Trident Eng201 full course (all cases and slp +discussion)
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Updated on: 05/21/2015 06:49 PM Due on: 05/31/2015

Module 1 - CaseSTEPHEN CRANE Assignment Overview Stephen Crane was a master of the novel and the short story. He had a bleak view of life, as we know from his famous work, The Red Badge of Courage. For Crane, man is more a victim of his fate than a decider. Fate is rarely kind and frequently cruel. The short story we will be looking at is a powerful study of male association under extreme pressure vs an alternative to the image of American society he often invokes as growing hyper-civilized (effeminate). While this rather outdated and sexist dichotomy of a masculine and a feminine society seems a bit off in today's world, his insights into fundamental social change makes sense. Read the short story "The Open Boat" linked below. THE OPEN BOAT <https://tlc.trident.edu/content/enforced/59021-ENG201-MAY2015FT-1/Modules/Module1/The%20Open%20Boat.html?_&d2lSessionVal=mrNLxBk0WzBUiOmTaqpcHzWX1&ou=59021> by Stephen Crane - In what ways are the men dependent upon the "modern technology" of their era? - How does that dependency change while they are on the boat? Pay particular attention to the kind of technology the characters use (or hope to use) in their struggle with the natural world. Keep it simple! Technology defines much of our relationship with the world, and this is a common theme throughout American literature. Pick one or two types of technology the characters depend upon at the start of the story, and explain how these technologies change the men's roles. The changes may not be the same for all characters. Assignment Expectations Write a 3-page paper responding to the prompt above. Module 1 - SLPSTEPHEN CRANE I want you to write a short story. Well no, not really. But I want you to begin one. Write an abstract. IF you were to write a short story, what would you write about? Write one page describing the story you would write. Make sure the story is centered around technology, and how technology has changed your world. SLP Assignment Expectations Write one page explaining what you think will make your story successful. What elements of your story will help communicate to the reader the problems you face in today's technical world? DISCUSSION QUESTION In “The Open Boat,” Crane is careful to show how each member of the boat is affected (positively or negatively) by his familiarity with technology and the chances of survival. Still, not all who are technologically savvy make it. In a few paragraphs, rewrite Crane’s cast of characters using modern day professions, making sure to describe how each person’s expertise affects his or her chance of survival. Module 2 - CaseRALPH WALDO EMERSON AND ERNEST HEMINGWAY Case Assignment Few would doubt that Ralph Waldo Emerson stands at the top of the list of American writers. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was democracy's poet and the central figure in the Transcendental movement that invigorated American intellectual life in the mid-nineteenth century. Transcendentalism defined "reason" as the highest human faculty, the individual's innate capacity to grasp beauty and truth by allowing full play to the intellect and emotions. The movement emerged from a small group of intellectuals centered in Concord, Massachusetts, and Emerson proved not only its intellectual leader but its most eloquent voice as well. Trained as a Unitarian minister, Emerson left the church in 1832 to devote himself to writing and teaching and fostering a unique American philosophy. In "The American Scholar" (1837), he called upon his countrymen to achieve an intellectual independence from Europe to complement the political independence they had already achieved. As Henry Clay had commented, "We look too much abroad. . . . Let us become real and true Americans." In his address to Harvard, Emerson asked, "Why should not we have a poetry and philosophy of insight and not of tradition and a religion by revelation to us? Let us demand our own works and laws and worship." Oliver Wendell Holmes called the speech "Our intellectual Declaration of Independence." In his poetry and essays, Emerson celebrated the diversity and freedom he found in American life, and he demanded that his fellow citizens be worthy of their freedom by daring to be independent in their individual lives. In this, his most famous essay, he declared that "Nothing is sacred but the integrity of your own mind." The quest for self-reliance was really a search for harmony in the universe, which could only be achieved by each person seeking his or her own unique means of self-fulfillment. Emerson scandalized proper society by his attacks on organized religion, which he believed stifled the soul; for him, the divinity of each person lay in the individuality that could be sought in a free society. Even there, he noted, the idealist could be misunderstood. Originally Emerson eschewed the "real" world for his beloved ideas. Although he opposed slavery, he avoided for as long as possible the radical abolitionist societies calling for an end to Negro bondage. But when he believed that his hero, Daniel Webster, had betrayed public trust by supporting the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, Emerson attacked him publicly. In the next decade, he helped hide runaway slaves and spoke out openly for the abolitionist cause. Please read: Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson (Also available as a presentation: Self-Reliance <https://tlc.trident.edu/content/enforced/59021-ENG201-MAY2015FT-1/Modules/Module2/Self-Reliance.html?_&d2lSessionVal=mrNLxBk0WzBUiOmTaqpcHzWX1&ou=59021> ) Read through this passage quickly. It is a long passage and you don't have to know it all well. But there is one theme that goes through that is important here. Emerson says that "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.". Clearly he see critical thinking as a central part of a person's view on life. Bravery, courage, and the like extend as much from the mind as from the heart. (Note: it is a long passage, so search for words like "bravery" and "conformity" and the like to find the right part of the passage.) - How is non-conformism related to bravery in Emerson's view of "self-reliance"? Assignment Expectations When you answer this question, think about how the values of self-reliance affect our view of the world today. In particular, 'thinking for yourself' versus relying on what the media tells you. Think of the role our government plays in caring for people today versus how government played a much smaller role in day to day life in Emerson's time. All of this relates to the idea of 'bravery'. Does the brave individual rely solely on his or her own means to get ahead? Or does the brave individual need the help of others? Does needing the help of others mean that one is not brave or not self-reliant? Consider these issues as you think through your answer. Write a 3- to 5-page paper answering this question and upload it by the end of this module. Module 2 - SLPRALPH WALDO EMERSON AND ERNEST HEMINGWAY Ernest Hemingway's novel, In Our Time, is written in the brutal, abrupt style that characterized his work. Read CHAPTER IV of the novel, The Three Day Blow <https://tlc.trident.edu/content/enforced/59021-ENG201-MAY2015FT-1/Modules/Module3/The%20Three-Day%20Blow.html?_&d2lSessionVal=mrNLxBk0WzBUiOmTaqpcHzWX1&ou=59021> This Chapter of the book explores the relationship of two men in today's world. Explain the relationship the two men share in Hemingway's novel and how it reflects their attitudes toward the technology of the world in which they live. SLP Assignment Expectations Feel free to use personal experiences and your own understanding of things to explain what you see. Again, we are asking how technology changes us as individuals. How we have fun, how we work has been changed by all the technology around us. Build on what you have learned so far to comment on what Hemingway's characters tell you about your own life. Write a 3- to 5-page paper and upload your work by the end of this module. DISCUSSION QUESTION Hemingway's writing addresses man’s relationship to the past and the future. In the assigned reading, the men’s conversation turns toward past events (Marjorie) and the implications of marriage. Discuss how Hemingway’s writing shows how *thinking *or *talking* about the past affects one’s visions of the future. Module 3 - CaseNATHANIEL HAWTHORNE Case Assignment Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804, in Salem, Massachusetts; his birthplace is preserved and open to the public. William Hawthorne, the author's great-great-great-grandfather, a Puritan, was the first of the family to emigrate from England, first settling in Dorchester, Massachusetts before moving to Salem. There he became an important member of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and held many political positions including magistrate and judge, becoming infamous for his harsh sentencing. William's son, and the author's great-great-grandfather, John Hawthorne, was one of the judges who oversaw the Salem Witch Trials. Having learned about this, the author may have added the "w" to his family name in his early twenties, shortly after graduating from college, in an effort to dissociate himself from his notorious forbearers. Hawthorne's father, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sr., was a sea captain who died in 1808 of yellow fever in Suriname. After his death, young Nathaniel, his mother and two sisters moved in with maternal relatives, the Mannings, in Salem, where they lived for 10 years. During this time, on November 10, 1813, young Hawthorne was hit on the leg while playing "bat and ball" and became lame and bedridden for a year, though several physicians could find nothing wrong with him. For this Case Assignment you will read and consider the symbolism found in Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown.” Symbolism is always part of Hawthorne’s works. You may find them in names of characters or recurring objects (clothes, bushes, darkness, etc.), and in other ways. Assignment Expectations Write a 4- to 5-page essay that addresses symbolism in Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown.” - Include an introduction and conclusion. - Be certain to revise and reread your essay before submitting it. - Cite outside sources (be careful not to copy and paste large amounts of text from other sources and claim them as your own). Module 3 - SLPNATHANIEL HAWTHORNE For the Session Long Project you will read “The Minister’s Black Veil.” The essay focuses on the forces of morality and sin. Like much of Hawthorne’s work, it falls in line with the concept of dark romanticism. SLP Assignment Expectations - Write a three- to four-page essay that addresses morality and sin. - Use good examples/quotes from the text to support your points. - Use a strong introduction and conclusion. - Cite any sources, including passages from the essay. Submit your work by the end of the module. DISCUSSION QUESTION Choose a symbol used by Hawthorne in either one of the short stories we studied, such as the black veil from "The Minister's Black Veil" or Faith's pink ribbons from "Young Goodman Brown". Describe the symbol's meaning or meanings in the context of the story. Remember that a symbol points to something greater than the object itself. What is that something greater? Could the symbol be interpreted in several different ways? If so, how? Can you relate that symbol to something you see in today's world? For example, veils are still used in the United States on special occasions such as weddings. In other parts of the world, they may be used daily. Or, the colors we choose to wear may also be important. What colors do we wear (or not wear) to weddings or to funerals? Why? Are these colors different depending on the culture? Be specific in your discussion of the symbol in the story and in your discussion of contemporary uses of similar symbols. Module 4 - CaseISAAC ASIMOV AND RAY BRADBURY Case Assignment In this case, we will analyze two very different "end-of-the-world" stories: Asimov's "Nightfall," and Bradbury's "August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains." (Click on the URLs, Background Info page.) Both stories are worth reading just for the fun of it, but as we read, we'll be thinking of them in terms of a particular analytic framework. Assignment Expectations Write a 3- to 5-page essay containing the following elements. - A very short (one-paragraph) précis of each story. This is not a recap, but rather an aide memoire summarizing the story's main points. - In what sense are they both "end-of-the-world" stories? - What makes them SF stories, as opposed to conventional short fiction? - On the Home Page, we listed some features of a good story. Choose the feature on which you think the two stories are most dissimilar. For example, you may think one of the stories has a particularly strong opening, while the other is more difficult "to get into." Compare the two stories in detail, with respect to that particular feature. - Which story did you find to be the most entertaining? The most memorable? Why? Be sure to use appropriate citations and references. Module 4 - SLPISAAC ASIMOV AND RAY BRADBURY In this assignment, we'll read two SF stories in which technology plays a critical role; Asimov's "The Final Question," and Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder." (Click on the URLs, Background Info page.) Again, the stories are very different. Both are fun to read, but we'll be reading them with a purpose other than entertainment; which is, to compare and contrast the role of technology in each. SLP Assignment Expectations Write a 3- to 5-page essay containing the following elements. - A very short (one-paragraph) précis of each story. As in the Case Assignment, this should not be a recap, but rather a summary of the story's main points. - To what extent does technology motivate each story? Without the SF mainstay of futuristic machines and gadgets, would the stories work at all? Why or why not? - In which story is the technical element more believable; or, to put it another way, less unbelievable? - Technology can be fascinating, but without people, there's no story. Which story presents the human element best? What is it, that makes the presentation of the human element in that story particularly effective? - In conclusion, which story did you find to be the most entertaining? The most memorable? Why? Be sure to use appropriate citations and references. DISCUSSION QUESTION What topics fascinated readers and writers of Science Fiction during its early days? If you are not sure, refer to the Background Information. Name several topics from the early days of Science Fiction in your posting. How have those topics changed over time? In what ways are the topics more technical or less technical than in the past? In what ways has our society's increasing dependency on technology shaped Science Fiction? Do you find current topics in Science Fiction more or less enjoyable today than in past decades? Name several reasons why or why not. What topics do you think will dominate Science Fiction in the 21st Century? Why? Would you continue to read Science Fiction in the future? Why or why not?

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