Week 8: Structure and Symbolism

This Week's Classes

Since class was cancelled last Friday we're going to skip Achebe's "Dead Men's Path." The syllabus won't change in any way.

Please come to class on Monday having read Timothy Findley's "Stones", as well as pages 68-88 from the McMahan text book.

On Wednesday, please come to class ready to discuss imagery in Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants." You'll find the story on pages 210-213 of our text book and a discussion about imagery and symbolism on pages 89-91.

Come to class on Friday having read Alice Munro's "Boys and Girls," as well as pages 119-121 and 142-146 from the McMahan text book.

Assignment

For this week's blog assignment, please write a review.  You may review anything: a story, a novel, a movie, a song, a restaurant, a piece of electronics, etc.

In your review you should evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your subject.  You should tell us both what is good and what is bad about the thing you are reviewing, but you should also come to a solid conclusion so that your review is a useful representation of your opinion as a tool for making recommendations to others.

As you're writing your review, think about whether you liked the subject, whether it is good, and whether your reader should see/read/buy/whatever that subject.  Those are, in the end, three different questions, and a good review answers all of them.