For this close-reading assignment, you will be writing a brief close-reading about a piece of literature that we’ve read for this class thus far.<\/p>\n
Select 1-2 pieces of literature from Weeks 3-4 (see list below) and develop a 2.5-3 page analysis that advances an original argument about the text(s). Your close-reading should draw on historical or political contexts to shape your analysis. In other words: consider how the political or historical contexts in which these texts were created or generated shape your analysis and interpretation of the texts themselves.<\/p>\n
Your paper should be 2.5-3 pages
\nYour paper should use Chicago format
\nSelect literature from the options listed above. You may also reference or include additional texts that we’ve read to support and\/or provide context for your argument.
\nYour paper should focus on analysis (not summary)
\nBuild an argument about the text(s) and engage in analysis of the texts to prove your argument<\/p>\n
Pieces of literature:<\/p>\n
Habal, “Ch. 7: The Fall of the I-Hotel”
\nYamashita, excerpts from I-Hotel (pp. 577-605)
\nAl Robles’s poetry from Rappin’ With Ten Thousand Carabaos in the Dark<\/p>\n
Citing in Chicago Format (examples)<\/p>\n
When quoting poetry, indicate line breaks with a forward slash (\/). For example:
\nThe narrator in Robles\u2019s (2019) poem \u201cThe Wandering Manong\u201d states that \u201cthe manong\u2019s voice \/ changes from day to day \/ winter snowfall \/ sun & moon & stars \/ a wild spirit gone crazy \u2026\u201d (34).<\/p>\n
THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF HOW TO DO THE CITATION BELOW DONT USE LINKS\/TEXTS! <\/p>\n
>Examples of in-text citations for Chicago Author\/Date:
\n\u201cIt is that imagination \u2026 that I shall call \u2018poetry,\u2019 or \u2018poetic knowledge\u2019\u201d (Kelley 2002, 9-10).<\/p>\n
Robin D.G. Kelley (2002) states that \u201cIt is that imagination \u2026 that I shall call \u2018poetry,\u2019 or \u2018poetic knowledge\u2019\u201d (9-10).<\/p>\n
Examples of citations for Chicago Notes\/Bibliography:
\n1. Robin D.G. Kelley, Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination (Boston: Beacon Press, 2002), 9-10.
\n2. Al Robles, \u201cThe Wandering Manong,\u201d in Rappin\u2019 with Ten Thousand Carabaos in the Dark (Los Angeles: UCLA Asian American Studies Press, 1996\/2019), 34-36.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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