Research Prompts for October 2

Research Prompt, No. 1

Bleak House, Basic Overview

Create a chart with the following information:

1. Give a brief summary (50 words) of each chapter in today's reading assignment.
2. What are the additional main figures, or, who are the new characters in the text?
3. Create a diagram that maps the different plot lines for these chapters.

Email a digital copy of this chart to the instructor before the start of class: Ryan.Barnhart@stonybrook.edu

Research Prompt, No. 2

Contingency, Irony, Solidarity, Chapter 5

Create a chart with the following information:

1. Make a list of ten key points from this chapter.
2. Make a list of twenty or so terms that you are unfamiliar with from this chapter. (Every time you see a word you don't know, write it down.)
3. Write a rough draft summary of the chapter.

Email a digital copy of this chart to the instructor before the start of class: Ryan.Barnhart@stonybrook.edu

Research Prompt, No. 3

Bleak House, Scholarly Article

Read the article, "Market Indicators: Banking and Domesticity in Dickens's Bleak House" by Gordon Bigelow in ELH, which can be accessed online through the Stony Brook Library journal database.

Create an information product that presents the following information:

1. Make a list of ten key points from this article, answering the question "How is the article most valuable in helping you understand Bleak House?
2. Write a rough draft summary of the article.
3. What weaknesses did you find with the article? What points did it leave unclear?

Email a digital copy of this chart to the instructor before the start of class: Ryan.Barnhart@stonybrook.edu