Category: Literature

Justice and Retribution in The Odyssey: Comparing Ancient Greek Concepts with Modern Views. Explore the theme of justice and retribution in The Odyssey and compare it to modern perspectives on crime and punishment. Analyze how characters like Odysseus, Penelope, and the suitors are dealt with by the gods and society. Consider how concepts of divine intervention, honor, and revenge shape notions of justice in ancient Greek literature and how these compare to modern ideas of criminal justice and morality using a text like Hurston’s “Sweat” or Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis.” Broaden your comparison with a third text or film that reinforces the claims you make in your comparison of the two-course texts. Make sure to substantiate your claims with researched, cited facts.

Essay 3: Literary Criticism
1    For the final major assignment, choose a work of fiction to analyze and a critical lens to use as the basis of your analysis. Conduct a close reading of the book and compose an essay using techniques from the literary critics we read in class (Morrision, Sehgal, Hopper, Pfeiffer, or  the New Yorker fiction podcasts). 
Your critical lens should be a theory or perspective that resonates with you in some way, and that you think would be interesting to use for your analysis. For example, you might choose to read your book from a feminist perspective, or through the lens of queer theory, or you may want to evaluate how immigrants are represented, you could apply a Marxist lens, assess a plot for implicit capitalist values, analyze how characters with disabilities show up, how particular religions are characterized, and so on.
Your close reading of the novel should include a summary of major plot points and a description of characters and scenes that are significant to your analysis. Your initial summary should be delivered as objectively as possible, giving your readers a sense of the book before you begin your analysis.
In order to effectively conduct your analysis, you will need to provide an overview of your lens. For example, if you choose feminism, select an article from a prominent feminist scholar that you can draw on for your essay. You don’t need to conduct a comprehensive study of feminism, but find two or three respected thinkers in the field, and use their texts to help you define key terms and ideas.
Requirements
•    A novel of your choice (minimum 100 pages)
•    A lens from which you’ll conduct your analysis
•    Essay: 1500-1700 words
•    Two  sources from prominent scholars in the field (at least one source should be a peer-reviewed journal article)
•    MLA Format 
•    Draft note describing your revision process
*****FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT I HAVE CHOSEN THE BOOK UGLY LOVE BY COLLEEN HOOVER. ******

Mr Birling says “a man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own”.
How far does Priestley present Mr Birling as a man who cares only for himself and his family?
Write about:
What Mr Birling says and does
How far Priestley presents Mr Birling as a man who cares only for himself and his family.

Appendix A – choose THREE poems to analyze in-depth. Each analysis should be approximately 2-3 pages each (700-900 words) 
Introduction: This should include the following
A hook of some sort – something to draw the reader in
Title of poem, author, and background information
Brief summary (1-2 sentences) of poem
Connection to novel
Thesis statement – this is where you provide the theme of the poem (which should tie to the novel)
Analysis of Poem (minimum of two paragraphs)
Minimum of two pieces of evidence per paragraph – evidence does not need to be direct quotes, but instead can be paraphrased or referenced portions of poem
Must provide commentary for every piece of evidence used – this is where you ANALYZE the poem
Connection to Novel
Explain how your poem is connected to the novel. You should cite details from your novel at this point in your explanation. 
Analyze and connect these three poems to the novel Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 
Poem No. 1: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/154930/the-buddha-walks-a-mile
“The Buddha Walks a Mile” by Luisa A Igloria
Poem No.2: “Family Ties” by Diana Khoi Nguyen 
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/149861/family-ties
Poem No. 3: “Strict diet” by James Crews 
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/146587/strict-diet

Your assignment is
–to select any two stories and to compare/contrast them using both literary analysis and mathematical modeling. If you are tracking clues, you should definitely pick one story that figures on Moretti’s + side of his evolutionary tree (See Week 10, Moretti reading, p. 73, figure 30), and one from the – side of his evolutionary tree. If you aren’t tracking clues, it’s less important which two you pick. You are free to stick to Moretti’s discussion and track clues, but remember all the other ways we have thought about stories in quantitative terms (counting, statistical graphs/tables, probability models, and networks).
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1661/pg1661-images.html
use this to find the stories to compare and contrast

Write a literary analysis essay, analyzing the satire and satire techniques in “Orientation” by Daniel Orozco as a focal point. Provide claim and warrant. Focus on 2 specific satire techniques from the files below, to acknowledge the perceived evil. Use specific and collection of literary examples from the short story to build argument. Do not summarize and generalize literary work or topic. Things to avoid: obvious either/ or, “teaching-a-lesson” type of analysis. Announcing claim, like “This paper will argue” or “We will be examining”.  Focus on the main idea that Daniel is criticizing the fakeness of workplace relations, as the perceived evil. Use this to cite and get quotes from https://fsgworkinprogress.com/2011/05/17/orientation-by-daniel-orozco/
then analyze at least two satire techniques the writer is using to critique that evil. 
Use lots of examples from the story and your own critical analysis for support.

decribe from the play hamlet .
sanity vs madness and how he is in the story. 
does he act normal or would he be considered sne or madness?

For this paper, you will create an argument that defends your position on whether social networking sites offer more positives or negatives to the individuals who use them (you can also argue whether these sites are good for society or not). These sites can range from general-themed friends-and-acquaintances sites (Facebook, Instagram, etc.) to specific interest message boards (Pinterest, Reddit, etc.) to video and information-sharing sites (Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, etc.). As with any argument, you should start off with an interesting and informative introduction that includes a thesis statement that meets the standards for a thesis. This thesis will be defended by reasons and evidence. One part of your support needs to be an emotional appeal to needs and/or values. In making your argument, you will also need to properly synthesize material from at least three of ten essays that will be uploaded to our Canvas page:

Hi everyone,
I hope all is well. Please find our last class content for the semester below. I hope everyone is working on the final writing assignment. I apologize for any missed emails over the past week, I was away. I will be working this week to catch up and respond. I appreciate your patience. Please remember that the final writing assignment is due next week on the 16th. Please check the Discussion Board for this week’s final assignment and please be sure to email any late responses as soon as possible. 
Thank you,
Listening:
Ep #018: How much is enough? (16:32)
https://anchor.fm/philosophyforeveryone/episodes/Episode-018-How-much-is-enough-ecf8sj (Links to an external site.) 
Ep. #053: How are you training yourself today? (17:27)
https://anchor.fm/shotofphilosophy/episodes/Ep-053-How-are-you-training-yourself-today–Reading-and-interpretation-from-my-personal-self-writing-practice-eub3al (Links to an external site.)
Ep. #052: Do you have any mantras? What is your main purpose today? (11:02)
Ep. #052: Do you have any mantras? What is your main purpose today? by Shot of PhilosophyEp. #052: Do you have any mantras? What is your main purpose today?Anchor
Viewing: 
Daily Stoic on the Stoicism of Animals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ldeygJpnP4 
Daily Stoic: Learning Stoicism from a Donkey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F63HRuk0LQ 
Questions
Hi everyone,
I hope all is well. Please respond to the following for this week’s Discussion Board.
1. Using direct quotations from the first podcast episode provided and from the videos about Stoicism, please examine how we can work to achieve feeling at peace and like the moment, along with our efforts in life, are “enough.” Please respond in 10-15 sentences. 

For this dissertation, the target text for analysis is His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman. The overall aim is to analyze its two world-building elements: the narrative space and the fantasy object (referred to as Dust, Shadows, sraf), and how they contribute to the HDM narrative world construction. Analyze them with corpus stylistic methods and cognitive poetic perspectives.
For the chapter on narrative space, the analytical framework is Paul Rayson′s tripartite keyness model (keyword, key part-of-speech, key semantic domain), which is from corpus linguistics. Analyze key linguistic features in the construction of the narrative space. The web-based corpus tool Wmatrix can be used.