Monday

• ROOT OF THE WEEK: CONTRA- (against or opposite)

• WRITTEN RESPONSE #13

• SHORT FICTION STUDY
• Critical Literary Perspectives (If you were absent, watch this explanation of literary theory)
• Archetypal Perspective
• Feminist Perspective
• New Historicism Perspective
• Psychoanalytic Perspective
• Reader-Response Perspective

• In-Class Assignment*:

• In your assigned group, complete the following tasks:

1. Together, learn about the critical literary perspective you have been assigned. Be sure to examine the "For Further Study" links.
2. Make notes in your notebook on the key elements of the perspective. Be sure to write these in your own words by synthesizing the material.
3. Discuss how stories we have read in class ("Born Bad", "We Show What We Have Learned", "Eleven", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Yellow Wallpaper") can be viewed using the critical literary perspective you have been assigned. 
4. Create a presentation for your classmates that (A) teaches your critical literary perspective and (B) demonstrates the perspective in action using stories we have read in class.

                      * If you were absent, contact me ASAP about how you can make up this group assignment.

• HW due Wed. 11/28/18: 
• Prepare final touches on your group's presentation of your assigned critical perspective. Presentations will be Wednesday.