English 101:
Texts We'll Be Reading:

• Stuart Hall's Essay, "The Question of Cultural Identity"
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper"
• Doris Lessing's "A W*o*m*a*n on a R*o*o*f"
• John Keats' "Ode on Melancholy"
• Four poems by William Carlos Williams . If you're curious about what "experts" say about Williams' poems, look here for a collection of critical responses to "The Red Wheelbarrow."
• A few folk ballads .
• Three unusual poetic forms: Sestina, Villanelle, Cinquain.
• Three great poems by Sylvia Plath . Read a little about Plath's daughter , who recently published a book of poetry, in this story from Time magazine.
• An odd-but-interesting concrete poem by e.e. cummings .
• Two bizarre little poems by Margaret Atwood: " They Eat Out " and " This is a Photograph of Me ."
• Two short quasi-fairy tales , also by Atwood.
• Two modern-day retellings of "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Bluebeard" by Francesca Lia Block