Sequence 5: 19th-Century British & American Lit.
Class Discussion

"'The persons who are most incapable of a conscientious struggle such as yours,
are precisely those who will be likely to shrink from you on
the ground of an unust judgment; because they
will not believe in your struggle'" (626).

George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss (1860)



Prepare
: read text & P.F.R.s carefully before class

Speak: share your ideas, supported by textual examples

Write: practice active listening--take notes and create marginalia

Respond: argue, ask questions, and propose alternatives to others' ideas


 

 

 

 

Two wrestlers, one white and one a man of color, fight in a ring surrounded by onlookers
Both Members of This Club (1909)
George Bellows

 


Dr. Paul Marchbanks
pmarchba@calpoly.edu