For this assignment, per departmental regulations, you must critically and closely interpret a piece of literature or text. This can be anything from a TV show to a film to a song to a book etc.*(see below) It cannot be a large, abstract cultural movement, however: you need to demonstrate your ability to write a literary analysis, so please be aware of this distinction and talk to me ASAP if you think there will be a problem.
Assignment Objectives
The objective of this assignment is to provide students with opportunities to:
Use concepts and terms in literary studies to analyze the aesthetic features of a text.
Discuss and interpret a broad variety of writers, their works, and connections among works.
Analyze cultural and historical features of literary texts with attention to human diversity.
Demonstrate the ability to construct a clear, coherent, sustained argument. Demonstrate the ability to articulate differing positions on critical issues within literary studies.
Skillfully communicate meaning in a variety of written and spoken formats with clarity and fluency in language appropriate to the audience.
Experiment with distinctive technologies of reading, exploring scribal practices, computational tools, archival resources, or digital databases.