LIT 202 week 2 assignment.
I’m working on a Literature question and need guidance to help me study.
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The readings in this week’s reader:
American Lit 1865-1914 (click this on the TOC and the author names will appear)
- Voices from Native America- Smohalla
- Henry James- intro information and story: “Daisy Miller”
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman, intro information and story: “The Yellow Wallpaper”
- Upton Sinclair, intro information and story: “The Jungle
- W.E.B. DuBois, intro information and essay: “From the Souls of Blackfolk: Forethought”
For each reading, I want you to do three things:
- Write a summary of the story or text in which you identify the main action or message.
- Identify what it is that the author is trying to protest, teach, warn or otherwise make clear with this text. What societal issue or issues are brought up?
- Come up with a critical question of your own about each text. Critical questions require us to think. They often start with “why, what do you think, find a quote that proves, how, what if, compare/contrast, how does the author, do you agree, have you ever, do you see a connection…” They don’t ask stuff like “what was the main character’s name. That doesn’t make the reader think, apply personal knowledge, make predictions or support guesses intelligently.
Please note: NO LATE WORK! If you are running out of time, publish what you have so you can get some points. I do not accept work that is submitted even one minute past the deadline.
