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Please read the following article and be prepared to discuss on Monday.   An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness achebe-chinua

Think about the following themes and write a 250 word response to the film Age of Innocence and the short story “Roman Fever”. Please take your time and craft a THOUGHTFUL response. Choose your words carefully;  write about concepts that… Continue Reading →

Post your final reading assignment choice here! Please write your full name and the title of the book you have chosen.   Norwegian Wood Haruki Murakami The Book of Laughter and Forgetting Milan Kundera Troubling Love Elena Ferrante

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Please find an example of a piece of contemporary literature, film, documentary, television series, etc.. you consider to be “realist” based on the definition we created in class today and post either a link to it here  or a picture… Continue Reading →

Hi everyone! Here you will find your reading selections for Monday’s class. You will read the following poems from the Anthology (Volume E) and two Baudelaire poems from an online source (the link is below) Charles Baudelaire From Les Fleurs… Continue Reading →

Write at least 5 to 6 sentences that examine a theme we have been discussing this semester. This will serve as the first step in brainstorming for your midterm paper.   I have extended the deadline to Friday March 10th… Continue Reading →

You have two options: Go visit the Met museum. Take a photo of a Romantic work of art (go to the European paintings this section is FULL of Romantic artworks) and discuss. Post the picture on the blog as a… Continue Reading →

Selections from The Sufferings of Young Werther- Goethe 2012 Edition: Published by Norton Translator: Stanley Corngold Below you will find your reading for Monday. Since we will be skipping around quite a bit in the book- I suggest you read… Continue Reading →