Dear students, the 13 Jan. exam will be postponed to Jan. 18th. I will let you know about the location as soon as I will have a new room assigned. Those of you who are taking the exam online will be able to do so. All best, SDL

I will post some secondary materials which are not mandatory — they can be useful as you are writing your final papers.

Dear Students, Unfortunately I cannot reach the University today due to the strike, and I will have to be holding my class online. Class will start at 11:15 as I have a meeting before then.

Choose one character of Henry James’s novella and discuss him/her. The paper is due by Dec. 23rd.

Dear students, On Thursday Dec. 9th I have a conference in Milan, and therefore our class will be online. Please connect to my webex room at 10am.

Hi, since I have a cold, I prefer to stay away from crowds, and will teach tomorrow ‘s class online (10-1pm). Please connect to my webex room: https://unito.webex.com/meet/sonia.diloreto See you tomorrow!

Response paper 2 on Arthur Mervyn (due November 25): Assignment: Pick a passage of the novel and provide a reading of it by connecting it to a larger theoretical frame of your choice. You can choose whatever perspective you prefer: gothic, medical humanities, economics, gender studies, critical black studies, etc.  (Words 750-1000)

Here’s the scan of the Introduction (and more stuff) courtesy of Arianna. Thanks Arianna!

Assignment: Choose one color or one object in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy, and provide a critical close reading of a specific aspect of the novel. (750-1000 words). No secondary material necessary.

As you can see from the schedule (below), I tried to record all your requests. Please: if you have not volunteered, do so, and pay attention to the available slots. Also: if you are presenting on the day when three presentations are scheduled, please consider moving your contribution to another day when there are none. […]