If you are following the syllabus, you will see that a ‘critique’ is due Thursday. I am moving the deadline back to Saturday,
If you are following the syllabus, you will see that a "critique" is due Thursday. I am moving the deadline back to Saturday, so you have a little time to complete the assignment.
You can choose any of the stories that we have read so far this semester to write your critique about. Please just make sure that the story is one that is on the syllabus, anything from "The Goophered Grapevine through the Robert Frost poetry. Please choose something you feel passionate about and go into detail. Please read the Critique rubric and follow the directions. I am including an example of a critique from a previous student. You want to be sure to include one quotation from the reading in your critique.
Please email me if you have any questions.
EN 362 Dr. Lin Knutson Reading Critiques
You will be turning in reading critiques over the course of the semester. Although you have a choice of topic for the critique, you need to stick to the literature written since the previous critique. You may not write about literature read before the last critique.
Since the paper is fairly short (1 ½ pages double spaced) chose a topic you can reasonably treat in a few pages. You do not want to merely SUMMARIZE the chapter you are discussing. Recommendations: You might want to begin with the obvious in a text, but try to make sure that the obvious is not the end of your journey. You want to start noticing patterns, making connections, compare and contrasting, and thinking about contemporary issues such as race, gender, and class. Your ideas may well come out of class discussion. Good luck! Please stop by to talk about any of your ideas at any time.
This is an informal writing, but I want you to try to develop an argument about your ideas by thinking about why your topic is important. What does it prove about the text? How does is change the meaning of the text? Does it point to a certain theme?
You may include your personal responses, but you want to clearly link those personal reactions to specific examples in the text that causes you to respond in a particular way. You also must include at least one quotation from the text.
Provide evidence to back up your claims by quoting from the text, citing examples, and connecting the examples to your argument, or the point you are making. Cite page numbers for quoted material.
Possible topics may include:
a. A pattern of imagery (weather, objects, repeated gestures, colors, etc
b. Use of satire or irony, or foreshadowing, or another literary element
c. A discussion of the narrator, and the narrator’s reliability or unreliability
d. Themes…and how they are revealed or how they recur in the text
e. Ways that class, or gender (male or female roles) or racial issues are presented
f. A discussion of topics such as the American Dream, or the journey of the hero, or empowerment are presented
g. Chose a literary theory or term
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