English 2323.090

FirstAssignment

 

You going to write a precis of three introductory essays found on the pages, below.

The precis is a demanding piece of writing, and you should read the discussion of the requirements most carefully before you start writing. Click on the word precis. You will be sending your precis to your fellow students via an email, and those email addresses will be sent to you at the beginning of the term.

 

After you have read and written the precis, take the multiple choice quiz found on any of the pages noted as part of your assignment, below. When you have finished the quiz, email it to me at mseifert@texas.net.

 


Norton Anthology


The Welcome Page, W.W. Norton

Writing the Precis

You going to write a precis of three introductory essays found on the pages, below.

The precis is a demanding piece of writing, and you should read the discussion of the requirements most carefully before you start writing. Click on the word precis. After you have read and written the precis, take the multiple choice quiz found on the pages. When you have finished the quiz, email it to me at mseifert@texas.net.

 

1. Write a precis of the article "Tintern Abbey, Tourism, and Romantic Landscape"

2. Write a precis of the article "Literary Gothicism"

3. Write a precis of the article Summary "Romantic Orientalism"

 

Summary

 

1. Study the assignment, the precis

2. Write the three precis (above) and send each one or all together to the email addresses of your fellow students and to mine, mseifert@texas.net.

3. Take the multiple choice quiz--all of it--and send the results to me at the same email address.

4. Feel free to explore the various topics, which see as part of the introduction to each section, above.

 

Anticipating the Second Assignment, "Analyzing Blake"

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