Answer the questions after reading: Giovanni’s Room
- Return to the definitions of literature in Week 1. In two to three sentences, articulate your own working definition of literature based on those materials.
- Apply your definition to the story you have chosen. Show the ways the story adheres to your working definition of literature.
- Are there any elements of the story that do not seem “literary” to you? Explain what they are.
- In one to two sentences, discuss why you think the story is worth reading. (You will expand on this concept in your paper.)