friendship – sexuality – woman image

Please read the following poems for Tuesday’s teach-a-text class. They can be found in volume E of our Norton Anthology book Emily Dickinson poems 449 and 712 Rosalia de Castro’s poem “Mild was the air”   keep in mind a … Continue reading →

Hey class, Please read the poem ‘Nineteen Hundred And Nineteen’ by William Butler Yeats. http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/nineteen-hundred-and-nineteen/ We will be concentrating on the following part of the poem more: Note from Professor Smith: I had to move the video that Yafees embedded … Continue reading →

Hi classmates, I will be teaching When You are Old by William Butler Yeats. Please check http://www.bartleby.com/101/863.html for the reading.

Hi All, I’m available next week, in my office (VC 6-249), at the times listed below. Come and chat about your final projects, etc. Tuesday, April 23, 12-1 Wednesday, April 24, 11-12:30 and 2:30-3:15 If you want to meet with … Continue reading →

As a courtesy, I’m reposting one part of the instructions below, but be sure to return to the revised syllabus and read all the instructions carefully to achieve full credit. Part 2: By no later than 9 pm on Wednesday, … Continue reading →

Question 1) How would you describe the institution of marriage that is alluded to in the early portion of the novel?  Is it based on loyalty? Love? Money? Status? etc.  Refer to Liusu’s past marriage, the attitude of Fourth Mistress … Continue reading →

Question #1 On pg 2738, what do author mean “The law of family relations, and the never changes! As long as you live you belong to his family, and after you die your ghost will belong to them too! and … Continue reading →