Week 6: WWII & Epistolary Fiction

We’ll start off with Annalise sharing some tips and strategies for developing a thesis. We’ll wrap up our exploration of WWII with a reading of Address Unknown, by Katherine Kressman Taylor. We will continue epistolary fiction after the presentations with 3 short stories by Emma Donoghue’s short story collection Astray.

Jump to…

• Monday
• Tuesday
  • Before Class
  • In Class
• Thursday & Address Unknown
  • Before Class
  • In Class
• Weekly Writing
• Commenting / Online Discussions
• REMINDER: Continue work on your WWII writing project and presentation.

Monday, October 2

• Weekly writing for Week (Love Letters) due by midnight.
• Submit your post URL in Canvas.

Tuesday, October 3

Before Class

• Commenting / Online Discussions, refer to last week’s list.
• Continue work on your WWII writing project and presentation.

In Class

• Annalise will lead a session on developing your thesis for your WWII writing project.
• Continue work on your WWII writing project and presentation, due next week.

Thursday, October 5

Before Class

• Review epistolary novel in Wikipedia.
• Read the introduction to Address Unknown.
• Optional: Read Address Unknown available on reserve.

In Class

• We will read and listen to Address Unknown in class.
• Sign up for one short story from Emma Donoghue’s Astray.
  • ‘Counting the Days’ is based on the 1840s correspondence of two emigrants from Northern Ireland to Canada.
  • ‘Onward’ is suggested by several letters from Charles Dickens about a family he helped to emigrate to Canada.
  • ‘The Gift’ is inspired by letters to a New York adoption agency from the birth mother and adoptive father of a little girl.
• Introduce Creative Writing Assignment
• Due next week WWII writing project and presentation

Weekly Writing

1. This weekly writing should focus on any reading/activity/exercise/etc that you found particularly interesting this week.
2. Weekly Writings will be due by Monday of each week.
3. Submit your post URL in Canvas.