Here are the readings for next week. I will add more images and some links to video clips later in the week, but you won't be responsible for reading those prior to class.
Please read the short story "Popular Mechanics" by Raymond Carver.
The Anactoria Poem by Sappho
"Grass" by Carl Sandburg
Henry V, Act III, Scene I by William Shakespeare [Incorrect link now fixed.]
Link to Branagh version video.
Link to Oliver version video.
"Before the Deployment" by Jehanne Dubrow
Please read following poems and think about how they express different attitudes toward warfare. Compare these attitudes to those of the U.S. war memorials pictured below.
"The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Lord Tennyson
"Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen.
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| The Soldiers by Frederick Hart |
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| U.S. Marine Corps Memorial, Washington DC |
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| Vietnam Women's Memorial |
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| Vietnam Veterans Memorial, designed by Maya Lin |
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