21L.310 | Spring 2010 | Undergraduate

Bestsellers: The Memoir

Related Resources

Guidelines

Citation Guidelines  
[From the Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab). Follow links to information on citing sources and using correct form for Works Cited lists.]

Guidelines for In-Class Report (PDF)

Schacter, Daniel L. “The Seven Sins of Memory: Insights From Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience.” Harvard University. 

Resources

Resources for Literary Study at the MIT Libraries  
[Link to databases for scholarly articles and other resources.]

MIT Libraries Style Manuals  
[Help with citing sources.]

MLA Citations  
[Linked from the MIT Writing and Communication Center.]

What Wikipedia Can Tell Us About the New Media Literacies  
[An article by Henry Jenkins (CMS) at his blog, “Confessions of an Aca-Fan.” Note that this is Part One; you can also go to Part Two.]

Grammar and Style

Corbett, Philip B. “Subject, Meet Verb.” The New York Times. November 4, 2010.

Fowler, H. W. “The King’s English.”  
[An unimpeachable authority from 1908.]

Alison Bechdel, Fun Home

Chute, Hillary. “Gothic Revival.” The Village Voice. July 4, 2006.

Dykes to Watch Out For  
[Alison Bechdel’s Website and blog.]

Wilsey, Sean. “The Things They Buried.” The New York Times. June 18, 2006.

Tobias Wolff

Peterson, Anne Palmer. “And Finally… Talking with Tobias Wolff." [Archived by Wayback Machine]

Tobias Wolff.” The New York Times. November 4, 2010.

Edwidge Danticat

Edwidge Danticat.” The New York Times. November 5, 2010.

Elizabeth, Walcott-Hackshaw. “Home is Where the Heart Is: Danticat’s Landscapes of Return.”  
[Scholarly article in LION (Literature Online), at the MIT Libraries. If the link doesn’t work, look up the article in LION.]

Barack Obama

Kelley, Wyn. “Loomings 2009.” January 16, 2009.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

New York Times Ali Index  
[Review, interview, Ali’s articles.]

Course Info

Spring 2010
Written Assignments