Hi class,
I’ve realized that there aren’t actually any writing tutoring services this semester, which makes going to the tutor somewhat difficult.Ā In that light, the extra credit at the end of the semester will have to come from the 500-word archive assignment and critical response posts for the remaining classes. To receive extra credit, these posts should be the usual 250 words.
To clarify, the 500 word archive assignment involvesĀ picking an image or text from the trove of pulp magazines we looked at with Professor Ellis and analyzing it in terms of its depiction of haunting. Hopefully you may have already taken photos of key texts from our session. If you can’t make an appointment to see the archive, then you will need to find a separate 20th C text or image from popular culture to analyze.
As we wrap up the semester, I encourage you to remind yourself of the writing principles we’ve covered this in whatever writing exercise you are undertaking: quality over quantity, interpretation over merely presenting information, rooting claims in direct quotes.
For tomorrow, please read Beloved up to p. 256 (the end of the final poetic chapter, which concludes with “you are mine” repeated 3 times.)
