1 RYERSON UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH English 108: Introduction to Fiction W2015 Instructor: Dr. M. Tschofen Office: JOR 1005 Office Hours: by appointment: Mondays: 10:00-‐11:00 Emails: Professor: Monique.tschofen@ryerson.ca TAs: Amy Loys: Amy.Loyst@ryerson.ca, Nick White: n8white@ryerson.ca • Emails will only be accepted from @ryerson.ca accounts • Put ENG 108 in subject line and allow 2 days for a reply • Please use email only after you have first checked the syllabus, Blackboard, and assignment instructions. TA and prof office hours are best for complex queries. • Questions should be sent to TAs first; they will forward unanswered concerns to the course professor.…
|Reading task 2: Identify and include the main ideas of a literary text, with a summary of the text which will reflect your understanding of the text – within a |…
Characters’ weaknesses ▪ What characters do ▪ Reasons (for something) ▪ Reasons why (something occurs) ▪ Genre • Three Subtopics: 3 categories based on the principle of classification BODY (Paragraphs 2-4) •…
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(Warning: This novel contains some explicit language. If this is an issue for you or your child, please contact the English Department Chair at karthur@bcps.org to discuss. An alternate assignment can be created.)…
This assignment is asking you to write an essay analyzing a piece of literature. This task will require a formal use of language.…
task will be to identify the themes, symbols, motifs, and literary devices as you read, offering…
Writers have a hard time escaping the limitations of knowing the human condition. It is a problem not of imagination, but of not being fired so concretely into anything other. Our stories are riddled with intensity and vividness and source enough for millennia. I have selected a few stories we have read this semester that exemplify this and to bring up questions they ask. In “The Things They Carried,” we see burdened men of combat. In “To Build a Fire,” the unnamed protagonist dies in the wilderness because he did not respect it. In “A Point of Morals,” a moral decision is investigated. And in “The Yellow Wallpaper,” very fundamentally, reality is questioned. War, nature, morals, and reality are the themes in each respective story to be explored.…
Where his actions would have been charming in adopting Murusaki and grooming her to become his wife, through the eyes of the modern reader they are disturbing at best. The Tale of Genji certainly earned its place as a masterpiece of literature in the Heian period but has since lost its appeal with the changing societal norms that readers conform…
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Literature is the root to all writings. Every day we face the aspects of literature in its many forms such as movies, music, and books. This semester, I came to understand the three main aspects of literature in a more defined way. The elements of fiction, poetry, and drama where reintroduced through Greg Johnson and Thomas R. Arp’s book Perrine’s Literature Structure, Sound & Sense, 12th Edition. The elements of fiction, poetry, and drama are essential to the writing and interpretation of literature.…
*Apply two or more chapters from How to Read Literature Like a Professor to your novel and discuss the way the writer uses these motifs and the effect they have on overall meaning. Provide proof from the text for support.…
The package is designed to assist students in preparing for the Diploma Examination in English 30-1. Publications such as The Key: Diploma Preparation Guide (published by Castle Rock Research Corp) may also be useful.…
Write an essay about Unwind by Neal Shusterman, in response to ONE of the topics below. Make sure you understand both parts of the topic before you start writing. Make sure you answer both parts of the topic ('describe' and 'explain'). Each part is equally important to help you show understanding of the text. Support your points with specific details from the text. Topic 1: Describe a setting in the text that was challenging for the characters . Explain how this setting helped you understand an idea (or ideas) in the text. Note: 'idea' = theme Topic 2: Describe a situation or event in the text that changed your thinking. Explain how this situation or event helped you understand an idea (or ideas) in the text. Note: 'idea' = theme Topic 3: Describe an important idea you learned about in the text. Explain what the author did to show this idea was important. Note: 'idea' = theme Topic 4: Describe an experience or event that was important to a character or individual in the text. Explain why this experience or event was important to that character or individual. Topic 5: Describe a challenging relationship between at least TWO characters or individuals in the text. Explain how this relationship helped you understand these characters or individuals. Topic 6: Describe an important change that happened to ONE character or individual in the text. Explain why this change was important. Topic 7: Describe at least TWO techniques used to make a character or individual in the text interesting. Explain why these techniques made the character or individual interesting. Note: “Techniques” could include language, structure and/or narrative point-of-view.…
Religion of Near Eastern- Polytheism (worship of Gods/Goddesses), Corpus of literature that circulated (Epic of Gilgamesh, Canonical texts), Myths/stories about the origin of the world (Atraphasis, Enuma Elish), Life after death (Pyramids).…