April 4th Class

Instead of going to 2132 for class today, come to 1137 in the red area to get the article I mentioned I'd give you last week.

Here is the link:

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/08/books/review/Kennedy.t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Next week--

Bring drafts to 1137 in the red area from 10-1!

Last day to to accept papers is Wednesday April 18.

The Road

NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/08/books/review/Kennedy.t.html?pagewanted=all

http://blog.mattmecham.com/2007/05/29/cormack-mccarthy-the-road/

Hope:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/dont-delay/200805/coping-and-procrastination-the-role-hope

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CGoQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.swarthmore.edu%2FSocSci%2Fbschwar1%2Fpitfalls.pdf&ei=5epxT-OyKoPC0QGIlOWgAQ&usg=AFQjCNHKErPOuXD1lgCFc7gjizHGBkt_jg&sig2=Iz-GAe8EOtNQLnsdv7Ws9g

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joyce-mcfadden/the-psychology-of-hope-an_b_141856.html

This is an article on The Road and "The Allegory of the Cave"

tp://journals.tdl.org/cormacmccarthy/index.php/cormacmccarthy/article/view/852/616


More about The Road
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/08/books/review/Kennedy.t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

http://www.themodernword.com/reviews/mccarthy_road.html

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v29/n02/philip-connors/crenellated-heat

http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2639&context=etd

http://www.bookforum.com/inprint/013_04/499

http://www.bookforum.com/inprint/013_04/499

http://network.bepress.com/explore/arts-and-humanities/english-language-and-literature/literature-in-english-north-america/?facet=publication_facet%3A%22Cormac+McCarthy+Conference%22

WED MARCH 21---ECC IS CLOSED

WED MARCH 21---ECC IS CLOSED

We will look at The Road next Wednesday so start reading that.

I will leave your papers outside my office starting Thursday. You can come by to get them anytime after that--1137 in the red area. You can email me to set up a time to discuss them if you like.

UPDATED ENG 222 SYLLABUS

UPDATED ENG 222 SYLLABUS

March   14           Death of A Salesman, Read The Road

21           *NO CLASS* Read The Road PICK UP 1ST ESSAYS AT MY OFICE 1137--   FROM 10-12

28           The Road, Read The Road, ASSIGN SECOND PAPER

April     4       The Road, Read The Road

  11           Finish The Road, DRAFTS DUE (ONLY DAY DRAFTS ARE ACCEPTED)      MEET IN 1137

18           MEET IN 1137, PAPERS DUE---LAST CLASS

More Sources for Death of A Salesman

Interactive Map of Upward Mobility in America:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/business/in-climbing-income-ladder-location-matters.html?_r=0

Disillusionment Links:

http://www.psychologysalon.com/2011/04/disillusionment-as-goal-for-therapy.html

http://family-marriage-counseling.com/mentalhealth/relationship-basics.htm

http://www.articlesbase.com/wellness-articles/disillusionment-213699.html

http://reis.socialpsychology.org/

NYTimes review of a recent production:

http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/03/16/theater/reviews/death-of-a-salesman-with-philip-seymour-hoffman.html

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cjas/june_miller.html

Quoting a Play!

Quote dialogue between two or more characters by also using block format and putting the characters' names in all capital letters. Don't forget a lead-in and a citation that includes all speeches being quoted. Willy's delusions consistently show how much Happy and Bernard idolized Biff, especially when they argue over who will carry his football gear:

BERNARD. Biff, I'm carrying your helmet, ain't I?
HAPPY.  No, I'm carrying the helmet.
BERNARD. Oh, Biff, you promised me.
HAPPY. I'm carrying the helmet. (Miller 34)

Notice that there is a period after the character’s name not a colon. So it is the author’s last name followed by the PAGE numbers. Remember again that you are always explaining quotes in your own words. 

***Reminder No Class Wednesday March 7***

***Reminder No Class Wednesday March 7***

Read Act Two of Death of a Salesman for Wednesday March 14th

Death of a Salesman

Link to Act one (the one we watched in class):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVjSJ6yblbo&t=2463s

This link provides a number of links from the NY Times on the play:

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/teaching-death-of-a-salesman-with-the-new-york-times/

Death of a Salesman (1949) Death of a Salesman relates the story of Willy Loman, a down-on-his-luck traveling salesman. In order to cope with his failures in life, he retreats to the past in his mind and seems to be losing touch with reality. He tries to relive the good times, but keeps coming up against things that went wrong. His family try to help him by lying about their prospects, but when Loman loses his job, after a lifetime with the same company, he becomes desperate. His depression is exacerbated by the guilt he feels from a past infidelity which has estranged him from his older son, Biff. Rather than accept that his life has been a failure, and that Biff is not interested in big business, Loman decides to commit suicide in hopes that the insurance money will help Biff become successful. The play ends with his family and only friend, Charley, grieving by his graveside. 

Here is a really long look at Death of  A Salesman:

http://www.ibiblio.org/miller/DeathofaSalesmanMAThesis2004.pdf

Symbolism in Death of  A Salesman:

http://www.ibiblio.org/miller/gardens.html

http://www.psychologysalon.com/2011/04/disillusionment-as-goal-for-therapy.html

http://family-marriage-counseling.com/mentalhealth/relationship-basics.htm

http://www.articlesbase.com/wellness-articles/disillusionment-213699.html

http://reis.socialpsychology.org/

NYTimes review of a recent production:

http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/03/16/theater/reviews/death-of-a-salesman-with-philip-seymour-hoffman.html

http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsM/miller-arthur.html

Paper Checklist

1. Your introduction does not introduce the title(s) and author(s) of the primary (anything read or watched in class) texts. (In “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan…)
2. You announced your thesis (“This paper will…”-or- “I will discuss…”).
3. Your introduction does not include a thesis (The main point of your paper—reword the question you are answering from handout).
4. You did not cite or quote 2 OUTSIDE SOURCES (They can be found on the class blog or by doing your own research)
5. You cited or quoted unreliable outside sources (ie: Sparknotes, shmoop, wikipedia, cliffnotes, 123helpme, yahoo discussion boards etc.)
6. You plagiarized. You took info from an unreliable source or just took info and did not give credit.
7. You need to quote the primary texts in your paper (Anything we have read or watched in class).
8. Sources are not accurately documented, and MLA format is not attempted or followed properly.
9. Several awkward and/or unclear sentences; problems with word choice.
10. Essay contains too much research information without your own analysis.
11. Do not use “I” in your formal essays. No “I think”—just make the  statement.
12. You spent too much time retelling the story. A little bit of this is fine but you spent too much time on this. Just answer your essay question.
13. You misspelled character’s names, titles or the author’s name incorrectly.
14. You used quotes in your introduction or conclusion. Save them for the body paragraphs.
15. You have no works cited page.
16. “Short Stories” get quotation marks and Novels and Films get italics.
17. Never start or end a paragraph with a quote.

Hair and More on Their Eyes Were Watching Gods

http://www.zoranealehurston.com/

This article is about Eaton, FL and Hurston:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/29/us/29florida.html​

The "mule"
http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1137&context=honors

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Pe4W0-QQdvsC&oi=fnd&pg=PP2&dq=mule+in+african+american+female+characters&ots=pj-4vEOHIk&sig=5b1Z0gsXFfXcdrONBXh3RJIdXyE#v=onepage&q=mule%20in%20african%20american%20female%20characters&f=false

http://ijellh.com/ecofeminist-reading-toni-morrisons-the-bluest-eye/

http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6935&context=etd

http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/webclient/StreamGate?folder_id=0&dvs=1477932641146~346

The issue of hair:

Hair:

http://www.asu.edu/feature/includes/summer05/readmore/hair.html

http://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=jur

http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1095&context=art_design_theses

http://file.scirp.org/pdf/JSS_2014010814473478.pdf

http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/black-hair-care-and-culture-story

http://www.ijessnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/10.pdf

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=RuGMORXyF4YC&oi=fnd&pg=PA155&dq=nature+in+their+eyes+were+watching+god&ots=I9lQ3c8-t-&sig=1VQGjqg6o4V4Zv_6QdFSoBu17pI#v=onepage&q=nature%20in%20their%20eyes%20were%20watching%20god&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=DjQMg8gTzygC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=nature+in+their+eyes+were+watching+god&ots=iRj260ZYrT&sig=vyS5ro_-BwgLohx-7JMIrAnMCzM#v=onepage&q=nature%20in%20their%20eyes%20were%20watching%20god&f=false

Their Eyes Were Watching God

"How It Feels to Be Colored Me"

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma01/grand-jean/hurston/chapters/how.html

http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/folklore-zora-neale-hurstons-their-eyes-were-watching-god

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=WBNuLxTzzwMC&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=their+eyes+were+watching+god+&ots=KAzRr1Ma0_&sig=mxqil9lKNLCWkG8Ycj1Jvc6N2_k#v=onepage&q=their%20eyes%20were%20watching%20god&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=RuGMORXyF4YC&oi=fnd&pg=PA155&dq=their+eyes+were+watching+god+critical+&ots=I9gN-e64o7&sig=fZIDfaYqwb2NZjUuQPtX5rGQAsk#v=onepage&q=their%20eyes%20were%20watching%20god%20critical&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=DjQMg8gTzygC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=their+eyes+were+watching+god+critical+&ots=iRe-22X1m-&sig=SNAVAwSdsHW_WfsojBWRQlGiupA#v=onepage&q=their%20eyes%20were%20watching%20god%20critical&f=false

http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/464063?sid=21105518868921&uid=2&uid=3739256&uid=3739808&uid=4

https://books.google.com/books?id=WWDZBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT36&lpg=PT36&dq=Simmons,+Ryan.+%22The+Hierarchy+Itself:+Hurston%27s+Their+Eyes+Were+Watching+God+and+the+Sacrifice+of+Narrative+Authority%22.+African+American+Review+36.2+%28Summer+2002%29:+181-93.+Print&source=bl&ots=TDBQHQO9Cc&sig=hYD7BMCCCTuHvHxUDTm7JGrO6NU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tSUHVenhE4uyggS9s4CIBQ&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Simmons%2C%20Ryan.%20%22The%20Hierarchy%20Itself%3A%20Hurston's%20Their%20Eyes%20Were%20Watching%20God%20and%20the%20Sacrifice%20of%20Narrative%20Authority%22.%20African%20American%20Review%2036.2%20(Summer%202002)%3A%20181-93.%20Print&f=false

Podcast:
 https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/neas-the-big-read/id303133830?mt=2&i=52870823

More on A Lesson Before Dying

http://www.neabigread.org/books/lessonbeforedying/media/

http://toto.lib.unca.edu/sr_papers/literature_sr/srliterature_2008/watson_gwen.pdf

https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=Ernest+Gaines

Podcast:

http://www.neabigread.org/books/lessonbeforedying/media/

No Class Wednesday Jan 24

No Class Wednesday Jan 24

Continue A Lesson Before Dying

Using Quotes

“Grant struggles, at first without success, to restore a sense of human dignity to Jefferson, a semiliterate, cynical and bitter 21-year-old man, who accepts his own lawyer's depiction of him as "a hog" not worthy of the court's expense. The social distance between the college-educated Grant and Jefferson appears as great as that between the races, and class differences often frustrate their ability to communicate”(Senna).

If you wanted to use this quote in your paper, you take it from the article (copy and paste is fine but be sure to adjust font) and insert into a BODY paragraph in you essay. “Grant struggles, at first without success, to restore a sense of human dignity to Jefferson, a semiliterate, cynical and bitter 21-year-old man, who accepts his own lawyer's depiction of him as "a hog" not worthy of the court's expense. The social distance between the college-educated Grant and Jefferson appears as great as that between the races, and class differences often frustrate their ability to communicate”(Senna). After the quote, you would explain the quote in your own words and how it applies to your thesis. Never begin or end a paragraph with a quote. 

A Lesson Before Dying

http://www.laguardia.edu/lesson/students.html

http://alessonbeforedyingalfonzo.weebly.com/literary-criticism.html


https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=a+lesson+before+dying&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C31&as_sdtp=

A page dedicated to the author:

http://aalbc.com/authors/ernest.htm

More links for the novel:

http://www.neabigread.org/books/lessonbeforedying/teachers-guide/additional-resources/

Review of the novel:

http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/theater/reviews/3829/

Link to Articles About Racial Injustice in American South;

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=racial+injustice+in+american+south+1940s&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C31

NYTimes Book Review:

http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/12/28/bsp/16002.html

Critical Essay;

http://toto.lib.unca.edu/sr_papers/literature_sr/srliterature_2008/watson_gwen.pdf

Culture in the novel;

http://www.louisianafolklife.org/LT/Articles_Essays/main_misc_gaines_foodways.html

Women in the novel:

http://search.proquest.com/docview/213544915?pq-origsite=gscholar

http://thesouthernreview.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/TSR_Autumn2005_ErnestGaines.pdf

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=women+in+african+american+literature+1940s&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C31