DISCUSSION QUESTIONS_MONDAY JUNE 14 2010
WHY WE CRAVE HORROR MOVIES – STEPHEN KING
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Possibilities for Writing 1.
Possibilities for Writing 3.
Memoir, Personal Essay, or Literary Journalism? Support your answer.
WHITE MEN CAN’T DRUM – SHERMAN ALEXIE
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What do you make of the four sections? Provide an explanation for their presence.
The title involves a pop-culture reference to the movie White Men Can’t Jump (if you
don’t know the movie, read up on it through Wikipedia or even better go rent it).
Why the oblique reference to the movie? How do the themes of the movie seem
linked to the themes in this essay? Is Alexie trying to come to some kind of final
conclusion? Do you think he does it effectively? Support your answer.
Is this a Short? Does it also have aspects of Memoir, Personal Essay, or Literary
Journalism? Support your answer.
MUSEUM PIECE - DAVID HUDDLE.
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What are your thoughts on this piece?
Could you argue that is it Ekphrastic Creative Nonfiction? Why?.
Short, Memoir, Personal Essay, Literary Journalism? Support your answer with
concrete examples from the text
A VOICE FOR THE LONELY – STEPHEN COREY
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What do we learn about the main character?
What are the themes in the story? Be detailed with your answer.
Ekphrastic Creative Nonfiction? Why?
Short, Memoir, Personal Essay, Literary Journalism? Support your answer.
PORTRAIT OF MY BODY – PHILLIP LOPATE
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What are your thoughts on this piece?
Are there themes present here? Although focused on the body, is there a sense that
Lopate might be discussing something else? What do you think that would be?
Support your answer with the text. Do you like this essay? Why or why not?