1st Assignment: Please read “A Very Old Man With Wings” by Gabriel Marquez through this link : https://www.umsl.edu/~alexanderjm/AVeryOldManwithEnormousWingsbyMarquez.pdf
Teachers Instructions for assignment 1: For this week’s discussion board, choose one of the stories that we have read (other than Young Goodman Brown) that could be considered gothic fiction. Write a 200-400 word discussion board post in which you identify elements of gothic, horror, fantasy, or mythical.
You must provide textual evidence and at least three specific examples. Be sure to explain how these examples work.
Do they help to create a certain mood?
Is the setting of any importance?
Are there important symbols?
Does the author use literary devices like foreshadowing or flashback?
Does the story contain certain words or phrases, like “gloomy”, “shadows”, or “bleak”?
2nd Assignment: For this assignment you’ll be speaking on the history of Critical Theories. Please choose out of Formalism,Historical Context, social context, or Post-Colonialism.
Teachers Instructions for assignment2: After reading about some of the different ways to approach a text, write a 200-400 word discussion board post in which you answer the following:
* Choose one critical theory and give a brief history of it.
* How did it evolve?
* Was it a reaction to a social issue (civil rights, women’s suffrage, queer liberation, etc.)?
* If so, how does this prove that critical approaches mirror or change with society? Give examples.
* What text(s) have we read that you think work well with this approach? Why?
