American Literature 201October 27

Michael SimpsonSection 051

. . . the noblest ministry of nature is to stand as the apparition of God. It is the organ through which the universal spirit speaks to the individual, and strives to lead back the individual to it. [973]

Ralph Waldo Emerson “Nature”

Revised Schedule

Recording of PoemsAdded reading rehearsal and analysisVideo taping pushed back a week

Argumentative paperAdded email of thesisImportance of strong “workable” thesis

Next Week’s Assignments

November 1Read Emily Dickinson poemsEmails

Identify Dickinson poem for analysisIdentify 3 poems for recording

Blog #13

November 3Final selection and rehearsal of poems for recordingBlog #14

Argumentative Paper

DeadlinesThesis statement email - 11/81st Draft - 11/15Final draft - 12/1

RequirementsStrong thesis and development2 sources or more (with Works Cited) Approximately 1200 words

The Individual World

Subjective

Object

Object

Object

Object

Object

Object

Objective

The Individual World

Dreams / Ideas / Emotions / Will

Object

Object

Object

Object

Object

Object

Reality

Experience

Phenomena / Appearance

“Big Bear from Arkansas ” Topics

Based on topics sheet

Last QuestionsRemember for November 1

Read Emily Dickinson poems2 emails – record poems, Dickinson poemBlog #13

It is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson *

* Sante, Luc. “The Fiction of Memory” The New York Times. March 14, 2010.