Discipline: Literature

Focused analysis of The Picture of Dorian Gray or We Have Always Lived in the Castle (home paper) Primary texts: • Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray • Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle read all the files i uploded carefully

The thinkers of the Enlightenment were deeply concerned about order. In a well-organized essay, explain the source of order according to Enlightenment thinkers (i.e. did God invent order? Is order a purely human/social construct?) and why they believed orderly thoughts and actions were important. Use examples from Kant, Moliere, Pope, and/or Jefferson. Note that this […]

M4 Second Analysis Paper: Language of the Harlem Renaissance (Due end of Week 8)   Instructions Write a 4-6 page paper (1000-1500 words, double spaced) addressing the following.  The Harlem Renaissance was a period of prolific writing by African American authors, who captured the era with a strong sense of culture and place captured though […]

Directions from Instructor: Students will complete a critical research paper of 4-6 pages in length based on a work of literature we study during the course of the term.  This paper will require a thorough integration of at least 4-6 scholarly, secondary sources with an insightful, original interpretation of the primary work examined.  As with all […]

In the first part of the course we are thinking about the ways in which people in the twentieth andtwenty-first centuries, and their counterparts in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, havedreamt about data, its structures, its capabilities, its potential, and ways in which we as humanbeings can most effectively interact with it, whether with the […]

You are going to make a presentation about:  The Postcolonial Epic:   Homer’s Heavy Shadow   Derek Walcott, Omeros, Bks. 1-2 (selections) Please make an excellent powerpoint presentaion using Good language, gramman , pictures, animitions and transistions. If you will not use animations and pictures please don’t make my presentation. Thank you

A literary analysis of the characters in George Orwell’s work, “1984,” with a primary objective to delve into the psychological impact of perpetual surveillance on individuals within “1984”. The analysis should aim to unravel the ways in which surveillance shapes the mental states, relationships, and sense of self of the characters inhabiting Orwell’s totalitarian society. […]

Book of Analysis: American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson  Topic: To consider the larger cultural implications behind the form and content of spy narratives.  Write about what the text might be saying on its surface and interrogate its underlying cultural assumptions. Further Instructions: Introduce your topic directly in the opening paragraph and outline how you will prove […]

1. Demonstrate clear, logical, insightful, original thinking about the assigned topic. 2. Whichever option you choose be sure to state your thesis clearly. Have a very clear sense of what you want your readers to learn from your essay. Make sure the thesis states what the body of the paper actually supports. 3. Assume readers […]

You must write a brief essay of 2 pages, no less than 600 words. Essays should be formatted with 1 inch margins, double spacing, and 12 point type. Write clearly. Choose the right words, shape your ideas into meanginful sentences, and structure your argument into cohesive paragraphs. Make sure you say EXACTLY what you mean, […]