LitMUSE

A major portion of any study of literature or cultural texts is interpretation. For this, there is the blog or forum requirement. Each blog or forum entry should:

address a work of literature, text, or topic you have been assigned to read or discuss for class
apply a critical approach that we have discussed in class to [...]

Please send me your blog’s address (or URL) from Blogger once you have created it and posted your first entry introducing yourself. I will list them below. If your blog is not listed, then I have not received notification via email, or you have not created your profile on our group page.

This assignment has you constructing an annotated bibliography on our novel, Norman Mailer’s An American Dream.
First, go to the library and find at least three critical articles (from books or scholarly journals) or books that address Mailer’s novel. Your job will be to read and summarize each article or chapter in a paragraph after you [...]

For this assignment, you should begin constructing a wiki entry on any piece of literature we have read this semester. The completed wiki should take the form of a study guide to assist other students like yourselves when studying this work. Major sections of a LitWiki study guide should contain:

A biographical sketch of of the [...]

Like to discuss? Argue? Read new ideas and communicate your own? You should then consider using your participation on the class discussion group as one of your portfolio entries. Be sure you keep track of your contributions, especially those that prompt further discussion. For your group participation to count on your portfolio, be sure you [...]