HIR Study Guides

Achebe, Chinua.
African Authors: Chinua Achebe. Cora Agatucci, Professor of English, Humanities Dept., Central Oregon Community College (1997-2002).
URL: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/achebe.htm
Things Fall Apart (1958) Reading & Study Questions
URL: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/achebTFA.htm

African Storytelling: Oral Traditions [Online Essay]
Cora Agatucci, Professor of English, Humanities Dept., Central Oregon Community College (1997-2002)
URL: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/afrstory.htm

Bibliomania Study Guides (Bibliomania.com Ltd., Oxford, England)
Online library of E-texts and Study Guides: "thousands of e-books, poems, articles, short stories and plays all of which are absolutely free." You must register to access study guides (written by "final year and postgraduate literature students from the top UK and American universities") and teacher resources discussion groups. Bibliomania's web site is a framed environment and a bit confusing, but quite useful once you figure out how to navigate. Root URL: http://www.bibliomania.com/

Bronte, Emily.
Wuthering Heights Study Guide & Bibliography
Cora Agatucci, Professor of English, Humanities Dept. Central Oregon Community College (2000-2002)
URL: http://web.cocc.edu/humanities/HIR/StudyGuides/wuthering.htm

Cavalier Poets.
The Cavalier Poets and the High School Student
Jim Hawes, Writing 316-E: Advanced Prose Writing for the World Wide Web, Eastern Oregon Univ. / Oregon State Univ. - Cascades (Spring 2002):
URL: http://web.cocc.edu/wr316ca/jimh/CavalierPoets.htm
Cavalier Poets Annotated Bibliography:
URL: http://web.cocc.edu/wr316ca/jimh/works_cited.htm

Chaucer, Geoffrey.
The Geoffrey Chaucer Website. President and Fellows of Harvard College, 2002.
"This site provides materials for Harvard University's Chaucer classes. It provides a wide range of Middle English texts and translations of analogues relevant to Chaucer's works, as well as selections from relevant works by earlier and later writers, critical articles from a variety of perspectives, graphics, and general information on life in the Middle Ages. The site concentrates on the Canterbury Tales. Especially interesting to . . . students would be the Life and Manners and Science sections." [Review by PBS Teacher Resource: Arts & Literature: Archived Recommendations: British Literature, 2002.]
URL: http://icg.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/

Classical Mythology Directory, incl. Study Guides
Dr. Robin Mitchell-Boyask; Department of Greek, Hebrew, and Roman Classics; Temple University, 2002.
This site, intended for students in Dr. Mitchell-Boyask's classical mythology courses, offers glossaries, study guides, syllabi, paintings and sculptures, & links to related sites for studying classical texts, mythology, and the ancient world.
URL: http://www.temple.edu/classics/mythdirectory.html

Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness.
Cora Agatucci, Professor of English, Humanities Dept. Central Oregon Community College (2001)
Heart of Darkness Study Guide:
URL: http://web.cocc.edu/humanities/HIR/StudyGuides/heart_darkness.htm
Joseph Conrad Bibliography:
URL: http://web.cocc.edu/humanities/HIR/StudyGuides/conrad.htm

Crane, Stephen.
Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat." Undergraduate students, Storyforms, Department of English, Univ. of North Carolina.
URL: http://sites.unc.edu/storyforms/openboat/index.html

Dangarembga, Tsitsi.
African Authors: Tsitsi Dangarembga & Nervous Conditions Study Guide, plus annotated bibliography & links
Cora Agatucci, Professor of English, Humanities Dept. Central Oregon Community College (1997-2002)
URL: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/dangarembga.htm

Dante
Digital Dante. Institute for Learning Technologies, Columbia Univ., 1992-1997.
"This comprehensive Web site devoted to the study of Dante includes a variety of resources. There is online version of The Divine Comedy (in Dante's Italian and in translation), scholarly criticism, student essays, and a classroom section with a study guide, project ideas, and lesson plans." [Review by PBS TeacherSource: Arts & Literature: Archived Recommendations: World Literature, 2002.]
URL: http://dante.ilt.columbia.edu/

Dickens, Charles.
David Copperfield. Companion website to the PBS Masterpiece Theater adaptation of Dickens' beloved novel (aired 2001), offers production and cast details, a timeline of Dickens' work, commentary on the novel, and more.
URL: http://pbs.org/masterpiece/davidcopperfield/

Euripides.
Medea Study Guide by Robin Mitchell-Boyask, Dept. of Classics, Temple University updated 14 February 2002
URL: http://www.temple.edu/classics/medea.html

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins.
The Yellow Wallpaper Site. Students in Daniel Anderson's Spring 1995 American Literature survey course, Univ. of Texas. URL: http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~daniel/amlit/wallpaper/wallpaper.html

Glaspell, Susan. "A Jury of Her Peers."
Literature: What Makes a Good Short Story? Annenberg/CPB Learner.org, 1997-2002.
This web "journey through a classic short story, 'A Jury of Her Peers,' by Susan Glaspell," explores the short story's literary elements and structure.
URL: http://www.learner.org/exhibits/literature/
...E-text of "A Jury of Her Peers":
URL: http://www.learner.org/exhibits/literature/story/fulltext.html
...About Glaspell and her story:
URL: http://www.learner.org/exhibits/literature/notread/author.html
...Beginning with "Constructing Plot," visitors can follow links to instructional pages on point of view, setting, character, and theme. http://www.learner.org/exhibits/literature/read/plot1.html
...Related Resources: http://www.learner.org/exhibits/literature/story/resource.html
...Literary Theory & Susan Glaspell:
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/literature/story/resource2.html

Grimms' Fairy Tales.
"Step into the world of the Brothers Grimm, but beware of the dangers that lurk in the woods! The tales the brothers collected in Germany were often frightening and cruel. This National Geographic [1999] feature brings you 14 tales based on a 1914 translation. Click on the treasure box to find information about the Grimm brothers, a map, an activity for kids, and the list of stories, some with audio." [Review by PBS TeacherSource: Arts & Literature: Archived Recommendations: World Literature, 2002.]
URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/

Hansberry, Lorraine. A Raisin in the Sun.
American Scenes [A Raisin in the Sun, the play & 1961 film adaptation], Daniel Anderson & his students, Univ. of Texas.
URL: http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~daniel/amlit/scenes.html

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. "My Kinsman Major Molineaux."
Major Molineaux Site, Students in Daniel Anderson's American Literature survey courses, Univ. of Texas.
URL: http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~daniel/amlit/majmol/majmol.html

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. "Young Goodman Brown."
Young Goodman Brown Site, Students in Daniel Anderson's American Literature survey courses, Univ. of Texas.
URL: http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~daniel/amlit/goodman/goodman.html

Hodge, Merle.
Crick Crack, Monkey. Marjorie Renick, English 458: Comparative Literature: Postcolonialism,
Oregon State Univ. - Cascades (Spring 2002):
URL: http://web.cocc.edu/humanities/HIR/StudyGuides/crickcrackmonkey.htm

Irving, Washington.
Rip Van Winkle Site. Students in Daniel Anderson's American Literature survey course, Univ. of Texas.
URL: http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~daniel/amlit/rvw/rvw.html

Ishiguro, Kazuo.
"A Comparative Study of Kazuo Ishiguro's A Pale View of Hills and Akira Kurosawa's Rhapsody in August"
Boone Nicholson, Writing 316-E: Advanced Prose Writing for the World Wide Web,
Eastern Oregon Univ. / Oregon State Univ. - Cascades (Spring 2002):
URL: http://web.cocc.edu/wr316ca/boonen/TermProject/termproject.htm
...plus Annotated Bibliographies:
URL: http://web.cocc.edu/wr316ca/boonen/TermProject/annotatedintro.htm

Jewett, Sarah Orne.
The Country of Pointed Firs. Students in Storyforms, Pedagogy and Digital Composition, a graduate course offered by the Department of English at The University of North Carolina.
URL: http://sites.unc.edu/storyforms/pointedfirs/

A White Heron, Sarah Orne Jewett. E-text & essays.
Students in Daniel Anderson's American Literature survey courses, Univ. of Texas.
URL: http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~daniel/amlit/wh/wh.html

Melville, Herman.
Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street - An Interactive Version Essays & E-text
Students in Daniel Anderson's American Literature survey courses, Univ. of Texas
URL: http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~daniel/amlit/bartleby/bartleby.html

Mo Yan.
Red Sorghum. UNDER CONSTRUCTION Cora Agatucci, Professor of English, Humanities Dept. Central Oregon Community College (2001)
URL:

Morrison, Toni.
Beloved. Jim Hawes and Wendy Weber, Writing 316-E: Advanced Prose Writing for the World Wide Web,
Eastern Oregon Univ. / Oregon State Univ. - Cascades (Spring 2002):
URL: http://www.cocc.edu/wr316ca/beloved/
...Annotated Bibliography:
URL: http://web.cocc.edu/wr316ca/beloved/bibliography.htm

The Bluest Eye. Daryl Ivie, Writing 316-E: Advanced Prose Writing for the World Wide Web,
Eastern Oregon Univ. / Oregon State Univ. - Cascades (Spring 2002):
URL: http://web.cocc.edu/wr316ca/daryli/TermProject/index.html
...Annotated Bibliography:
URL: http://www.cocc.edu/wr316ca/daryli/TermProject/annotatedbibliography.htm

Multicultural Literature.
See HIR Reviews: Multicultural Education
URL: http://web.cocc.edu/humanities/HIR/Reviews/MCEducation.html

Narrative Matters: Resources for Studying Narrative in Fiction and Film. Martin Irvine; Assoc. Professor & Director, Communication, Culture, and Technology Program; Georgetown Univ. 2002. Course website for English 016, focused "on the nature and meaning of narrative in both written and visual forms," including syllabus, resources & study guide pages for fiction and film texts and theory.
URL: http://www.georgetown.edu/irvinemj/english016/016.html

Native American Literature.
"The Importance of Orality in American Indian Literature." Lydia Stratton, Writing 316-E: Advanced Prose Writing for the World Wide Web, Eastern Oregon Univ. / Oregon State Univ. - Cascades (Spring 2002):
URL: http://web.cocc.edu/wr316ca/lydias/project/orality.htm
...Annotated Bibliography:
URL: http://web.cocc.edu/wr316ca/lydias/project/bib.htm

Norris, Frank.
McTeague.
URL: http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~daniel/amlit/mcteague/mcteague.html
"Making Heads and Tails of McTeague."
URL: http://sites.unc.edu/storyforms/mcteague/index.html

Romanticism & Realism [Lecture Notes]
Cora Agatucci, Professor of English, Humanities Dept. Central Oregon Community College (2001)
URL: http://web.cocc.edu/humanities/HIR/StudyGuides/Rom_Real.htm

Shakespeare, William.
Globenext: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Teachers & students of Galesburg High School & Knox College.
"This ThinkQuest submission investigates Julius Caesar as a dramatic text by asking contemporary directors and actors about the challenges and issues that must be confronted when producing the play. The site features full interviews with actors and directors, thoughtful consideration of play's historical context, and a complete teacher's guide." [Review by PBS TeacherSource: Arts & Literature: Archived Recommendations: British Literature, 2002.]
URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/50033/

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Study Guide.
Cora Agatucci, Professor of English, Humanities Dept. Central Oregon Community College (1996).
URL: http://web.cocc.edu/humanities/HIR/StudyGuides/hamlet.htm

Shakespeare Illustrated. Harry Rusche, Emory Univ., Atlanta, GA, 2000.
"Emory University provides this rich site useful to art and language arts educators. Here you'll be able to access paintings and commentary inspired by more than thirty of Shakespeare's works; search by play title or by choosing one of the 130 artists listed. A bibliography is also provided." [Review by PBS TeacherSource: Arts & Literature: Archived Recommendations: British Literature, 2002.]
URL: http://www.emory.edu/ENGLISH/classes/Shakespeare_Illustrated/Shakespeare.html
Shakespeare Illustrated Bibliography.
URL: http://www.emory.edu/ENGLISH/classes/Shakespeare_Illustrated/biblio.html

Shakespeare's Globe Research Database. Lyn Holman, Univ. of Reading, U.K., 2000.
"This site, sponsored by the University of Reading (UK), provides background information on Shakespearean performance in original conditions. The focus is the construction of a replica of the Globe playhouse in London and includes pages devoted to the original Globe and other playhouses in Early Modern London, reports and photographic documentaries on reconstruction and performances at the New Globe, and also some practical information." [Review by PBS TeacherSource: Arts & Literature: Archived Recommendations: British Literature, 2002.]
URL: http://www.rdg.ac.uk./globe/

Scott, Paul.
The Jewel in the Crown. Vol. 1 of The Raj Quartet. UNDER CONSTRUCTION Cora Agatucci, Professor of English, Humanities Dept. Central Oregon Community College (2001-2002).
URL:

Solomon, Francis Anne, dir.
I Is a Long Memoried Woman. [Film] UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Cora Agatucci, Professor of English, Humanities Dept. Central Oregon Community College (2002)
URL:

Sophocles.
Antigone Study Guide by Robin Mitchell-Boyask, Associate Professor of Classics, Temple University.
URL: http://www.temple.edu/classics/antigone.html

Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
ENAM 982: Uncle Tom's Cabin & American Culture. Steven Railton, Univ. of Virginia, 1998-2002.
Course web site offers hyperlinked syllabus to many online resources.
URL: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/enam982/index.html

Teno, Jean-Marie.
Afrique, je te plumarai: Film Summary, Notes, & Discussion Questions. Cora Agatucci, Professor of English, Humanities Dept., Central Oregon Community College (2002).
URL: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/Afrique.htm

Thoreau, Henry D.
The Thoreau Home Page. The Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods, 2001.
"This site contains the home pages for Henry D. Thoreau, and for three nonprofit organizations: the Walden Woods Project, the Thoreau Society, and the Thoreau Institute. The Thoreau Home Page provides material by, and information about, the American author Henry D. Thoreau (1817-1862). Long pieces of his writings are found at the site. Intriguing information about Thoreau from his contemporaries (Emerson, Alcott, Whitman, and many others) gives insight as to how others viewed him through letters, journals, and other writings. The links to the other organizations are under development, so be sure to thoroughly investigate the homepage, a "must visit" for students reading Thoreau." [Review by PBS TeacherSource: Arts & Literature: Archived Recommendations: American Literature, 2002.]
URL: http://www.walden.org/thoreau/

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Fellowship of the Ring, being the first part of The Lord of the Rings.
Cora Agatucci, Professor of English, Humanities Dept., Central Oregon Community College , Fall 2002
Bibliography 1: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/eng104/Tolkien.htm
Bibliography 2: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/eng104/Tolkien2.htm
Study Guide: UNDER CONSTRUCTION for ENG 104 in Fall 2002
Jackson's Film Adaptation: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/eng104/Jackson.htm

Twain, Mark.
Mark Twain in His Times. Stephen Railton, Dept. of English, Univ. of Virginia, 2001.
"This site focuses on how Mark Twain and his works were created and defined, marketed and performed, reviewed and appreciated. The goal is to allow readers to see what Mark Twain and 'his times' said about each other. Contained here are dozens of texts and manuscripts, contemporary reviews and articles, hundreds of images, and many different kinds of interactive exhibits. . . ." [Review by PBS TeacherSource: Arts & Literature: Archived Recommendations: American Literature, 2002.] URL: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/index2.html

Culture Shock: Born to Trouble: The Adventures of Huck Finn. PBS Online, WGBH Educational Foundation, 2000. Root URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/beyond/huck.html
..About the Book
URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/teachers/huck/aboutbook.html
...About the Film - Huck Finn Teacher's Guide
URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/teachers/huck/aboutfilm.html
...Film Index
URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/teachers/huck/filmindex.html

Mark Twain. Dir. Ken Burns; Prod. Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan. Florentine Films, The American Lives Film Project, Inc.; PBS Online, 2001.
Home Page: http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/index.html
...Learn More About Mark Twain
URL: http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/learnmore/index.html
...Mark Twain: Making the Film.
URL: http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/filmmakers/making.html

"Theoretical and Applied Critical Approaches to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
Tammia Madden, Writing 316-E: Advanced Prose Writing for the World Wide Web,
Eastern Oregon Univ. / Oregon State Univ. - Cascades (Spring 2002):
URL: http://web.cocc.edu/wr316ca/tammiam/introduction.htm