Engl 2200 Index

Engl 2200 Index

This page indexes some course materials for Professor Luke Whisnant's Engl 2200: Major American Writers class. Click on the text in red to go to the indicated page; use your browser "back" button to return to this index.

Engl 2200 Syllabus leads to the electronic version of the course requirements, grading details, and schedule.

Below you'll find links to sample student essays. Their formatting has been slightly altered for computer screen readability; be sure to follow the format on the guidelines handout instead of copying these essays.

NEW: Amy Mashburn's essay examines implied sexual meaning in John Barth's "Lost in the Funhouse."
NEW: Celia Wells's essay traces the protagonist's loss of control in Katherine Anne Porter's "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall."
NEW: Danielle Lowery's essay examines the relationship between brothers in James Baldwin's story "Sonny's Blues."
NEW: Josh Deal's essay examines the style of Hemingway's "Big Two-Hearted River."
Kelly Emery's essay examines the symbol of the veil in Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil."
Leah Patterson's essay traces the effect of the veil on the Puritan society in Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil."
Justin Gibbons's essay analyzes the "withheld images" of Edwin Arlington Robinson's "The Mill."
Julia Duque's essay examines the parent / child themes found in Lee K. Abbot's short story "The View of Me From Mars."
Other essays will be added as time permits, so feel free to check back.