Week Seven: Lolita Response

This week we are working on our extended responses to Lolita. Be prepared this week to post a draft of your response before coming to class. In class we will read, critique and revise these responses. You response should be between 500-750 words long and should feature a discussion about a selected quotation from the book that you think reflects an important thread you see running through the work.

This week's reading assignment is to read the text of Allen Ginsberg's Howl. We will discuss this poem and the Beat movement in class. 

Next week we will reading Marshall McLuhan's The Medium is the Massage. Read the book and the writing assignment for next week is to compose your own page to be added to the book that expresses an observation you have about contemporary media.

Remember the midterm is approaching and all your blog posts for the first half of the semester should be posted on your blog by then.