Welcome to the class blog for E348L: The 20th Century Short Story. Here, we will post our responses to the readings for the day. Each student has to post at least five times in the course of the semester, and will have signed up for posting dates early on. When it is your posting date, do one of two things:

Option 1: Create a new post. In that post, consider one "moment" in the story that you think is especially significant, given the theme of the story. 


Type out that moment, and then then write a short paragraph in which you explain why you chose it and why you think it is so significant for the author's argument. Try to stay focused on the theme that we are looking at--class, love, race, etc--when you consider your choice and response.

Finally, write a short discussion question that this moment leads you to think about. What does this moment make you speculate about that you'd like the whole class to consider?  

Option 2: If, when you login to the blog, someone else has already chosen the moment that you were going to choose, you don't have to create a new post (or choose a different moment). Instead, you can add a comment to someone else's post. In a short paragraph in your comment, explain how and why you agree or disagree with the previous poster's response, and explain how you would expand on it (or alter it). Your comment should not be an answer to the previous poster's discussion question; rather, it should be a reaction to their interpretation of the quote. 

Following your comment, add your own discussion question--again, one that you'd like the whole class to consider.

We'll go over your posts, comments, and questions in class. In addition to your required posts, you are welcome to add videos, music files, images, and anything else that you think we should bring into our class discussion of a story. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with!