PRESENTATION ASSIGNMENTS

These are close reading presentations. You will pick two key passages from the assignment due for the day and lead the discussion on that assignment with a close analysis of each passage. All of these writers are noted for there extravagant style, so the writing is a good place to begin. How do you close read? Look at the word choice, presence of the author, repetition and patterns, appearance of themes and motifs in the language, hints at the overall intent of the work, references to earlier works or to cinema.... You're looking at what's on the page, not summarizing the passage or commenting on "what it says." The first one is next week.
2/27: Kerry; 2/29: Jessica; 3/5: James; 3/7: Kevin; 3/19: Anna; 3/21: Lexi; 3/26: Jordan; 3/28: Tancrede; 4/2: Maura; 4/4: Tyler; 4/9: Peter; 4/11: Becca; 4/16: Zeba; 4/18: Alex; 4/23: Aaron; 4/25: Douglas; 4/30: Michael; 5/2: Marcos; 5/14 (on film): Vinnie.