ENG 247: The Woman Writer: Assignments & Class Resources
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Louise Erdich in Conversation
Anxiety of Influence
- Alice Walker's In Search of Our Mother's GardensLiterary criticism of Alice Walker's 1972 In Search of Our Mother's Garden
- Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own (1929)Chapter 1 of Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own (1929)
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In-Class Activities: Louise Erdrich Discussion
Read Pam Houston’s “The Best Girlfriend You’ve Never Had” (packet)
Faces of America interview with Henry Louis Gates about Louise Erdrich literary work as a Native American (2010).
- Willa Cather's Paul's Case: A Study of TemperamentShort story Willa Cather's Paul's Case.
Also Read Pam Houston's "The Best Girlfriend You've Never Had" (Packet from Professor)
**Ask about packet materials- is there a copyright issue?
- Yoko Tawada’s “Hair Tax"
- Ludmila Petrushevskaya’s “Revenge”
- Junot Diaz’s “How to Date”
- Nelly Rosario’s “How to Date a Thugboy... (no longer available online)
- The Project Gutenberg EBook of Rapunzel by The Brothers GrimmOnline ebook from Project Gutenberg Rapunzel from the Grimms' Fairtales
- Anne Sexton's CinderellaAnne Sexton's Cinderella Fairytale.
Reference Links
- Afro-Surreal and Afrofuturistic Cinematic StorytellingArticle by Dr. Rochelle Spencer about Afro-Surreal and Afrofuturistic Cinematic Storytelling in Junot Diaz & Colson Whitehead literary works
- Afrosurreal: The Marvelous And The Invisible 2016An Afrosurreal manifestation is an artistic or critical expression that addresses or interacts with The Afrosurreal Manifesto. These expressions have shown themselves across artistic disciplines including film, literature, dance, visual art, installation work, interventions, and other “emancipatory projects.”
- How Emily Dickinson Writes a PoemDiscuss how Emily Dickinson's crafted a poem.
The Life and Poetry of Emily Dickinson
Gender & Sexuality
- Juot Diaz's How to Date AnalysisNew Yorker interview with Junot Díaz reading the story; Edwidge Danticat and Deborah Treisman discuss. (6/2/2007)
- Nelly Rosario's How to Date a Thugboy, Artboy, Nerdboy, or Papichulo: A Remix of a Junot Diaz ThemeA written piece by Nelly Rosario that has a remixed prose of Junot Diaz's "How to date a brown girl, black girl, white girl, or halfie".