Dear Students–Here are the Instructions for Essay 1, due on Friday, June 13. Later today I will post a separate announcement containing an example of a previous student essay that you can use as a model. The essay comes from another class I teach here at U of L, but the essay follows the same […]
Discipline: American literature
Beyond Survival: Intersectional Feminism and Social Transformation in Woman on the Edge of Time and Parable of the SowerBeyond Survival: Intersectional Feminism and Social Transformation in Woman on the Edge of Time and Parable of the Sower
Essay in academic style, Chicago style format. The essay should contain quotes from both books and sources that I will attach below. Topic: The essay should explore a topic based on two books: Marge Piercy’s Woman on the Edge of Time + Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower. This combination offers a rich analysis of […]
Annotated bibliography/ Handout on Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca – Relation of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de VacaAnnotated bibliography/ Handout on Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca – Relation of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, HANDOUT & VIDEO PRESENTATION ON Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca – Relation of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca 🔍 Annotated Bibliography Guidelines Sources: Include four scholarly, refereed secondary sources. Do NOT use the course textbook, encyclopedias, biographies, book reviews, overviews, or abstracts. Avoid websites like Wikipedia, SparkNotes, BookRags, or E-Notes. Use FAMU Library […]
Crying of Lot 49: Postmodernism. How does Pynchon use the postmodern elements of the novel like the wordplay with names or the unknowableness of the truth?Crying of Lot 49: Postmodernism. How does Pynchon use the postmodern elements of the novel like the wordplay with names or the unknowableness of the truth?
4-6 page analytical essay about Thomas Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49. The essay should be written in MLA style. This paper will require you to generate an original thesis. A strong thesis statement will make a claim that is up for debate; it should not be a point of fact. It should involve commentary, […]
Term Paper: Critical Analysis that uses scholarly criticism to support your own reading of Howl by Allan GinsbergTerm Paper: Critical Analysis that uses scholarly criticism to support your own reading of Howl by Allan Ginsberg
Write a critical analysis that uses scholarly criticism to support your own reading and reaction to Howl by Allan Ginsberg. Must be 14 point typed, double spaced, and with one inch margins on all sides. Your analysis should focus on one of the following: theme(s); character(s); literary style; or historical context. You must make use […]
The Impact of Family Involvement and Community Resources on Home Literacy Development: A Research-Based AnalysisThe Impact of Family Involvement and Community Resources on Home Literacy Development: A Research-Based Analysis
Instructions Write a research paper on the research project that you just completed regarding your thesis about contributing factors to literacy practices. The paper should follow the outline below. The work that we have done in the past 2 weeks (the interview questions, the reporting of the data, the analysis) is part of the paper. […]
The destructive power of deception: a comparative analysis of “a streetcar named desire” and “Desiree’s baby”The destructive power of deception: a comparative analysis of “a streetcar named desire” and “Desiree’s baby”
Identify a prominent theme within (at least) any two text’s we have on our calendar. The texts must differ, but the theme must unite them. It can do this in different ways by examining the author’s possible intentions, what is written, and how it is written or alluded to through literary devices. You are basically […]
literary essay with an analytical thesis statement, using textual evidence (quotations from anthology).literary essay with an analytical thesis statement, using textual evidence (quotations from anthology).
Write a three-page literary essay with an analytical thesis statement, using textual evidence (quotations from anthology). Read and use as a source, Allen Ginsberg, first part of “Howl,” pages 1329-1334, Norton Anthology. Allen Ginsberg: write about the symbolism of the city, the urban landscape, and its effect/reflection/symbolic reflection of the issues the narrator is describing, […]
Author and Title: Elizabeth Cady Stanton / Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions Theme: Gender inequality and the continued fight for women’s rightsAuthor and Title: Elizabeth Cady Stanton / Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions Theme: Gender inequality and the continued fight for women’s rights
Author and Title: Elizabeth Cady Stanton / Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions Theme: Gender inequality and the continued fight for women’s rights Main Points: The historical exclusion of women from political rights and its impact on contemporary gender inequality The legal oppression of women in marriage and property rights and its relevance in modern society […]
Write a letter or poem ‘answering’ Whitman — or a poem IMITATING Whitman’s style!Write a letter or poem ‘answering’ Whitman — or a poem IMITATING Whitman’s style!
Talk TO him. Or talk LIKE him. In a letter, you can ask questions, or offer gratitude, or give him some feedback on his poems. You can focus on one of them, or several — or all of them. You can introduce yourself. You can mention which of the ‘walks of life’ that appear in […]