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ENG 356 Week 1 Assignment Elements of Fiction

 

After carefully reading, “The Elements of Fiction” in The Story and Its Writer, choose three of the elements of fiction, such as character, setting, plot, point of view, or style, and analyze in a 750-1,000-word essay how these three elements of fiction contribute to the overall theme (discussed in Appendix 2) in Washington Irving’s story, “Rip Van Winkle.”

Additionally, assert your view of the story’s theme (or central message), as well as how these three elements successfully convey that theme to readers.

Prepare this assignment according to the MLA guidelines found in the MLA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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ENG 356 Week 2 Assignment Essay on Romanticism in Poe

 

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Based on the Topic 2 Lecture and the discussion of “Literary Romanticism and the Short Story,” respond to the following in a 500-word essay about the two Edgar Allen Poe’s short stories assigned in Topic 2:

How do they display or fulfill the central characteristics of Romanticism?

If they deviate from these characteristics, point that out and explain where they differ from the characteristics of Romanticism.

Prepare this assignment according to the MLA guidelines found in the MLA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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ENG 356 Week 2 Assignment Thesis Statements for Three Short Stories

 

Details:

Choose at least three assigned short stories from the Topic 2 Readings and attempt to develop a narrow, assertive thesis statement for each story (for a total of three thesis statements).

For each story chosen, do the following:

1. State your chosen topic (see The Story and Its Writer, Appendix 4).
2. Explain the story’s theme (see The Story and Its Writer, Appendix 4).
3. Write one paragraph in which you analyze the relationship between the stated topic and the stated theme (see The Story and Its Writer, Appendix 4).
4. Develop your final thesis statement for the story, based on your analysis of the topic and theme. Review The Story and Its Writer “Writing about Short Stories” and the Topic 2 Lecture to make sure that your thesis is sufficiently narrow, assertive, and unique.

Prepare this assignment according to the MLA guidelines found in the MLA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.  Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

 

 

ENG 356 Week 3 Applying Literary Criticism to a Short Story

 

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After carefully reading the topic 3 Lecture and Appendix 5 in the The Story and Its Writer, choose one form of literary criticism (formalist, psychological, reader-response, etc.) and apply it to one of the short stories assigned during Topic 3.

In a 750-1,000-word essay, discuss how your chosen type of criticism would enlarge a reader’s understanding of the story and explain how at least three specific passages of the story could be interpreted using this form of criticism.

Prepare this assignment according to the MLA guidelines found in the MLA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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ENG 356 Week 4 Assignment Symbolism in Hemingway

 

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Literary Modernism is often associated with a highly symbolic portrayal of human experience, including people’s thoughts and emotions, through the use of concrete, visual images. Analyze the symbolism contained in Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” in order to uncover the story’s possible thematic meaning(s). For instance, consider carefully images such as the setting between two rail lines; the dry, barren hills; the green fields of grain and trees; the suggestion of “white elephants” (something both precious and useless in some Eastern cultures); the images of alcohol, etc.

How do these visual symbols and images help a reader understand the man, the woman, and the nature of their conflict? Write a response to the question in a 500-750-word essay.

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ENG 356 Week 5 Assignment  Regional Southern Fiction Analysis

 

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How can the two stories by Flannery O’Connor be seen as examples of “local color” or “regional” Southern fiction? To what extent are the stories dependent on their specific Southern settings? To what extent do the stories’ characters and themes transcend these settings? Pay close attention to elements of regional fiction such as dialect, authentic speech patterns, regional diction, specific, concrete imagery, and specific, regional settings. Respond in an essay of 750-1,000 words.

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This assignment uses a rubric. Please reveiw the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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ENG 356 Week 6 Assignment Analysis Paper Outline

 

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In a formal or informal sketch outline, list the major assertions and subtopics of your paper that you will complete in Topic 8.  Please check your options for this paper in the Topic 8 assignment. This outline should form the basic structure for your research paper, but you may find that you change or modify the paper or outline in your actual writing and revision.

The outline should, minimally, contain the following elements:

1. A creative, unique title for your paper.
2. A statement of your thesis at the top.
3. Parallel topics and subtopics.
4. Complete sentences, unless phrases are clear.
5. At least two sub-categories for each paragraph topic listed.
6. A conventional system of numbers and letters (I.A.1.a., etc.).

MLA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

 

ENG 356 Week 7 Assignment African American Cultural Influence on an Author

 

Details:

In “Everyday Use,” Alice Walker analyzes the complexities associated with race, class, gender, and society. Similar to James Baldwin, Walker uses her unique, narrative style to explore the “ambiguity and irony found in Negro life,” especially in regards to sibling relationships and the outside forces that attempt to destroy the bond.

Compare and contrast how Baldwin’s and Walker’s characters use this connection as the means to sort through their ‘inner blues.’ Respond in an essay of 750-1,000 words.

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ENG 356 Week 8 Assignment Analysis Paper

 

Details:

Using the outline you developed, produce a final draft of the Analysis Paper.

In a carefully constructed paper of 1,800-2,000 words (six to seven pages), respond to one of the following topics. Make sure that the essay has a focused, narrow, assertive thesis, and that it contains abundant textual support for all subassertions and claims (direct quotations, paraphrases, or summaries). You can write on a particular writer or story only once in the semester.
Topic One: Analysis of Style in Relation to Theme – Choose one or two assigned short stories and analyze how specific elements of fiction, such as symbolism, imagery, setting, characterization, plot structure, or language contribute to the story’s central theme (e.g., imagery of light, vision, and beauty in “Araby”). Make sure you explain how and why, and make your thesis very specific and unique (do not merely present a statement of fact about the story or stories).
Topic Two: Biographical Analysis of a Story or Stories – Choose two short stories by the same author and explain how specific information about the author’s biography further elucidates or clarifies those short stories. Using credible, scholarly sources, research the author’s life, and focus on one specific aspect of that author’s life (religious background, education, specific experiences abroad or in specific schools, etc.) and on how that aspect of the author’s life provides further insight into how and why the author chose specific themes or literary techniques.
Topic Three: Comparison and Contrast – Choose two or more assigned short stories and compare and contrast their unique presentations of particular topics such as war, death, marriage (e.g., compare and contrast the treatment of marriage in “The Story of
an Hour” and “The Yellow Wallpaper.” A student essay about the topic is in chapter 5 of Reading and Writing about Literature). Compare emphasizes the similarities between two or more items. Contrast underscores differences.
Topic Four: The Application of a Literary Critical Model to a Short Story – Apply a specific method of literary criticism to one or two short stories in an attempt to further
elucidate or enlarge a reader’s understanding of the story or stories (e.g., “The Story of an Hour,” “I Stand Here Ironing,” “The Yellow Wallpaper,” etc.).

 

Review Appendix 4 in the The Story and Its Writer, “Writing About Short Stories,” and the Topic 2 Lecture for information on writing critical analyses of short stories. This paper should be an analysis, not merely an explication, of the text(s).

Prepare this assignment according to the MLA guidelines found in the MLA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses four grading rubrics which are attached below. Please view the appropriate rubric for your selected topic prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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