Literature: Character, Style, Tone and Language

Is "Roses are red/ Violets are blue/ Sugar is sweet/ And so are you!" poetry? Why -- or why not? What, in other words, makes a group of words a "poem"? Is there a difference between "poetry" and "verse"? If so, what do you think it is? Along…

KIM WOODS

Discussion 2 – ComedyFor comedy, you will read Sharon E. Cooper’s Mistaken Identity: A Ten Minute Play. Just as tragedy has conflict in it, so does comedy. In fact, comedies can get very funny with lots of mistaken identities and missed…

APP 4

Application: Reflective JournalThis week you have been studying culture and diversity related to the contexts of gender, sexual orientation, and abilities and disabilities. Though disparate in nature, each of these categories merits careful…

world literature

Gilgamesh is largely concerned with ideas of knowledge and self-understanding. Enkidu gains wisdom from the temple prostitute, but he loses something in the process. What?