ENG 49091 Senior Seminar (Powers): Websites

View this video for simple information to show how you can find web information that is appropriate for University research.

Need a review of basic grammar rules? These sites will help build your knowledge of grammar.

Grammar Book

Grammar Girl

Chomp Chomp (Interactive grammar reviews)

Grammar Gold (very basic grammar rules)

Writing about Literature (Fiction) - Steps for planning and writing papers about fiction texts. For information on writing about other kinds of literature, please see the Writing Center’s handouts on writing about drama and poetry explications.

George Saunders and the Postmodern Working Class (Project Muse) -  Contemporary literature review- includes analysis of Saunder's works in this entry. You can also type in a different author and retrieve a full analysis of their work.  This site will help you develop your research question.

Toward a Theory of Working Class Literature- "The dominant tradition of 20th- Century American literature is one of realism and naturalism. It has produced a literature that has told us, in concrete terms, the cost of American civilization." James T. Farrell

Articles on Working Class Literature- University of Iowa-   List of resources created by Florence Boos and available via the University of Iowa