Write about Gilb’s, “Unlce Rock”, Gilb’s “Love in L.A.” and Ellison’s “Battle Royal”
1.If you were part of a group that could decide on a new canon of literature, which of the following works of literature that we have studied would you include and why? What would be your argument in favor of each piece? Choose three pieces of literature to defend.
Gilb’s, “Unlce Rock”, Gilb’s “Love in L.A.” and Ellison’s “Battle Royal”
(Meyer, Michael. The COMPACT Bedford Introduction to Literature. 11th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s 2017. ISBN 978-1-319-03727-7)
2.Through the lens of gender and gender fluidity or the gender continuum, how would you say three of the above authors/poets demonstrate their thoughts/feelings about gender through their characters in short stories or through their treatment of gender in poetry? Support with evidence from the literature.
3.What seem to be the larger themes, questions, concerns, imbedded by the authors/poets, in three pieces of literature from the above list? Consider the historical or biographical context for each work of literature. Support with evidence from each text.
4.Choose three pieces of literature from the above list and explain how each can be relevant to our culture today by citing quotations from the texts and writing about current events, theories, circumstances that reveal their connection to the older or more modern texts.