In‐classPresentationAssignmentInstructions
Prepareaten‐minuteoralpresentationonyourselectedauthorthatwillteachyour
fellowstudentsabouttheauthorandherassignedwork.
Youmayprepareahandoutand/oraPowerPointpresentationtoaccompanyyour
presentation.
Whatmayyoucoverinyourpresentation?
 Importantdetailsfromtheauthor’slife
 Majorworks
 Author’splaceinliteraryhistory
 Criticalapproachestotheauthor’swork
 Close‐readingofpassages
 Interpretationsofassignedchapters,poems,etc.
Thepointofyourpresentationistogiveyourstudentsabetterunderstandingof
yourauthorandherwork:
 Helpyourfellowstudentsunderstanddensepoemsandthornynarratives.
 Explainhoweventsintheauthor’slifeinformherwork.
 Dosomeresearchandtelluswhatscholarsthinkoftheauthor’swork,how
theycategorizeit,howtheyinterpretit,whattheydebateaboutit,etc.
Onefinalnote:Strikeabalancebetweenbiographyandinterpretationappropriate
totheschedulingofyourpresentation(e.g.ifsomeonehasalreadypresentedonthe
biographicaldetailsofyourauthorthendonotcoverthosesamedetailsagain).
Writedowntheday,dateandtopicofyourpresentationhere: