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ENGL 2307

ENGL 2307. 16 June 2014. Today’s Plan. Midterm Homework 5 Homework 6 Edward Bulwer Lytton Haunted House Stories “The Haunted or the Haunters: or, The House and the Brain”. Homework 5. Different this time Handout is online

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ENGL 2307

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  1. ENGL 2307 16 June 2014

  2. Today’s Plan • Midterm • Homework 5 • Homework 6 • Edward Bulwer Lytton • Haunted House Stories • “The Haunted or the Haunters: or, The House and the Brain”

  3. Homework 5 • Different this time • Handout is online • Analyze the student paper—using much the same questions as peer review • Type it or handwrite it—whatever you are most comfortable with

  4. Homework 6 • Due Thursday • Focus on your Essay 1 draft • Pick three quotes/places where you used a source • Revise it for clarity and purpose

  5. Edward Bulwer Lytton • Much more influential than we give him credit for • Coined phrases: “The pen is mightier than the sword.” • “It was a dark and stormy night” • Author of the first haunted house story (as we read) • Writing contest in his honor celebrates horrible first lines---in remembrance of “It was a dark and stormy night”

  6. “The Haunted or the Haunters: or, The House and the Brain” • Setting---differences from what we’ve seen • Haunter • Haunted—complicated • Haunting • Laying of the Ghost • How does this story shift our understanding of the genre?

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