Benton's ENGL 1102 Class

Professor Benton has asked that materials be pulled for in-library use by his students. These items are located on a marked cart outside the Workroom door. The cart will be available to students until the end of March. His students are examining the following 5 issues within The Glass Menagerie, Ordinary People and/or Death of a Salesman:

• suicide
• cult of personality (specifically those that think they are above the law or rules. "Hero Worship" is an alternate term he is giving students)
• American Dream
• dysfunctional families
• codependency

Yes, we own literary criticism titles that draw these connections for students, but the instructor would like the students to make these connections on their own after looking through titles on these issues. Do not direct students to search on these topics in the For Students series or similar lit-based resources. They are expected to look at anthropological, sociological and psychological works and draw their own conclusions.

Students are also welcome to use high-quality, scholarly digital resources in GALILEO, so we may see some requests for help at the Ref Desk in the next couple of weeks. Try to locate broad items on the topics, so that the students are allowed the opportunity to think critically when linking the issue to the literature.