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ENGL 2307

ENGL 2307 . 17 June 2014. Grading update The Future Shirley Jackson The Haunting of Hill House Sample Student Essay/Using sources. Today’s Plan. About 2/3 through grading Essay 1—intention is to finish today (with reservations)

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ENGL 2307

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  1. ENGL 2307 17 June 2014

  2. Grading update • The Future • Shirley Jackson • The Haunting of Hill House • Sample Student Essay/Using sources Today’s Plan

  3. About 2/3 through grading Essay 1—intention is to finish today (with reservations) • Holding off on the Midterm—HW 5+6 is more important for the near future Grading Update

  4. Essay 2 is due Friday—would a Saturday due date be helpful? (Since there is more time between Essay 2 and the Final Essay?) • We could then push Peer Review to Friday • The Haunting for next week is on Netflix The Future

  5. 1919-1965 • Most anthologized story is “The Lottery” • Frequently wrote short stories for a variety of magazines, including The New Yorker • Wrote twelve novels, some more focused on families than horror • Highly influential • Shirley Jackson Award: “literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic.” Shirley Jackson

  6. Originally published in 1959 • Adapted in 1963 (and later in 1999) • Sold extremely well—and still does • #7,639 in Amazon sales—55 years after its original publication • #42 in ghost stories • #23 in Kindle ghost stories---behind a lot of $0.99 options. The Haunting of Hill House Context

  7. Introduction—did you find that it affected your reading so far? • Twentieth century—how does this change our experience? • More fully psychological • First paragraph • Dr. Montague • Eleanor and Theodora • Dudley and Mrs. Dudley The Haunting of Hill House

  8. What types of sources do we use? • Why do we use them? • How do we include them in our work? • “Floating quotes” Using Sources

  9. Do we feel this student used sources well? • Find an example of a well used source. What makes it strong? • Find an example of a poorly used source. Why is it poorly used? Student Sample

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