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Week 16-17 wrap up

*The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (wiki)

*Ursula K. Le Guin (wiki)

*Three well- known fantasy works:
1. The Lord of Rings from J. R. R. Tolkien

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Week 15-Willa Cather “Paul’s Case”

Willa Cather “Paul’s Case” & Quiz Revision

Ø“Paul’s Case” (wiki) (spark note)

sTitle

“Paul’s Case: A Study in Temperament”

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Week 14 Lord of the Flies

* Sir William Golding (wiki)

*The Lord of Flies (wiki)

* Utopian (wiki) and dystopian (wiki) fiction

+Thomas More (wiki)

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Week 13 Joyce Carol Oates

*Joyce Carol Oates (wiki) (FB) (twitter) (official)

+Working Class American Author

+Princeton University

+ nominated for Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize

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Week 12 D.H. Lawrence

*D.H. Lawrence (wiki) (bio.) (lit.) (Academic) (grade saver)

 +tedious

* “The Piano” (text) (video) (study guide)

  +D.H. cannot cut the connection with his mother

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Week 11 Detective Fiction

* Detective Fiction

 1.Edgar Allan Poe “The Raven” (c.f.  Week 6 )

2.Agatha Christie “The Queen of Crime” (1890-1976)

Murder on the Orient Express(wiki) (official website) (biography) (IMDb)

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week10-after mid-term#

Run through the answers of mid-term.

#9 Answer: The Holy Grail / Chalice (wiki)

InChristian traditiontheHoly Chaliceis the vessel which Jesus used at theLast Supperto serve the wine. The vessel is referred to in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, the word "cup" being generally used in English translations.

“And He took a cup and when He had given thanks He gave it to them saying 'Drink this, all of you; for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you, I shall not drink again of the fruit of the vine until I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom”-The Gospels ofMatthew26:27

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week8-James Joyce’s Araby#

I.Essay writing (c.f. week 2-5)

II.James Joyce’s “Araby”

*James Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in themodernistavant-gardeof the early 20th century. Joyce is best known forUlysses(1922) Other major works are the short-story collectionDubliners(1914). 

*Dubliners (spark notes) (grade saver)

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week6-Edgar Allan Poe#

I.Edgar Allan Poe (wiki)(Poe’s museum)

Edgar Allan Poe(1809 –1849) was an Americanauthor,poet,editor, andliterary critic, considered part of the AmericanRomantic Movement. Best known for his tales ofmysteryand themacabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of theshort story, and is generally considered the inventor of thedetective fictiongenre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre ofscience fiction.

I.“The Raven” (wiki) (IMDb)

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

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