Discussion Post
After reading "No One's a Mystery" by Elizabeth Tallent, answer the questions below. As always, students who respond fully, who use details from the readings, who have fresh and thoughtful insights, who interact with their classmates, and who use standard English will receive the higher grades.
• When looking at the work from a feminist perspective, what impression do you get of Jack, the female narrator, and their relationship as you read the first paragraph?
• After reviewing the "Analyzing Fiction from a Formalist Perspective" PowerPoint (PP) and/or this week's Formalist Perspective virtual lecture or PP, discuss TWO literary devices that you think are relevant to story and why. In other words, how do they help communicate the author's main idea or the theme of the work?
The response should include a reference list. One-inch margins, Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space and APA style of writing and citations.