Note #1: Method of Delivery of Assignments for Fully-Online-Only (FOL) Section: 

All assignments (except as otherwise noted) may be delivered by the following methods:

• delivery before I leave campus(!) on Wed. by 1 pm to my IHCC office, B-136 (immediately inside the main doors of the business building, make a hard right--my mailbox is beside my office door, in alphabetical order with others).  Just stick your papers under my office door.  (Do not put them onto my door--that is where I put pprs. I am returning to students!)
                

• delivery by mail postmarked on Thurs.. (that means delivered to a mailbox before the pickup time!): Richard Jewell, 410 Groveland Ave., #401, Mpls., MN 55403, or to me, B-136, at IHCC's address.
                

• delivery by email dated as sent on Thurs.: please write the subject title of the email as follows:  

  • start with the word "Lit" or the number "2235"

  • add the Wk. #

  • state the type of paper

  • for example: "Lit Wk. 10 Comments"

  Also, please write your assignment in the text of an email, and not as an attachment.  This is because it takes me longer to process attachments.  You also can write your weekly paper in MS Word first, then copy and paste it into your email message.)  

                  

• delivery to my home address near the Walker Art Museum and Loring Park in Minneapolis, near the intersections of I-94, I-35W, & I-394 (see "Contact Richard").

1.   Buy the textbook materials. They are listed in this Web site in the "Syllabus," and again--with more detail-- in the "Homework" page. 

2. Read the online "Welcome!" on the home page, the "Syllabus (Course Summary)," and if you are in the fully-online section, the Starting Online" page.    

Reminder Note #1: Assignments for the FOL section are due Wed. of each week physically by 4 pm, BEFORE I leave campus (I'm not on campus Thurs.-Fri.).  Or they are due by email Thurs. midnight, or physical mail postmarked sometime on Thurs.  (For exceptions, see "Homework.")  See above for notes and delivery methods.  

Note #2: You may deliver the assignments in person or by mail (see above).  If you deliver by email, please write the subject title of the email as follows: 

• start with the word "Lit" or the number "2235"

• add the Wk. #

• state the type of paper

• for example: "Lit Wk. 10 Comments"

Note #3: Also, please write your assignment in the text of an email, and not as an attachment.  This is because it takes me longer to process attachments.  You also can write your weekly paper in MSWord first, then copy and paste it into your email message.)  

• 100+ on "43. What Is 'Writing to Lit'?" 
• 100+ on "44. How to Read Literature" 
• 50+ on "45. Analysis of Elements," main contents

• 50+ on "45. Analysis of Elements," sample paper  

2c. WRITE: Expanded Analysis (EA) of one of your readings, 300+ w.

2c. WRITE: If you have both seen and read the same play, please write 50+ w. of description about the written version of the play: write the 50+ w. about five or more events that are in the written version only (and are not in the version that you saw).  (Wks. 5-6). 

3b. WRITE: There are two ways to attend: (1) go to SSD on campus on Wed., or (2) go to "SSD Online" anytime.  After going, write 200+ w. describing each hour you attended (i.e., 200 w. per hr.).  Write in any way you want.  Count both attendance and writing time and state the total time at the top of the writing.  Remember: you can only count sessions that you did not attend for credit from other teachers.  

1b. WRITE: 100+ words of Comments as follows:

- 50+ on "47. Interpretive Thesis" main contents, & 

- 50+ on the chapter's sample paper at the end.  

2. WRITE:

d. pp. x-xx (genealogy charts, maps): no writing required.

e. Read pp. 1-23, necessary background: no writing required.

    e-1. "Book One," sections 1-4, pp. 23-29: write one RA or IT.

    e-2. "Book One," sects. 5-7, pp. 29-34: write one RA or IT.

    e-3. "Book One," sects. 8-10, pp. 34-41: write one RA or IT.

  
OVERALL TOTAL OF WRITINGS FOR PP. 23-41: two RAs and one IT--one for each of the three groups above.  For the required IT(s) use a theory/idea from Campbell or use another theory. (See "Theories.")

Note: There are three groups of readings in "Book One," above.  In any one group, you can do your RA or IT on just one story, or two together, or three-four together.  For example, a person could write one RA on section 3, one RA on sections 5-7, and one IT on section 10.
OR

b. Read selected sections from pages 27-156 as shown in right column.      à

OR

(2b. alt.) WRITE:

b. Read sections 1-27 (pp. 27-106), section 31 (pp. 120-122), and section 42 (154-156), about creation myths, and gods and goddesses.
c. The readings are long.  So, to save time, you may skip all of the many footnotes, if you want.  In each section, they come after the star ("*") and are numbered "1," "2,", etc.
c. Choose six stories to write on.  Write 5 very brief RAs and 1 300+ w. IT (hint: the IT usually is easier to write if you choose a longer story).

Make Up a Missed Museum Visit

OR           \/

2b. WRITE: Reading Analyses (RA) of your lit readings  (Just list--in one or a few words-- the main character, plot, and a mythic meaning or symbol in each story.  Please show both page numbers and story names in your list.)  Do five RAs and one IT, total.  Do them on chapter sets 11-13, 14-16, 17-19, 20, 21-23, and 24, or on any other 55 pages from the rest of the book.  See the example above in Wk. 7: you may do each RA or IT on just one story in a group, two stories together from the group, or the whole group. 

  
2c. WRITE: Remember to write at least one Interpretive Thesis (IT) of one of your readings, above: 300+ w. arguing/interpreting just one of the readings.  Use a theory/idea from Campbell or use another theory. (See "Theories.")  Or, instead, this week, try (if you wish) to write it from the point of view of one to three people very different from you, and repeat that person's identity or point of view every 50-100 words or so: e.g., "A psychologist would interpret this myth as meaning..." or, perhaps, "A death-row convict would argue that this myth means...."  See the CollegeWriting.info "Writing an Analysis" chapter's "Basics" for more details and "Samples" for an example. 

As mentioned above, you may read and write about something in Martin from other chapters not assigned in the final 55 pages of the book.   For example, some of you might want to substitute the five pages on Oedipus (pp. 241-6) and/or the story of the Odyssey and Ulysses/Odysseus.  Whatever you choose, be sure to read at least 55 pages, and be sure to write at least five RAs and at least one IT, total.  And be sure to state both the name of the story and the page numbers for each. 
OR

and

(2b. alt.) WRITE:

a. Read the following sections about mythic humans:
28-30 (pp. 111-118), 41 (pp. 151-152)
50 (173-5), 58 (194-6)
61-67 (205-218), 69 (223-4)
72-73 (233-242), 76 (256-7)
81 (268-273), 83 (281-3), 85 (286-8)
92 (311-15), 101 (356-8).
 
b. The readings are long.  So, to save time, you may skip all of the many footnotes, if you want.  In each section, they come after the star ("*") and are numbered "1," "2,", etc.
 

c. Choose six stories to write on.  Write 5 very brief RAs and 1 300+ w. IT (hint: the IT usually is easier to write if you choose a longer story).

2b. WRITE: Reading Analyses (RA) of all your lit readings.

NOTE: For the readings, you can choose between going on the Web to read, or buying an additional book.  If you choose a play and see it, first, then before you read it, please be sure to highlight at least five differences between the visual and book versions!   

    
To see King Arthur legends online, click here: King Arthur."  

Plays may be purchased, borrowed from a library, or found on the Web by going to a search engine (e.g., http://google.com) and using search words like this:

[Play Name] [Author] "Full Text"

Canterbury Tales by Chaucer is, in history, a bridge book between classical Greek and Roman literature on the one hand, and the renaissance on the other.  Chaucer is sometimes called the father of English literature.  But be sure to get the IHCC Library book that is, specifically, "a Retelling by Peter Ackroyd."  It is much more readable and fun than other translations.

2c. WRITE: Interpretive Thesis (IT) of one of your readings, 300+ w. Use a theory/idea from Campbell or use another theory. (See "Theories.")   Or, as a challenge, try either an argumentative comparison/contrast between two readings or an "Explication of Text"--see the advanced critical-thinking options in “J3. Interpretive Thesis” in "Writing to Literature."

2b. WRITE: Reading Analyses (RA) of all your lit readings.

NOTE: For the readings, you can choose between going on the Web to read, or buying an additional book.  If you choose a play and see it, first, before reading it, please be sure to highlight at least five differences between the visual and book versions!   

If you read from the Judeo-Christian Bible, please read from the assigned list, which you can find by clicking on Bible.
  
Plays and books may be purchased, borrowed from a library, or found on the Web by clicking on the links on the left or by going to a search engine (e.g., http://google.com) and using search words like this:

[Title] [Author] Full Text

2c. WRITE: Interpretive Thesis (IT) of one of your readings, 300+ w.  Use a theory/idea from Campbell or use another theory. (See "Theories.")

- 50+ on "J5. Literary Review" main contents, and 
- 50+ on the chapter's sample paper at the end.  

NOTE: Wizard of Oz and older plays can be bought cheaply in regular bookstores as inexpensive stand-alone paperbacks, or if they are old enough, they can be read free by going to www.google.com and typing
   
              [Play Name] [Author] Full Text 

(If you didn't like last week's reading, you may switch this week.)

2c. WRITE: Literary Review (LR) of your reading:
 - Summary: 50+ w. (using all the elements, like an RA),
 - Args./Interps. 100+ w. (w/3+ args./interps, like an IT),
 - & Evals. (with 3+ eval. categories) 150+ w. 
 
(Alternative: as a challenge, try reviewing this plus two to three other lit readings within one Literary Review: see “J4. Literary Review” in "Writing to Literature").  (Explain any switch.)

2c. WRITE: a Literary Review (LR) or Interpretive Thesis (IT) (300+ w.) of one of your readings (no late pprs. this week).  (Explain any switch.)

Note: If you haven't yet chosen a myth to write about for your term paper, then you may read that myth and write about an IT about it for this week's assignment.

NOTE: Everyone must read something new this week, of their choice, and write one of the above papers about it! 

2c. WRITE: your choice of an Interpretive Thesis (IT) or Literary Review (LR) (300+ w.) of your reading (or one of your readings) for this week.  Note: If you haven't yet chosen a myth to write about for your term paper, then you may read that myth and write about an IT about it for this week's assignment.

NOTE: Everyone must read something new this week, of their choice, and write one of the above papers about it! 

NOTE: This assignment cannot be late!  It is due Wed. by hand or Thurs. by email.

4b. STATEMENT OF TERM-PAPER CHOICE: Your term paper must be an interpretive thesis. Send me a brief paragraph (50+ w.) describing which of your already existing "Interpretive Thesis" papers will become your Draft I Term Paper, or tell me what new reading(s) you will do for Weeks 10-11 (and possibly Wk. 12).  If you choose a new reading(s), you must use a clearly recognizable myth--not a factual event nor a simple fictional story or poem.  If you have any doubts about your choice, ask me well in advance.  This "Statement of Choice" can not be late!  I need to see it on time to be sure you're subject, reading, and general approach are okay.  

Your final draft due Wk. 12 will need to be 10+ pp. in one large paper--or you can do it in or two or three smaller ones of any length, as long as the total is 10+ full pages.  If you do more than one paper, I will need a term paper statement of choice for the additional ones, as well.

All you need to do for this "STATEMENT OF CHOICE" assignment is to write or outline, in a paragraph or two (40-60 w.), what reading(s) you will interpret, what you think your thesis is (you can change it later, if needed), and what your three to four supporting reasons are for your thesis.  Use a theory/idea from Campbell or use another theory. (See "Theories.")

4c. 300+ w. ROUGH DRAFT if you have not yet written an Interpretive Thesis on your term-paper choice.  In other words, if you already did do a 300+ w.  interpretive thesis during the last eight or nine weeks (for Greek Myths, King Arthur, the Bible, etc., and you want to use that as your term paper, then you don't have to do a new 300+ w. interpretive thesis.  Or you can write an IT this week.  However, if you are choosing some other literary myth and have not yet done an IT on it, then I MUST see a 300+ w. Interpretive Thesis on it.  When you send it, please do tell me that it is your Draft 1, and please state your subject, myth, interpretive argument, and reading source in the first paragraph.

5. Bring your Draft I or II of your term paper with you in Week 14 or 15.  To sign up, email me with 3 preferred dates, days, & times. To see available days, click here SCHEDULE OF CONSULTATIONS ABOUT TERM PAPER or go to the bottom of the home page. Phone/Skype consults. available, too.

NOTE: The Draft II MUST be on time!