Research

These sources require library card login
Gale Literary Sources Database
Academic OneFile Database

NOTES
1) Make sure you choose articles that are lit crit articles, rather than "book reviews" or "topic overviews"...although occasionally a "book review" may include useful lit crit as well.
2) Note that all of these sources have a citation button--select MLA 8th edition, and it will give you the exact citation for the article you're looking at, so you don't have to make it yourself (so much easier and more accurate than EasyBib!)
3) Play around with the filters on the right. Recommended: Try "Full text," "Peer Reviewed," "Academic Journals," or "Literature Criticism" where those filters are available.
4) Also check kcls.org for locally available books.

Good luck!
Email me if I can help!

Intro to Invisible Man

Please watch these videos to get a glimpse of Invisible Man's key concerns:

Ralph Ellison: An American Story (video 1)

Ralph Ellison: An American Story (video 2)

The Invisible Man and its Impact on the American Lexicon

Please also read and take notes on this PowerPoint (same as printed handout). Thanks!

The poem we will discuss in class on Wednesday is below, fyi:

Dinner Guest: Me

I know I am The Negro Problem Being wined and dined, Answering the usual questions That come to white mind Which seeks demurely To Probe in polite way The why and wherewithal Of darkness U.S.A.-- Wondering how things got this way In current democratic night, Murmuring gently Over fraises du bois, "I'm so ashamed of being white." The lobster is delicious, The wine divine, And center of attention At the damask table, mine. To be a Problem on Park Avenue at eight Is not so bad. Solutions to the Problem, Of course, wait. Langston Hughes, 1965 "demurely" means modestly or in a reserved way "damask" refers to a fine, rich table cloth "fraises du bois" are tiny, wild strawberries, literally "strawberries of the woods."