EN372: All About Eve
Portfolio of Response Papers and Summative Essay

At the last class meeting on Wednesday, May 4, the portfolio of response papers and summative essay are due.

For the portfolio, collect all of the response papers that you have written this semester and arrange them in chronological order. Print them out in hard copy. Then, read through the papers and respond to them in one of the following ways:

Option 1: In a 2-3 page essay, describe how your views of Eve have evolved over the course of the semester. Document this evolution with specific examples from at least three of the response papers, explaining as precisely as possible what the examples reveal about your views and thought processes. Feel free to elaborate your perceptions and opinions of Eve now, and how you think they might continue to evolve.

Option 2: In a 2-3 page essay, describe how your writing style, your approach to composing written work, or your analytical thought process has evolved over the course of the semester. Document this evolution with at leas three specific examples taken from different response papers. These examples might represent things that you think you could have done better, or things that you think show improvement or valuable qualities that you hope to incorporate into your writing more often. Feel free to consider any elements of style or analysis, and to refer to your graded essays as well.

Option 3: After reviewing the response papers and thinking about the versions of Eve we read and your reactions to them, compose your own version of the story of Eve (of any length.) This might take the form of a modernization of the story, or some other manner of creative re-imagining. Please note that it is very important that your tale respond in recognizable ways to themes that are inherent to the story. Think of it as another way of contributing to, or talking back to, the literary tradition of the story.