For this essay, you may choose any of the works of fiction or poetry we have read so far. Read all of the selections, and then choose one of the works we have read for a close literary analysis. This means you will be examining an idea or theme or concept that you feel is explored in the work and arguing that your analysis is correct by persuading your readers. For example you might say, “Jane Austen’s Love and Freindship uses humor to show the absurd role women have in their society.” Then you will close-read and utilize the text in order to prove that point – or any point you would like to make about a piece of literature we have read. Also, for this essay, you need to have two outside sources that are critical essays regarding the piece of literature you have chosen for this assignment. These critical essays must be from the Greenville Tech Library Databases. You may want to review some of the ideas and analysis that came up in our discussions and see if that jumpstarts any ideas. Be sure to support your ideas with ample evidence from the text. You are writing 3-4 pages, so choose a relatively narrow topic for discussion and develop it carefully and thoroughly. Feel free to run thesis ideas by me!
REQUIREMENTS:
• For this essay you need to have at 3-4 pages of analysis.
• You need to have a focused thesis idea which is your opinion, not a fact. The facts of the story aren’t arguable, so there is really no paper to write there. You need to form an opinion about the work and then proceed to defend that idea and persuade your readers.
• You must use proper formatting and MLA 8th documentation. This includes using twelve-point Times New Roman font and double-spacing throughout the essay. Please carefully review the “MLA Manuscript Format” document.
• The essay must have a Works Cited. This page must have three works on it, including the work that you are analyzing from our anthology and at least 2 outside, credible sources. Be careful here. When you are evaluating your sources, you should think like your readers (that is, think like those you are trying to convince and who disagree with your analysis).
• The essay should be your own interpretation of information but should use the outside sources as either a point of reference, a point to argue against, or as support for your own good ideas.
• The essay must be written in 3rd person, not 1st person. Do not use “I” or “you” or “we” or “us” or “our” in your essay!
• Also, when analyzing literature use present tense. Since literature is fictional art, nothing is really in the past. So, for example, you would write, “Gatsby is a man of great wealth” not “Gatsby was a man of great wealth.” I know that this may be hard and will take a little practice, but it is an important part of literary analysis.
*Remember you should be beyond the “what” in your academic writing and should be focusing on “why” and “how” a selection of literature functions.
For this analysis is Emily Dickinson “Because I Could Not Stop For Death”
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Use the EBSCO HOST Research for the two outside sources.