Thursday, October 16, 2008

WEEK 3: ASSIGMENT: Monuments as Masks Brechin/Brautigan

Due by Sunday at Midnight

1) Take a picture of, or link to a monument in San Francisco or Santa Cruz. Use Brechin or your own research to explain what this monument masks.

[Technical note: You may have to post the picture on your own blog and/or just paste in a link for us to see. Unfortunately I'm not seeing how to post a picture in the comments section. You can also refer us to a picture in any of the books that are assigned for the course]

OR

2) Take a look at "Witness for Trout Fishing in America Peace" (Brautigan 98-99) and explain what would Brechin have to say about this particular piece of Brautigan's work? It may help to start by identifying specific pieces of history that Brautigan is rewriting.