Fiction
Using examples from at least two of the readings, what were early writers of fiction experimenting with? Were they experimenting with style, structure, topics?
Choose two of the readings from this week. How do the stories use specific language to create a tone? (i.e. What words or sentence structure make the story seem cheerful/melancholic, etc?)
Choose 1 Aesop’s Fable (Links to an external site.) to read (~600 BCE)
Choose 1 Brothers Grimm fairy tale (Links to an external site.) to read (1812) (Links to an external site.)
Chapter 1 of Miguel de Cervante’s Don Quixote (Links to an external site.) (1612) **You only have to read the first chapter! You can read more if you want, but only Ch. 1 is required!
Kate Chopin “Desiree’s Baby” (Links to an external site.) (1893) **This links takes you to a book of Chopin’s stories. When you open the book, scroll down the table of contents until you see “Desiree’s Baby.”
