Week 15.2: Revision Day

In class today, you will be afforded the time to revise your papers in light of that feedback and conference with me on how to improve your work. Coming prepared to class is not only the best way to maximize your use of this time, it is also the best way to do thoroughly better on your final paper.

In order to come prepared for class, please bring a completed version of your essay that meets all the demands of the assignment, especially page length. It is always much harder to revise a paper when you haven't finished writing it.

FINAL TLC ASSIGNMENT DUE THIS WEEK

Week 13.1: Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story

 
 Reading: 
Super Sad True Love Story, 143-203

Study Questions:
Please bring in a passage from today's reading. Be prepared to discuss the passage at length (I will call on you at random), but you need not turn in a passage for today.

Week 11.1: James Bamford, Zadie Smith, Gary Shteyngart & Ethan Kuperberg

Reading:
James Bamford, "They Know Much More than You Think"
Zadie Smith, "Generation Why?"
Gary Shteyngart, "OK Glass" 
Ethan Kuperberg, "What Happens When You Deactivate Your Facebook Account" (optional)

Study Questions:
1. What are the issues about security raised about security in Bamford's article? Do you worry about such issues? Should you? 2 pts E/C: Answer the above questions for Kuperberg.


2. What is Zadie Smith's critique of Facebook? Does this insight seem accurate? Regardless, if you agree with her insights, how might you apply her insights to your own circle of friends?

3. What are Shteyngart's feelings about technology in "OK Glass"?

Week 12.2: Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story

Reading:
Super Sad True Love Story, 72-142
POEM ANNOTATION PRE-WRITING CHECK (RESEARCH & PRESENTATION IDEAS)

Study Question:

1. Perform a close reading of pages 78-94. Construct a paragraph that makes an argument (e.g., not a summary) about this scene. 

Week 11.2: Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story

Reading: 
Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story, 3-71

Study Questions:
1. How would you characterize the form of the novel?

2. What is the äppärät? What does it remind you of? What does this word--minus umlauts--mean? Why might Shteyngart use this word?

3. How do you see the topics we discussed last session playing a role in the novel thus far?