Hebdomadal 11

There will be one hebdomadal topic after this one.

Topic 1: The politics of the daily

Prof. Wolfe hinted in class on Tuesday that there is a way that even detailed discussions of shoelaces, escalators and urinals can constitute a political statement along the lines of what we saw in Beloved. What is the political statement of Baker's The Mezzanine?

Topic 2: Shoelace-gazing

Write a paragraph that imitates the style of The Mezzanine, dealing with some minute detail of your everyday life. After this paragraph, write one or two sentences commenting on how this paragraph of observations reflects details about your life that are not superficially present in your writing.

Topic 3: Writing the exam

Looking back to the essay questions on the midterm as a guide, write an essay question involving The Mezzanine that you might reasonably find on the final exam. Remember that all exam questions ask you to compare specific sections from two texts.