Category: Literature

While our authors are all undoubtedly of their historical and cultural moment, they are also writing stories about a human experience — and we are living the human experience, even if it looks different from their time.
For your second response paper, you’re going to consider one or two pieces of literature and explore how they resonate with something happening in our world today.
So, what does that mean?
Either select one piece that really speaks to our current moment (whether it’s about some aspect of contemporary identity, about work, about war, about family, etc) OR select two pieces that have a common theme or topic
Find an example of that theme in contemporary life, including specific evidence from reliable sources (New York Times, BBC, etc)
Write a 4-5 page thesis-driven paper that answers these questions:
How can this story/poem (these stories/poems) help us make sense of this contemporary situation? What does this text tell us about our place as humans in the global story?
This paper must include the following things:
A clear thesis statement at the end of the introductory paragraph
A minimum of five direct quotations in total from the literature that you’re discussing
Cited summaries of the relevant historical and cultural moment of the author(s)
Citations and summaries (or direct quotes from reliable news sources) about the contemporary issue
A works cited page

While reading  “Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp,” look for Vladimir Propp’s dramatic situations. Present 3 examples of from the list of 31 dramatic situations and show us where it appears in the story. Include quotations from the story, as needed. Finally, present some of your own thoughts about the story.
Bonus Points: For 5 extra points, name and discuss any of the 7 archetypes that appear on the summary of Propp’s dramatic situations. 
text: https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/141/the-blue-fairy-book/3132/aladdin-and-the-wonderful-lamp/

I need an essay with a minimun of 600 words. can anyone help me please.
see attachement for instructions.

Read
1. Read these three picture books by Americans. These books should be available in public libraries. I chose them because they all won the Caldecott award. 
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe (1987)
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears: A West African Tale by Verna Aardema (1975)
A Story, a Story: An African Tale by Gail Haley (1999)
2. Read-aloud versions available on youtube, but you may miss the picturebook experience if you rely ONLY on youtube.
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGmGwaYsBiw&app=desktop
A Story, a Story [at least part of it]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLJ7PmeIBs8&app=desktop
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters

3. Go to the Internet Sacred Text Archive at http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/index.htm. Read the introduction, then go to South-African Folk-tales by James A. Honey and read these tales: 
“Lion Who Thought Himself Wiser than his Mother”
“The Dance for Water or Rabbit’s Triumph” and
4. One last part: the Cinderella story from Egypt at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodopis
Questions for the discussion board
Start with the collections from the Internet Sacred Text Archive (#s 3 and 4 above) and answer these questions:
1. These stories have been collected by white immigrant people from native tellers (similar to the Joe Hayes or Joel Chandler Harris situation) or collected by native Africans who have been educated in English by white immigrant audiences. Where do you see the English-speaking, European influences? What instructions would you give to these collectors in order to get accurate stories? This question is similar to the one asked about Joe Hayes, the Anglo who collects Mexican fairy tales.
2. Again, about the Sacred Text Archive stories: Are these African stories ready for American audiences in the 21st century? If not, what changes need to be made? You get to be editors in this question, using the best of what you’ve learned so far about editing, to present a fair version of the stories that will also engage a 21st century child audience. What editing principles/assumptions are you using when you suggest these changes? 
Now about the picture books:
3.  In the picture books, you have American editor-storytellers who are appealing to American audiences when they edit their African stories. What changes have they made to make them more appealing and more marketable?
4. In these picture books the editor/storyteller falls back on the European stories we as American readers already know. What similarities do you see between the picture books and any of the other stories we’ve read?
Mosquitoes:
A Story:
Mufaro:
5.  In these picture books, you see three different illustrators and styles—how do they influence you as an adult reader? Is your adult reaction different from that of a child who cannot read but can listen to the story and “read’ the picture?
6.  What is the difference in the reading experience between the read-aloud versions on youtube and the actual picturebook experience in your hands?

In around 200 words total, answer the following sections:
1.) What about Whitman’s poetry made the largest impact on American authorship? 
2.) What about Whitman’s own background did he use to fuel his writings?
3.) What is freeverse and how does Whitman use it in his work to discuss many different things?
4.) When you read the Song of Myself how does it make you feel? What do you pick up from this reading? 
Remember that all poetry is subjective in so many ways, so there are no wrong answers for the last few questions. 

Detective Fiction as a genre, as we’ve seen, cannot be divorced from its historical and cultural moment in time. Reflect for a moment on your final project of writing the beginning of a detective story. How does your story illustrate what it means to be you living in this time and space? How is your culture revealed? Through characters? Plot? Issues under consideration or criticism? If your personal reality crosses cultures, you may include your reflections on that as well. Does your story connect to your own experience or academic knowledge you’ve gained at university? 
Your views have been shaped by the culture and the time-period in which you live. If your detective story were to be viewed as an artifact from this moment in time and space, what would others learn about the larger picture of history and society in which you live? It can be as simple as the types of cars and phones that you put in your story or specific cultural references such as famous people, songs, foods/restaurants or TV shows but aren’t limited to these. Remember that even novels that borrow from the past or future say something about the author making it and their point of reference. So what does your story say about you and your point of reference? How have you used your point of reference to write your story? Is there disciplinary information or a skill (academic or experiential) that informs or helped you create your project?

The contemporary piece chosen: The Fall of the House  of Usher Netflix tv show that is titled after the Poe Story “The Fall of the House of Usher 
WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT: 
– What the Story “The Fall of the House of Usher” is about in detail 
– What the show/episodes are about in detail 
– the differences between the show and the story written by the Poe 
GUIDELINES: 
For this essay, you will select a piece of contemporary/popular art (from roughly the last 30 years) where you see evidence of Poe’s legacy. You may select a television serial, a comic book/graphic novel, a movie, poetry, a short story, or a novel. You should clearly establish where you see elements of Poe’s writing at work in this piece of art. In doing so, you should also identify how it alters Poe’s aesthetics to achieve its own particular set of ends. 
Close reading will still be central to this paper. In order to prove the kind of association between Poe and the work of art you select, you must muster textual evidence from some of Poe’s work as well as provide a reading of the contemporary work of art you selected. This process will require acts of interpretation. If you decide to work with something visual, you might want to include illustrations (though they won’t count toward your page number count).
Structure your interpretation of the passage around a single argument or question. In other words, do not just provide a list of comparisons. These comparisons should add up to something—how should the redeployment of Poe guide our reading of your object of analysis (i.e. the contemporary artwork). You’re not just proving influence; you’re providing an account of how intertextuality produces a particular meaning for the reader. Persuade your reader.
While you don’t have to do so, I would encourage you to make use of the critical vocabulary
Your paper must have a title (please be creative).

Requirements for the research paper:
The paper must make use of at least three academic sources. Abbott can be one of your sources.
The length must be 2,000-2,500 words, not including the list of works cited.
The paper must conform to MLA standards.
Papers that do not fulfill these basic requirements will automatically start with a letter grade of B.
-ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:
A Work of this quality directly addresses the question or problem raised and provides a coherent argument displaying an extensive knowledge of relevant information or content. This type of work demonstrates the ability to critically evaluate concepts and theory and has an element of novelty and originality. There is clear evidence of a significant amount of reading beyond that required for the course.
B This is highly competent level of performance and directly addresses the question or problem raised.There is a demonstration of some ability to critically evaluatetheory and concepts and relate them to practice. Discussions reflect the student’s own arguments and are not simply a repetition of standard lecture andreference material. The work does not suffer from any major errors or omissions and provides evidence of reading beyond the required assignments.
C This is an acceptable level of performance and provides answers that are clear but limited, reflecting the information offered in the lectures and reference readings.
D This level of performances demonstrates that the student lacks a coherent grasp of the material.Important information is omitted and irrelevant points included.In effect, the student has barely done enough to persuade the instructor that s/he should not fail.
FThis work fails to show any knowledge or understanding of the issues raised in the question. Most of the material in the answer is irrelevant.
I need at least three peer-reviewed sources

then post a reflection, in a sentence or two, of what it would be like to tell the client and/or parent/guardian (in the Skills Simulation) what you will be doing with the report.

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King, S. (1984). Why we crave horror movies. Retrieved from https://faculty.uml.edu/bmarshall/Lowell/whywecravehorrormovies.pdf
Stott, A.M. (2013). The poet, the physician, and the birth of the modern vampire.  Retrieved from: http://publicdomainreview.org/2014/10/16/the-poet-the-physician-and-the-birth-of-the-modern-vampire
Shelley, M. (1818). Frankenstein: Or, the modern Prometheus. Retrieved from: http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/128/frankenstein-or-the-modern-prometheus/2279/preface-and-letters/
https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/207/the-strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde/
Some sources about the topic
The professor wants outside sources