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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. You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. 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 Topic 3 DQ 1 Discuss the relationship between the central character (protagonist) and the natural world in Stephen Crane’s “The Open Boat.” What does this character learn about himself and about his environment through his encounters with the natural world? Based upon this famous example of literary naturalism, how would you define the naturalistic view of humanity’s relationship with the physical world? ENG 356 Week 3 Topic 3 DQ 2 Write a short critique about Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper.” Address the assumptions: “literary texts mirror gender and societal attitudes about gender” and “oppression of women as a historical fact.” ENG 356 Week 3 Applying Literary Criticism to a Short Story Details: 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. You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center ENG 356 Week 4 Topic 4 DQ 1 In literary criticism, the word “epiphany” refers to a moment in which a character experiences a sudden, life-changing revelation about the true nature of something (often this can be an aspect of his or her character). These moments of insight are usually prompted by something seemingly trivial or commonplace, but they result in a radical change of
perception on the part of the character. Consider either James Joyce’s “Araby” or “The Dead” and explain how the central character in either of these stories experiences an epiphanic moment. What does the protagonist learn about himself, about another person, or about life, and how does this experience and gained insight change him? ENG 356 Week 4 Topic 4 DQ 2 In Katherine Mansfield’s short story “Bliss,” does the character Bertha truly have “everything” as she insists? Explain and then share at least three significant details in the story that reveal aspects of Bertha’s character and life to you ENG 356 Week 4 Assignment Symbolism in Hemingway Details: 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. 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 5 Topic 5 DQ 1 Apply the elements of regional fiction (dialect; authentic speech patterns; regional diction; specific, concrete imagery; and specific, regional settings) to the Richard Wright story, “The Man Who Was Almost a Man.” Provide one example of each of the elements. ENG 356 Week 5 Topic 5 DQ 2 Thinking about the categories of local color and regional fiction, how would you say that Zora Neale Hurston’s “Spunk” reflects the qualities found in the two categories? Give three specific examples from the story. ENG 356 Week 5 Assignment Regional Southern Fiction Analysis Details: 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. 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 reveiw 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 6 Topic 6 DQ 1 In Grace Paley’s “A Conversation with my Father,” both the narrator and her father have specific conceptions of truth. Describe both characters’ conceptions of truth and discuss what comment the story seems to make about these versions of truth. Does the story itself seem to privilege one conception over the other? Explain. ENG 356 Week 6 Topic 6 DQ 2
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