ASSIGNMENT: Literary Analysis

  • 750-2000 words
  • Modern Language Association (MLA) format – under Resources
  • No outside source material is allowed.
  • Submit it to this assignment box as an attachment in .doc, .docx, .rtf, or a pdf file. Google docs or PageMaker documents are not acceptable

  LITERARY STORIES: Choose one story from this list for your analysis. I strongly encourage you to read several stories before deciding on one. 


A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings.pdf by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A White Heron.pdf by Sarah Orne Jewett
An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge.pdf
Good People by David Foster Wallace.pdf
The Giant Wistaria.pdf by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Wish Fulfillment by Mary Gaitskill.pdf
Those Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula LeGuin.pdf

To Build a Fire.pdf by Jack London
 

OVERVIEW:  An analysis paper is a formal essay that conveys your response to one specific aspect in a work of literature. No research is done. The paper should be about 3-5 pages in length (750-2500 words). The essay should interpret and analyze as concisely as possible with a point or thesis that focuses on a single idea or aspect of the work. Arguments are used to justify that point, and these arguments are typically supported with evidence from the primary text in the form of paraphrase, summary and direct quotations. When information from the primary text is used, the page number is cited, MLA style, within the paper which also includes a works cited page.

 

SELF REVIEW: Copy & paste the rough draft of your memoir into the U3 Self Review forum. Copy and paste the review guidelines, then answer each question, adding additional comments that you think will help you revise your work.

 

FINAL DRAFT: Submit the final draft as an attachment in the Literary Analysis Assignment.

 

PURPOSE: To practice skills related to evaluating and analyzing.

 

KNOWLEDGE:  This assignment will help you to become familiar with the following important content knowledge for academic writing:

  • writing to explore
  • adjusting a rhetorical stance to analysis
  • identifying literary functions, tropes, styles
  • establishing voice and tone
  • formatting in a standard style sheet

 

TASKS:

  • Read the story several times.
  • Identify significant passages and examples of your thesis
  • Use correct literary terminology
  • Write out your thesis and support, “This is true because 1, 2, 3, etc.”
  • Revise and proofread your final draft.

 

CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS

 

The thesis is clear and arguable.

Paragraphs directly support the thesis and each begin with a topic sentence

The body of the analysis offers claims and support for the thesis

The conclusion satisfactorily closes the argument established in the introduction.

The title is descriptive and leads the reader into the essay

 

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