Author Archives: Professor Sean Scanlan

Hi Class, Here is a student sample of a literary analysis essay. It was not written for an ENG 2000 class, so it has some differences to the needs of our current essay. But, it might provide some useful ways … Continue reading →

Hi Class, Some help for Essay 1. First, a recap the 4 types of homesickness that I discussed at the beginning of the semester:   4-types-of-Homesickness-22015   Second, here is a brief definition of Transnational: The transnational person passes over and across national and … Continue reading →

Mid-semester is upon us, and so we need to begin our first major essay. In order to get a good start, I want us to read Chapter 4 and 5 in Steger. Also, please read “The Blessed House” in Lahiri. … Continue reading →

Hi Class, No journal is due this Tuesday. Read Chapter 3 in Steger, and read the stories “Sexy” and “Mrs. Sen’s” in Lahiri. Highlight or write down your two favorite sentences in each of the readings. Cheers, Sean

A BBC documentary on India’s partition:

Hi class, Our first real quiz is tomorrow. It is a reading quiz over the first four stories in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies. No journal is due. Best, Sean

The Clash was an influential punk band in the 1970s and 80s. One of their songs was “Straight to Hell,” (1982)and we might consider it to be a postcolonial song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdUtborIaiU M.I.A. released “Paper Planes” in 2007. What conversation is … Continue reading →

Four Brief Thoughts on Home: These ideas on home will help us as we continue to wrestle with theories of homesickness and globalization in transnational literature.   Maya Angelou (American Author and Poet): “I believe that one can never leave home. … Continue reading →

Hi all, First of all: Great Discussion Today! Thanks for all the conversation. I hope that next week everybody gets to contribute. I updated the homework based on my on-the-fly changes. Homework for Feb 24: 1. Read (or reread) chapter … Continue reading →

Hi Class, Great discussion of “Assimilation” by E.L. Doctorow. For next Tuesday: 1. Read the first two chapters in Steger’s Globalization. 2. Read Jin and Desai (OpenLab–Readings), print out and bring these to class. 3. Write Journal 2: 250-300 words … Continue reading →