Individual Response Writing. Sunday Morning By Steven Wallace

Discussion forum 3 requires 300 words minimum, and the Individual Response Writing requires minimum of 200-250 words. Both MLA format. All required readings are within the word docs as links. Any questions, please e-mail me Thank you

Individual Response Writing 3

Response Writings Instructions and Information 

Modernist poets and Fiction Writers

Readings:

-      William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Housewife" 

https://www(dot)sas(dot)upenn(dot)edu/~perelman/classes/english088/wcw_theyounghousewife.html

·         Ezra Pound’s manifesto “A Few Don’t’s by an Imagiste” (pp542-544)

http://www(dot)poetryfoundation(dot)org/poetrymagazine/article/335

·         Lowell, “The Taxi”

http://www(dot)poetryfoundation(dot)org/poem/171722

·         Wallace Stevens, “Sunday Morning”

http://www(dot)poetryfoundation(dot)org/poetrymagazine/poem/2464

 ·         T.S. Eliot, “The Waste Land” (hypertext version)

Note: Scroll through the poem on the left; the material on the right is comprised of explanatory notes and references…

http://eliotswasteland(dot)tripod(dot)com/

You will be asked to post several response writings throughout the course. These response writings should help you delve deeper into a couple of the readings for each section.  Your response writings will use the Reading Strategy of:

Read, Respond, Summarize, Analyze, Interpret, and Draw Conclusions.

When you begin to think about the essays you will write in this course, it will not be enough to summarize the work. You will need to think critically about the writing and this reading strategy will help you move beyond a summary. Each response should be a minimum of 250 words.

Each response writing should provide the following—

1)   An Honest Response to the Writing—Write a few sentences about how the work made you feel (ex. “Angry because… “Or “joyful because…” or “confused because…” There is no right or wrong answer here. These few sentences should be honest and capture your initial response to the piece of writing.

2)   A Summary of What You Read—Summarize what happened in the writing. Who were the characters? What happens in the story or poem? What is the story about?

3)   An Analysis or Close Reading—This is the part of the response writing that really begins our critical thinking. Does something appear symbolic?  Are there any metaphors and similes that expand meaning? Does there appear to be a common theme? What details seem relevant? You will not find every literary device in every reading. In this section of the response writing, you should begin to decide what seems to have meaning or purpose? Be sure to pay attention to the form, the title, the content and the rhythm.

4)  An Interpretation—This is the part of the response writing that will allow you to pull the “clues” together and offer a statement on what you think the story is really about? You will combine your summary and analysis to provide an argument about the text.

5)   Drawing Conclusions—This part of the response writing will require that you incorporating the above process and integrating some direct quotes from the actual work of study to support your findings and interpretations. 

When an “Individual Response Writing” is DUE, you will choose ONE of the readings from the “Selected Reading” document for that week or section and complete the requirements above. Type your response directly in the forum and make sure to cover all categories. Your response should be in paragraph format and aim for a minimum of 200/250 words. 

*Since this is an online class and the above is similar to what we would do for discussion in a face-to-face class, you will be posting these responses on a forum that is visible to your fellow scholars. This will allow us to see various perspectives on the writing and allow us to learn from each other. We are all learning from each other—don’t be afraid and be confident in your responses. We can all allow ourselves to learn, agree, disagree, change, grow, reaffirm, and be an academic scholar.

Discussion Forum 3

Modernist poets and Fiction Writers 

Readings: 

-      William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Housewife"  

https://www(dot)sas(dot)upenn(dot)edu/~perelman/classes/english088/wcw_theyounghousewife.html 

·         Ezra Pound’s manifesto “A Few Don’t’s by an Imagiste” (pp542-544)

http://www(dot)poetryfoundation(dot)org/poetrymagazine/article/335 

·         Lowell, “The Taxi”

http://www(dot)poetryfoundation(dot)org/poem/171722 

·         Wallace Stevens, “Sunday Morning”

http://www(dot)poetryfoundation(dot)org/poetrymagazine/poem/2464 

 ·         T.S. Eliot, “The Waste Land” (hypertext version)

Note: Scroll through the poem on the left; the material on the right is comprised of explanatory notes and references… 

http://eliotswasteland(dot)tripod(dot)com/ 

Directions: For this week, though you have to do all the readings, you only have two posts to do, with no follow-ups. The majority if not all of the readings are linked in the course outline. If clicking the link does not work, try copying and pasting the text. If that does not work, you should be successful by googling the title of the texts. If you find you are still having trouble do not hesitate to send me an email. 

This week’s poetry marks a shift from 19th-century Realist prose to 20th-century Modernist poetry. According to Ezra Pound’s manifesto (first reading this week), Modernism is marked by the image, or “the thing,” being the central crux of a Modernist poem. According to him, there should be no unnecessary, “superfluous” words, only precise, unadorned language. Review one of the four poems this week – Williams' "The Lonely Housewife", Eliot’s “The Waste Land,” Lowell’s “The Taxi”, or Stevens’ “Sunday Morning” – and detail how some of the imagery works in the poem and to what effect. Is the imagery chosen consistent in the poem? Quote from some lines of the poem in the process, and analyze the meaning of the words the author chooses, both denotative (explicit meaning) and connotative (implied meaning).

This response should be about 300 words long. Don’t use any outside sources – just your own ideas.