4 short essays relating to specific readings

Write a 3-5 paragraph response to each of the prompts below. The best responses will answer the question directly and specifically, will support claims with direct reference to the course materials in question, and will demonstrate a mastery of textbook readings and lecture and other materials.

1). How are Howell’s “Editha” and Perkins-Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” similar and yet also very different examples of Realism? (SLO #3)

2). Referring to “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner AND “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” by Walt Whitman, explain WHY Modernism of the early 20th century was so strange in form. (Discuss, for example, “The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock, “A Rose for Emily,” and Picasso’s painting, Guernica).

3). In many ways, “A Rose for Emily” is more a story about the Old South than a story about a girl named Emily Grierson. In what ways do you still see some of the values, beliefs, and traditions associated with the Old South in your world as a contemporary citizen of the South?

4). What is “postmodern” about Kingston’s “No Name Woman” being the first chapter of her autobiography, The Woman Warrior?