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Homework
Assignment
Journal:
How can you incorporate a received interpretation of a text
(one that has been traditionally accepted as the one "correct"
meaning of the work) as students step out and objectify the
text?
Reading: In preparation for Workshop 7, you may want
to read the poems "Icarus" by Stephen Spender, "Icarus" by Edward
Field, "To a Friend Whose Work Has Come to Triumph" by Anne
Sexton, "Landscape With the Fall of Icarus" by William Carlos
Williams, and the first chapter of the novel The House on
Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. All texts can be found
in the anthology, Literature: An Introduction to Reading
and Writing, 5th edition, Edgar V. Roberts and Henry E.
Jacobs, © 1998, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-010076-5.
Some online resources you might want to consult include:
Poem: “Icarus” by Stephen Spender
Background
information on Spender from Britannica Online.
Poem:
“Icarus” by Edward Field
For
the poem “Icarus.”
Poem:
“To a Friend Whose Work Has Come to Triumph”
by Anne Sexton
Excerpts
and reviews of Sexton’s work.
A
biography and links to additional information about Sexton.
An
online version of Sexton's poem and other poems themed
around the Icarus myth.
Poem: “Landscape with the Fall of Icarus”
by William Carlos Williams
Visit
the following sites for the poem “Landscape with the
Fall of Icarus:”
 William
Carlos Williams — The Academy of American Poets
William
Carlos Williams — Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
William
Carlos Williams — Emory University
Read a
biography about Williams.
Information
about the author’s life and works and links to related
information.
Links
to samples of Williams’ work and information about
the author’s life.
Novel Excerpt: The House on Mango Street, Chapter
One, by Sandra Cisneros
A
biography on Sandra Cisneros, information about her writings
and further readings.
A
teacher’s guide from Random House, including many
questions for discussion and background on the book.
A
Sandra Cisneros Teacher’s file from the “Internet
School Media Center.”
Reviews,
commentary and online resources related to the text, maintained
by the Karnes City High School in Karnes City, TX.
A
list of linked materials on Cisneros and her work, part
of the Voices from the Gap, Women Writers of Color site.
Two
online sections taken from the text of The House on Mango
Street at The Literary Link.
You may also consider reading Chapter 4, "The Classroom As
a Social Setting for Envisionment Building," and Chapter 5,
"A Practical Pedagogy," from Dr. Judith Langer's Envisioning
Literature.
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