LITR 5439 Literary & Historical Utopias
Model Assignments

Final Exam Samples 2013
Assignment


Marisela Caylor
Essay 1 on Oryx & Crake: Oryx and Crake: My Gateway to the World of Speculative Fiction
Essay 2 (options): The Value of Utopian Literature

Michael Luna
Essay 1 on Oryx & Crake: Oryx, Crake and Owls
Essay 2 (options): Creating Your Own Utopian Project

Jacob McCleese
Essay 1 on Oryx & Crake: Can’t Tie a Good Book Down
Essay 2 (options): Utopian Literature: Alluringly Gnarled Reality

Ruth McDonald
Essay 1 on Oryx & Crake: Oryx and Crake—Utopia, Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Damn Good Read
Essay 2 (options): Utopian Literature and Social Change

Munira Omari
Essay 1 on Oryx & Crake: Oryx and Crake: A Dystopian Novel?
Essay 2 (options): Personal Interests in Experimental Communities

Amy Sasser
Essay 1 on Oryx & Crake: Will it Blend? Oryx and Crake as a Genre-Busting Exemplar Novel
Essay 2 (options): It is Known: Teaching Utopias and Dystopias in Today's Schools

Daniel Stuart
Essay 1 on Oryx & Crake: Oryx and Crake: Utopia, Dystopia and the World Outside
Essay 2 (options): A Case for Utopia

Kristine Vermillion
Essay 1 on Oryx & Crake: Atwood: The Genre-Splicing Genius
Essay 2 (options): Garden Motif in Utopian Literature

Hannah Wells
Essay 1 on Oryx & Crake: Oryx and Crake: A Hybrid Utopia
Essay 2 (options): Inside Utopia: Language and Context Study