March 12, 2008 Archives

Desmond, John. "Flannery O'Connor's Misfit and the Mystery of Evil." Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature 56 (2004): 129-37. [Demonstrating that you can look this source up in the library is part of the assignment.

Bring a printout to class.

Before class, choose two or three pages from the article, and

  1. Highlight all the author's claims (the non-obvious statement the author wants to defend) in one color.
  2. Highlight all the author's evidence (quotations from O'Connor and from scholars writing about O'Connor) in another color.
  3. Identify an opposing or alternate view (an idea that challenges the author's claims).
You can use two different colored pens, or you can underline claims and circle evidence, or draw bunnies next to one and rainbows next to the other... the point is that I want you to think about the relationship between claims and evidence.

Same as all the other exercises (revise your work and post an essay calling my attention to the most significant changes) except that there is no online peer-review activity.

Recent Comments

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Lauren Miller on O'Connor, "The Displaced Person": "She began to understand that she had a moral obli
slim on Lemire (Finish): I'm a student study at Norton University in Cambod
Jeanine O'Neal on O'Connor, "Good Country People": Then on what seemed an insuck of breath, he whispe
kayley Dardano on O'Connor, "The Displaced Person": "She said getting him was the best day's work she
Angela Palumbo on O'Connor, "The Displaced Person": Read this! http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AngelaPalumb
Kaitlin Monier on O'Connor, "The Displaced Person": "'He didn't have to come in the first place,' she
Stephanie Wytovich on O'Connor, "Good Country People": "Nothing is perfect. This is one of Mrs. Hopewell
Stephanie Wytovich on Hamilton (112-149): "In many works, the main character has an antagoni
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