Discussion Forum Instructions:

1. Post a response to all four prompts below.
2. Participation is worth 30% of your grade.  Active participation in the weekly discussion is expected by posting on at least three different days. 
3. Meet the minimum word count for each post to get full credit.
4. All posts must be completed by Sunday at 11:59 p.m.  No makeups are allowed.
5. Use only the assigned readings to respond to the discussion posts.
6. Your post must include at least one quote from each text used to receive full credit.

Post 1: How does Robert Hayden recover what had been lost of the African-American experience in his poetry? Give examples from each of Hayden’s poems assigned. Be sure to quote, cite, and reference from the text(s) using appropriate APA format. Your post must be at least 250 words.Post 2: Reply to a classmate regarding post 1; be sure to offer a new quote or idea to keep the conversation flowing! Be sure to quote, cite, and reference from the text(s) using appropriate APA format. Your post must be at least 150 words. 

Post 3: In the graphic novel Maus, how does Art Spiegelman demonstrate “the depth and subtlety that we have come to expect of traditional novels and extended nonfictional texts”? (See the definition of graphic novel in this week’s Terms lecture.) Comment on Spiegelman’s success. Be sure to quote, cite, and reference from the text(s) using appropriate APA format. Your post must be at least 250 words.Post 4: Reply to a classmate regarding post 3; be sure to offer a new quote or idea to keep the conversation flowing! Be sure to quote, cite, and reference from the text(s) using appropriate APA format. Your post must be at least 150 words.