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American Literature
Author Resources
Banks, “Djinn” Active Reading Exercise Discussion Questions
Bradstreet, Contextual Resources
Diaz, On the Significance of Literature
Chopin, "The Awakening" Biographical and Historical Contexts
Clifton, Reading "homage to my hips"
Hawthorne, "The Birthmark" Biographical and Historical Contexts
Faulkner, Pronouncing and Explaining the Origins of Yoknapatawpha
Franklin's Autobiography, In Context: The Enlightenment and The American Revolution
Hurston, Fieldwork Footage
Jen, (Gish Jen), Tiger Writing. Art, Culture, and The Interdependent Self (Interview)
Barthelme, “The School” Identifying Humorous Elements
Edwards, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," A Rhetorical Analysis of Puritan Language
Emerson, 1951 Instructional Film, "Developing Self-Reliance"
Far, "Leaves from the Mental Portfolio of a Eurasian," Cultural Contexts
Frost, "The Road Not Taken" Popular Representations
Lahiri, Author Interviews
Melville, "Bartleby, the Scrivener" Character Analysis Activity
O'Brien, "The Things They Carried," Contextual Information
O'Connor, "Everything that Rises Must Converge," Major Themes and Discussion Questions
Rowlandson, "A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Rowlandson" A Description of Bases of Appeal, Literary Devices, Ideological Mystifications
Rowlandson, “A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Rowlandson” Historical Context Timeline
Thoreau, "Resistance to Civil Government" Influence through Video Clips
Whitman, Various Poems, Video Resources on Lasting Influence
Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin), "American Indian Stories" Historical Background
Nature in American Literature Comparative Thesis and Evidence Activity
Dickinson, "The Soul Selects her own Society" Close Reading Exercise
Douglass, "The Narrative of the Life" Discussion Questions
Douglass, Jacobs, Stowe Narratives About Slavery Discussion Questions
Emerson, "Self-Reliance" Discussion Questions
Hawthorne, “My Kinsman, Major Molineux” OED Exercise
Hawthorne, “The Birthmark” Creative Writing Exercise
Hemingway, "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" Masculinity Group Activity
Hemingway, “Big Two Hearted River,” Trauma and Healing Group Writing Exercise
Hughes, "I, Too" Discussion Questions
Lazarus “The New Colossus” Creative Writing Exercise
Melville, "Bartleby, the Scrivener" Creative Writing Exercise
O'Brien, "In the Lake of the Woods" Evidence Exercise
O'Connor, "A Good Man is Hard to Find" OED Definition and Essay Excerpt
O'Connor, "The Lame Shall Enter First" Character Analysis Questions
Rich, “Diving into the Wreck” Discussion Board Post
Shteyngart, "Super Sad True Love Story" Discussion Questions
Stevens, “Anecdote of the Jar” Examining Sound Patterns Group Activity
Twain, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” Canonicity Group Activity
Whitman, "Song of Myself" Comparison Activity
Williams, "This is Just to Say" Creative Writing Exercise
Winthrop, “A Model of Christian Charity” Metaphor Activity
Wolff, "Thanksgiving Special" Discussion Questions
Alexie, "Evolution" and "On the Amtrak from Boston to New York City," Reading Ideology Group Activity
American Writers Then and Now, Research and Writing Exercise
Apess, Thoreau, and Douglass, Comparison Activity
Bradstreet, "Before the Birth of One of Her Children" and "The Flesh and the Spirit" Active Reading Exercises
Brooks, "Kitchenette Building" Active Reading and Close Reading Exercises
Chesnutt, “The Wife of His Youth” What Should He Have Done
cummings, "in just-" Active Reading and Close Reading Exercises
Dickinson's "The Soul selections her own Society," "Total divine--is mine," and “Color -- Caste -- Denomination -- ” Active Reading Exercises
Doty, "Heaven's Coast," Critical/Creative Writing Exercise
Douglass, "Narrative" and Jefferson, "Notes on the State of Virginia" Comparison Activity
Douglass, “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro” or “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Active Reading Exercise
Edwards and Emerson, Analyzing Language and Perspective
Edwards, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Active Reading and Close Reading Prompt
Eliot, “Preludes” Active Reading Exercise
Faulkner, "Barn Burning" Interpretative Exercises
Faulkner, “That Evening Sun” Active Reading and Close Reading Exercise
Franklin, "The Way to Wealth" Active Reading Exercise
Frost, "Design" Active Reading Exercise
Frost, "The Road Not Taken" Active Reading Exercise
Ginsberg, "America," Creative Writing: Letters to America
Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown" Thesis Exercise
Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown," iClicker interpretive polling, deliberation, and debate
Howe, "the Battle Hymn of the Republic" Active Reading Exercise
Hughes, “I, Too, Sing America” Active Reading and Close Reading Exercises
Lazarus, "The New Colossus" Active Reading Exercise
Melville, "A Utilitarian View of the Monitors Fight" Active Reading Exercise
O'Brien "On the Rainy River" Active Reading and Close Reading Exercises
Paine, "The Age of Reason" Active Reading Exercise
Pound, Williams, or Stevens Creative Writing Exercise
Rich's, “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” "Living in Sin," and "Yom Kippur" Active Reading Exercises
Rowlandson, "Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson" Active Reading and Close Reading Exercises
Stevens, "Anecdote of the Jar" Active Reading Exercise
Stevens’ “The Emperor of Ice Cream,” Active Reading Exercise
Timrod, “Ethnogenesis” Active Reading Exercise
Walker, "Everyday Use" Active Reading Exercise
Wheatley, "On Being Brought from Africa to America" Active Reading Exercise
Williams', "The Use of Force" Active Reading Exercise
Winthrop's, "A Model of Christian Charity" Active Reading Exercise
Wolff, “Thanksgiving Special” and "Souvenir,” Active Reading and Close Reading Exercises
Wright, "The Ethics of Living Jim Crow" Active Reading Exercise
Zitkala-Sa, "Impressions of an Indian Childhood" Active Reading Exercise
Wilder, Our Town, Close-Reading Exercise
Franklin, Self-Made Man, Debate
Historical Resources
British Literature
Author Resources
Milton, "Paradise Lost" Group Argumentation Exercise
Shakespeare, "King Lear," Identifying a Significant Word
Shakespeare, Henry IV pt 1, Verse and Prose Activity
Milton, Paradise Lost, Devil's Party Debate
Historical Resources
Exercise: Write your own couplet
World Literature
Course Design
Syllabi and Course Policies
Sample Assignments
Assessment
Pedagogy
Orientation Materials
Discussion Strategies
Student Presentations of Lecture Material
Group Work Models
Online Teaching
Sample CRIT Exercises
Teaching Close Reading
Close Listening and Close Looking Exercises
How to Read for E316
Literary Term Review Activity
Essay Exam Preparation/Reading Response Guidelines
Teaching Writing
Beyond Compare and Contrast: Writing a Strong Comparative Thesis
Crane, Thesis and Evidence Exercise
Critical Essay Based on Expanded CRIT, Assignment, Guidelines and Rubric
Integrating and Punctuating Quotations
Plot Summary vs Analysis: Short Answer Exam Prep
Quotation Sandwich Model and Group Work
University Writing Center Student Handouts
Thesis Exercise, iClicker polling and discussion to improve student writing
Thesis Statement Throwdown Activity
How to teach
Icebreakers
Administration and policies
E316M American Literature Collection
Latinx/Chicanx Collection
OVERVIEW
LIST OF TEXTS
SPOTLIGHTED TEXTS
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
ASSIGNMENTS
LESSON PLANS
Native American and Indigeneity Collection
OVERVIEW
LIST OF TEXTS
SPOTLIGHTED TEXTS
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
ASSIGNMENTS
LESSON PLANS
Disability Studies Collection
OVERVIEW
LIST OF TEXTS
SPOTLIGHTED TEXTS
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
ASSIGNMENTS
LESSON PLANS
Black American Collection
OVERVIEW
LIST OF TEXTS
SPOTLIGHTED TEXTS
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
ASSIGNMENTS
LESSON PLANS
Arab American Collection
Asian American and Pacific Islander Collection
Adaptable Lesson Plans & Assignments
Choose Your Own Reading Adventure
Assignment Specifications
Lesson Plan Ideas for TA's
Curate an Art Exhibition
Suspending Damage
Visit the Blanton
E316L British Literature Collection
E316L Medieval & Early Modern Collection
INTRODUCTION
OVERVIEW OF CONTEXTS & APPROACHES
GLOBAL FRAMEWORKS
INDIGINEITY
DISABILITY STUDIES
SECONDARY READINGS: ANNOTATED LIST
SHORT SECONDARY PIECES: FOR SYLLABI/CLASS/SECTION
FURTHER READING: FOR INSTRUCTORS
RESOURCES: GLOBAL CHAUCERANIA
SYLLABI
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SECONDARY TEXTS
LESSON PLANS & ASSIGNMENTS
“Thinking Indigeneity” Part I: Student-Generated Land Acknowledgements
“Thinking Indigeneity” Part II: Beowulf and Comparative Global and Indigenous (Anishinaabe) Oral Narratives
Lesson Plan and Mapping Assignment: Black Lives and Caribbean Connections
Form, Classical Allusion, and African Resistance: The Poetry and Prose of Robert Baker’s Early Voyages to Guinea in 1562 and 1563
Global Middle Ages and Chaucer: “The Wife of Bath in Brixton Market” and “The Refugee’s Tale”
Assignment: Curate Your Own Medieval/Early Modern Archive & Exhibition
E316L Post-1700 Collection
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