submit a four- to five-page Literary Analysis in response to one of the topics from the approved List of Writing Prompts.

In Week Five of this course, you will submit a four- to five-page Literary Analysis in response to one of the topics from the approved List of Writing Prompts. This week, you will choose the topic you would like to explore, offer some information on what interests you about this topic, and supply a working thesis and key ideas you would like to develop. Though it might seem early to choose your topic, with only five weeks in the course, it is important to start early to best set yourself up for success.

After reviewing the list of prompts, choose one that you would like to explore. In addition, you should choose a literary work to discuss that relates to your topic of choice. The suggested literary works for each topic are listed beneath each prompt.

Once you have decided on a prompt and text, respond to the directives below using the Proposal for Final Paper Worksheet. Please make sure your document is double spaced. See the Sample Proposal for guidance.

 

The topic I will have to cover is below

Setting is an important component of any story. Consider the role that setting has in one of the works. How is this particular setting integral to the story? Does the protagonist conflict with the setting or have particular interactions with it? How does the protagonist’s relationship with the setting connect with his/her development as a character?

Literary Works (chooseonefrom any of the lists below. If you choose to write about poetry, you may choose up totwopoems from the Poems list):

 

Stories:

• “Greasy Lake” (Boyle, 1985)
• “The Blue Hotel” (Crane, 1898)
• “The Things They Carried” (O’Brien, 1990) – 5.4 inJourney into Literature
• “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” (LeGuin, 1973)

Poems:

• “The Raven” (Poe, 1845) – 9.7 inJourney into Literature
• “A Point West of Mount San Bernadino” (Delgado, 2013)
• “To Live in the Borderlands Means You” (Anzaldúa, 1987)
• “Smokey the Bear Sutra” (Snyder, 1969)

Drama:

• A Midsummer Night’s Dream(Shakespeare, 1590)