Describe the qualities of life in America that TWO of our authors this week were criticizing. Do these criticisms seem valid to make of today’s America?
Compare and contrast the woman from the play and the woman in the “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
August 3, 2019Discuss the setting of “The Yellow Wallpaper”, “A Rose for Emily”, “Greasy Lake” and “Cask of Amontillado”
August 3, 2019Describe the qualities of life in America that TWO of our authors this week were criticizing. Do these criticisms seem valid to make of today’s America?
Question Description
Week 2 Forum: Social Realism
Part I: Describe the qualities of life in America that TWO of our authors this week were criticizing. Do these criticisms seem valid to make of today’s America?
Part II: Try a gendered/ feminist reading of 2 readings not mentioned in your Part 1 response. Describe what the writers seem to be saying about masculinity and/or femininity. Are these stereotypes/expectations still present in contemporary life?
Your initial discussion should be at least 250 words.
Authors for this week:
Mark Twain, “War Prayer”
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper”
Robert Frost: “Mending Wall”
Edwin Arlington Robinson, “Richard Cory”
Edwin Arlington Robinson, “Miniver Cheevy”
Varshika Srivastava “Modernist Exponents in Robert Frost’s Poetry: A Critical Analysis”
Danny Heitman
