Week+4

**Weeks 4 and 5, Feb 1 until Feb 10: Theme: How do Humanities Scholars study Literature** **Webquest # 2 Literature Due on February 15th.**
**Tues, Feb 1, 2011** **In Class Activities**: We will read about how to analyze literature and talk about these ideas in terms of example texts. Read these web pages to see what you can learn about analyzing literature. Bring copies to class. **Homework:** Read __The Feather Pillow__, available here Use the Lit Guide we discussed in class to help you study the short story. Bring notes and texts and thoughts to Thursday's class discussion. What can we say about this story in terms of literary analysis? **Thurs Feb 3, 2011** **In Class Activities**: Discussion of the Feather Pillow. What can we discover about its elements, structure meaning? We'll also read notes by Marti Nelson on __ How to Read Literature Like a Professor __ by Thomas C. Foster. **Homework:** Research Magical Realism. What is it, what does it mean, how can we recognize it (wikipedia is perfectly OK to find out about this topic).

In Class Activities: (We may be able to access a video via UK link)
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We'll study this video to help discuss Pedro Paramo, and the Latin Boom of the 50s/60s/70s
== Homework: Read the following criticism to see what this writer says the book is about, and continue your research into Mexico, its revolution and aftermath or into the role of the dead in Mexican society. ==