For my essay this week, I chose to use the Reader-Response Perspective to write about Kate Chopin’s piece The Story of an Hour and Bobbie Ann Mason’s story called Shiloh. I believe this approach works well for both of these stories because “one benefit of using reader-response perspective to interpret literary works is that you begin with what is primary and basic—your initial reaction, your […]

Humor and Satire In Urdu Literature Taken Gull* & Tableaus Abstract Humor & Satire are an integral part of all forms of literature; & when the tragic part of a drama/story becomes unbearable, humor/satire provide a much needed diversion & relief. This article examines the effect of humor & satire with reference to some of the leading men of letters of Urdu literature. Keywords: Humor, […]

Introduction This literature review explores the contemporary assumptions that underpin the theories and criticisms in children’s literature. Although this genre of literature has fairly recently been made into an academic discipline, it has become an increasingly important area in literary scholarship. Criticism of children’s literature has expanded beyond the field of pedagogy and literary studies and has been intersected by numerous other disciplines including psychology, […]

   Readings:  1. The Oulipo section from the New Media Reader. If you’ve never heard of the Oulipo, you may want to read the Oulipo article on Wikipedia first to give you some context. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oulipo Post personal response around 500 words Post your thoughts on this week’s readings. For example, you could write about time and media, things being “obsolete”, the way Borges writes stories, […]

   Part 1 Respond to Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson’s poetry using at least 350 words. Use one short direct quotation from Whitman and one from Dickinson (CORRECTLY DOCUMENTED IN MLA FORMAT). Whitman (Bio:  and “Song of Myself”: , focusing in on at least two “chapters”) and Dickinson (Bio and Poems, focusing on three poems) discussion. In your response, consider the questions: What historical events […]

Assignment 1: Philosophy of Multicultural Education Due Week 3 and worth 270 points Create a Prezi presentation in which you propose a short training demo for new teachers, selecting one (1) philosophical approach to multicultural education as described by the author. Use multicultural resources of your choice to support your examples.  Create a fifteen to thirty (15-30) slide Prezi presentation in which you: 1.Create a […]

Analysis/Results Your findings/analysis/results/discussion can be structured in a number of ways depending on what works best for your particular project. Quantitative and qualitative analysis chapters will tend to differ quite significantly from each other. Again you can get ideas by looking at some of the journal articles that you reviewed in your lit review.  Some general rules are that for quantitative results you should make […]

Choose a different author from the list below for each question. Use each author only once. A. F. Scott Fitzgerald (“Babylon Revisited”)      B. Willa Cather (“Neighbor Rosicky”)        1. How would you describe the protagonist in the work of your first author?  Clearly identify three of the protagonist’s most important characteristics and supply examples that support your idea.      2. Using the definitions […]

4 page paper APA style Draw valuable information from the research you performed throughout the course. You may repeat fragments of text you wrote in the Assignments you submitted in prior weeks. If the exhibition consisted of several individual pieces of art (for example, a gallery of paintings or sculptures, or several plays throughout the week), narrow your focus to a subset of the entire […]

Growing the Business From External Sources   Joint ventures, acquisitions, mergers, and leveraged buyouts are motivated either by offensive actions or defensive actions. That is, they are utilized in times of organizational stability and success on the one hand and in the midst of organizational chaos and failure on the other.   Either way, these four models, or strategies, have an impact on organizational growth […]