Who was Eudora Welty?
What literary contributions did Welty make? Students can read Welty’s “Why I Live at the P.O.” and other Welty works, and generate a list of adjectives to describe her work. Challenge students to identify current authors for whom this list can also apply. http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/2001/fyi/lesson.plans/07/24/eudora.
What literary contributions did Welty make? Students can read Welty’s “Why I Live at the P.O.” and other Welty works, and generate a list of adjectives to describe her work. Challenge students to identify current authors for whom this list can also apply. Curriculum connections: Language Arts, Literature After students read the CNNfyi.com article, “Author Eudora Welty dead at 92”, ask the following questions: 1. Who was Eudora Welty? When was her first story published? How do you think the historical time period may have affected her work? For which novel did she win the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for fiction? 2. Share with students her quote from a 1991 interview: “I’m not any kind of prophet, but I think it’s in our nature to talk, to tell stories, appreciate stories. I think you write about whatever’s current. … They won’t be the same kind of stories, but they’ll be about human beings.” What does the statement mean? Do you think most authors would agree with this statement? Explain. 3. H
