ENGL 2328 Davis Writing Studio

Practice support · ENGL 2328

Resources

Practice rooms for American Literature II (horror-themed). Course texts are OER or Canvas-hosted (not a Norton anthology purchase). Open each studio for Purpose, length, and required reading titles.

Purpose

Open the essay or project you are practicing. Use Tools for thesis, outline, and MLA practice.

Essay 1Reality versus illusion1,500 to 2,000 words on reality versus illusion in one or two early-arc stories. MLA or APA. Essay 2Thematic comparison1,500 to 2,000 words MLA thematic comparison across two authors from Jackson, Matheson, Bradbury, Plath, O’Connor, or Capote; ≥3 scholarly sources. FinalFinal ProjectAnalytical, creative, multimedia, comparative, or student choice. Proposal → R&D → draft + reflection → final + 500–1,000 word reflection. PracticeToolsThesis, outline, MLA, source log, peer checklist, keywords. Pick your essay inside a helper when asked. LibrarySAC LibrarySearch help and research support. LibraryA–Z databasesScholarly articles and databases.

Required reading

OER titles by module

Pasteable titles and open links. Canvas-hosted PDFs need your course login.

Reality versus illusion corpus (early modules)
  • Ambrose Bierce, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” - americanliterature.com
  • Edgar Allan Poe, “The Tell-Tale Heart” - Poe Museum
  • Henry James, “The Turn of the Screw” - Project Gutenberg
  • Edith Wharton, “Afterward” (Canvas); “The Lady’s Maid’s Bell” (open PDF / Canvas)
  • Charles W. Chesnutt, “The Conjurer’s Revenge” (Canvas)
  • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman - discussion cites “The Wind in the Rose-Bush” (confirm Canvas)
  • H.P. Lovecraft, “The Colour Out of Space” - Project Gutenberg · H.P. Lovecraft Archive
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” - USF Lit2Go
  • William Faulkner, “A Rose for Emily” (school-hosted PDF)
  • Zora Neale Hurston, “Spunk” - CommonLit
  • Jean Toomer, Cane - Project Gutenberg · optional “Kabnis” Wikisource (prompt-named; no Sp26 module page)
Thematic comparison corpus
  • Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House (Canvas)
  • Ray Bradbury, “The Veldt” (Canvas)
  • Sylvia Plath, “Morning Song” - Poetry Foundation; “The Applicant” - Poetry Foundation
  • Flannery O’Connor, “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” (Canvas)
  • Richard Matheson, “The Man Who Made the World” - Project Gutenberg. I Am Legend / “Button, Button”: title-only / library (no legal free full text).
  • Truman Capote (e.g. “Miriam” on older calendars): title-only / SAC Library / Canvas; no free public-domain full text. Overview: americanliterature.com
Later modules (Final Project options)
  • Stephen King, “The Cat From Hell”; “What is Writing” (Canvas)
  • Anne Rice, “Interlude with the Undead” (open link; page notes sexual content); On Writing - annerice.com