Story of the South

The following assignment was assigned in English 462: Studies in Major American Authors. This assignment was a way to capture the era of the books we were currently reading and find photographs from Eudora Welty that represent the culture. We came up with a story from each photograph and created an overarching theme that turned in to our introduction about the collection of photographs. The standards are met by being able to read the texts given and connect them to images of a photographer during the same time period of the books. I reflected on the time (the depression era) and was able to create stories about the images as if I was retelling their stories. The images impacted the way I wrote due to examining the characters in the book versus the characters in the images. I was able to see both sides, the fictional and the non fictional.

This assignment satisfies the following standards:

Literature and Textual Analysis

• Read, study and analyze works of literature from the canon, including the literature of diversity, from a variety of literary traditions, movements and historical contexts.
• Analyze literary and non-literary texts and understand their structure, content and interpretations.
• Consider and articulate the ways in which literature can engage readers and cause them to reflect on their own experiences and the human condition.
• Reflect on the ways literature can inspire personal and social growth and change.

Language, Linguistics and Literacy

• Examine and explain strategies for constructing meaning within the processes of reading and writing.

Composition and Rhetoric

• Read and study the rhetorical features of literary and non-literary texts, both fiction and non-fiction.
• Learn and apply advanced research strategies for academic work in English, including collection, integration and citation of data.

Communications: Speech, Media and Creative Performance

• Learn and apply strategies used by the media to impact society and evaluate the impact.
• Produce creative writing in a variety of genres using processes and techniques that enhance the text.