English 101:
Texts We'll Be Reading:
(See syllabus for dates)
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