Composition I - Writing for Literature
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
LITERARY ANALYSIS
Highlights or studies within an essay insights about any aspect of any poem, play, story or novel; often examines more than one work by a particular author
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SUGGESTIONS
Get a good initial sense of the work in the first read
Identify key portions of text to use as examples
Draft one's essay
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Important to know one's audience, especially people already familiar with work discussed
Purpose of literary analysis: to provide fresh insight about a work or works or author
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Avoid too simple or too narrow thesis
Research will be evidence:
quotations/examples from text
books or articles discussing text one examines
Organize evidence by pattern of development selected
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SUGGESTIONS
Use present, active verbs with literary characters, authors, anything else
Always identify in writing text talked about first, especially if essay by single author with multiple works discussed
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SUGGESTIONS
For poetry, be sure to quote correctly!
Quote featuring four lines or less should have / separating lines: "The fog lifted like a thief / Silent as a panther..."
Quote with more than four poetry lines should appear in block form
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