The following assignments are missing for Jasmin Betts: Allende, Reservation Blues

Final exam: Describe the themes of ancestry and nature in Le Clezio's Desert.

11/23/09

Please bring your five page papers on Reservation Blues and Ines del alma mia so we can revise them. Also, continue reading Desert by Le Clezio.

The book is available at Barnes & Noble.com.

For a preview of the book, see this link:

Desert 

8/26/09

Wednesday

* J.M.G. Le Clezio Le desert

* Sherman Alexie Reservation Blues

* Isabel Allende Ines del alma mia

* Edward P. Jones The Known World

Wednesday, September 3rd

Today, we read about Isabel Allende's life. You can go to www.saintpauls.edu and go to the Library link. Then, click the link to Tiger Cat. Search for works on Isabel Allende, and then click the first source. You should get a link to the URL. Click the URL and then click View This E-book. You can browse through the different chapters in the E-book, but I recommend reading the first two chapters because you will find a wealth of information about Allende's life and how it has influenced her novelistic vision. We may be reading other works by Allende in this class, but first we will read Ines del alma mia.

* Assignment: read the first four chapters of Ines del alma mia by next Wednesday.

9/8/09

Wednesday

Today, we discussed the first chapter of Ines del alma mia as well as the E-book on Isabel Allende.

On Monday, we will have an essay exam on the first four chapters of Ines del alma mia. You will need to discuss Allende's experience as a woman writer and her description of the struggles Ines Suarez faced in Europe and America during the 16th century. Include quotes in your essay and discuss the theme of the novel. Use MLA format and refer to the criticism on Allende in the ebook found in Tiger Cat.

9/21/09

For the midterm, you are going to have to turn in a seven to ten page paper on Ines del alma mia (Ines of my soul) and incorporate research on Latin American literature as well as secondary sources in your essay. This paper should be written according to MLA format, and you should turn in a rough draft.  You should make some reference to the Ebook on Tiger Cat as well as to articles in our electronic databases. See me in order to figure out how to do research. Also, you should refer to the chapter in my book where I discuss Allende's novel.

9/23/09

* Today, we read from my book and discussed Ines del alma mia. We will write a seven to ten page paper on Ines del alma mia for the midterm.

9/25/09

Students are not attending class. Please be forewarned that the attendance policy will be strictly adhered to.

9/28/09

Today, we discussed the treatment of the Mapuche and the violence at the time of Spanish conquest. You need to find a paper topic since your paper will be due next week.

Some potential topics are:

The Representation of Women in Ines del alma  mia

Violence, Empire, and the Effects of Colonization in Isabel Allende's Ines del alma Mia

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Your midterm papers are due. Also, you should begin reading Sherman Alexie's Reservation Blues.

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Deficiency: Jasmin Betts, Isabel Allende paper not turned in

Jerry Garris, Isabel Allende paper not turned in

November 9th, 2009

Please turn in your papers on Sherman Alexie and on Isabel Allende.

We will discuss ways to revise your papers.

November 16th, 2009

Please begin reading J.M.G. Le Clezio's "Desert."