Schedule Reminders/Clarifications:

Friday, April 24: No Class. However, for attendance credit (to not be marked absent), you must e-mail me by 6pm Friday a journal entry for Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat" answering the following question:

What is a likely thematic message of "The Open Boat" and why was it an appropriate stylistic choice by Crane to use a 3rd person narrator? (Go further in your thinking than saying it's because there are four main characters and it allows access to all four. Instead, focus on the narrative style's connection to the stories theme.)

* Reader Response 2 is rescheduled for a later date (probably Week 6!, after our first LitCrit Essay).

Week 4: Character Week -- readings are on schedule:

Monday, April 27: Truman Capote's "Miriam"

Wednesday: Borges, Cortazar & Marquez

Friday: Tolstoy, Mimicking Fiction 1 due