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Literary Analysis!

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Prompt: In Jennifer Government, author Max Barry takes readers on a journey through an alternate reality where corporations are king, taxes are abolished, and the government can be bought and sold to the highest bidder. Write a five to six page thesis-driven literary analysis in which you analyze how Barry uses figurative language to connect a particular character, motif, or symbol to one of the themes (such as C.R.E.A.M., guerrilla marketing, conspicuous consumption, wage slavery, globalization, or outsourcing) in the novel. Use at least three sources from class (texts, documentaries, songs) to illustrate and support your logical reasons.

The purpose of a literary analysis essay is to carefully examine and sometimes evaluate a work of literature or an aspect of a work of literature.  As with any analysis, this requires you to break the subject down into its component parts.  Examining the different elements of a piece of literature is not an end in itself but rather a process to help you better appreciate and understand the work of literature as a whole.

Literary Analysis

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Write a literary analysis with researched information that thoroughly investigates and responds to the following prompt:

Conduct a feminist analysis of “A Jury of Her Peers.” In your analysis, you should discuss significant symbols from the short story that support your claims. You should also explain why the short story is still relevant to modern-day readers.
For help with using a feminist critical perspective to analyze literature, check out the Purdue OWL website: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/writing_in_literature/literary_theory_and_schools_of_criticism/feminist_criticism.html.

Some key questions you can ask yourself generate ideas on this topic:
How is the relationship between men and women portrayed?
What are the power relationships between men and women (or characters assuming male/female roles)?
How are male and female roles defined?
What constitutes masculinity and femininity?
How do characters embody these traits?
Do characters take on traits from opposite genders? How so? How does this change others’ reactions to them?
What does the work reveal about the operations (economically, politically, socially, or psychologically) of patriarchy?
What does the work imply about the possibilities of sisterhood as a mode of resisting patriarchy?
What does the work say about women’s creativity?
What does the history of the work’s reception by the public and by the critics tell us about the operation of patriarchy?
What role does the work play in terms of women’s literary history and literary tradition?

 

 

Literary Analysis

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Write a literary analysis with researched information that thoroughly investigates and responds to the following prompt:

Conduct a feminist analysis of “A Jury of Her Peers.” In your analysis, you should discuss significant symbols from the short story that support your claims. You should also explain why the short story is still relevant to modern-day readers.
For help with using a feminist critical perspective to analyze literature, check out the Purdue OWL website: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/writing_in_literature/literary_theory_and_schools_of_criticism/feminist_criticism.html.

Some key questions you can ask yourself generate ideas on this topic:
How is the relationship between men and women portrayed?
What are the power relationships between men and women (or characters assuming male/female roles)?
How are male and female roles defined?
What constitutes masculinity and femininity?
How do characters embody these traits?
Do characters take on traits from opposite genders? How so? How does this change others’ reactions to them?
What does the work reveal about the operations (economically, politically, socially, or psychologically) of patriarchy?
What does the work imply about the possibilities of sisterhood as a mode of resisting patriarchy?
What does the work say about women’s creativity?
What does the history of the work’s reception by the public and by the critics tell us about the operation of patriarchy?
What role does the work play in terms of women’s literary history and literary tradition?

 

 

Literary Analysis

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Write a literary analysis with researched information that thoroughly investigates and responds to the following prompt:

Conduct a feminist analysis of “A Jury of Her Peers.” In your analysis, you should discuss significant symbols from the short story that support your claims. You should also explain why the short story is still relevant to modern-day readers.
For help with using a feminist critical perspective to analyze literature, check out the Purdue OWL website: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/writing_in_literature/literary_theory_and_schools_of_criticism/feminist_criticism.html.

Some key questions you can ask yourself generate ideas on this topic:
How is the relationship between men and women portrayed?
What are the power relationships between men and women (or characters assuming male/female roles)?
How are male and female roles defined?
What constitutes masculinity and femininity?
How do characters embody these traits?
Do characters take on traits from opposite genders? How so? How does this change others’ reactions to them?
What does the work reveal about the operations (economically, politically, socially, or psychologically) of patriarchy?
What does the work imply about the possibilities of sisterhood as a mode of resisting patriarchy?
What does the work say about women’s creativity?
What does the history of the work’s reception by the public and by the critics tell us about the operation of patriarchy?
What role does the work play in terms of women’s literary history and literary tradition?

Literary analysis

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write a literary analysis over the passage provided. It will need to explain the internal conflict Macbeth is experiencing and his observations.

When writing the literary analysis you will need to label and identify the paragraphs with Introduction, Body paragraph 1, Body 2, Body 3 and the conclusion.

Development of Ideas:

uses enough evidence from the text with great extent of convincing analysis.
use at least two direct quotes as evidence text.
show a correct and good understanding of the text with thoughtful content.
Organization / Progression:

includes a structure that is mostly organized and appropriate with ideas organized in a logical way and sufficient transitions between paragraphs.
includes a clear thesis statement where most ideas are related and support the claim but may contain minor lapses in unity or focus.
convey at least 2 literary devices in support of the thesis statement, used by the author.
Use of Language and Conventions: