Discipline: Literature

This is just a disscussion post, not an essay. It does not need to be formatted or cited. Part 1 is to write 150-200 words answering these questions; Where the text raises questions for you Where it confirms what you already believe Where it makes you say aha or surprises you Where it conflicts with […]

I have already got my thesis proposal approved. The title of my thesis is “Vegetal Transformation: Transcending Trauma in Han Kang’s The Vegetarian”The chapter design is as follows: The first chapter provides a synthesis of the theoretical frameworks of Lacan’s psychoanalysis and Michael Marder’s plant philosophy. It attempts to link Lacan’s idea of jouissance, “not-all,” […]

Overview:  Issue: Tesla has been criticized for workplace safety issues at its manufacturing plants. Goal: Achieve a reduction in workplace safety incidents at Tesla manufacturing plants within the next two years through enhanced safety training, improved safety protocols, and transparent reporting systems. Proposals in technical communication can take many forms in academic and professional contexts. […]

“That woman, then, who was born with a gift of poetry in the sixteenth century, was an unhappy woman, a woman at strife against herself.”  Compare and contrast the historical and contemporary challenges faced by female authors. Essay competition

You are going to write a research report to address the following research question:    What are the advantages and disadvantages of problem-based learning and to what extent is it successful as a method of teaching and learning at university?   The report must include the following sections (word counts are a guide and are approximate):   […]

for this assignment, you will write a 600 word paper that compares the elements of the flood as told by the Utnapishtim to the version in Genesis. Remember that we are reading Genesis as literature, and not for the “truth,” so that your discusion should focus on literary differences and not ethical or religious ones.  […]

assignment type:  This is an academic report based on primary and secondary research. The report includes an Introduction, Method, Results and Discussion section (IMRD). While you may share reading and listening texts with your peers to inform your secondary research, you will create your own research question and conduct primary research individually.  The report must […]

Your assignment is to encapsulate this theme into your own words and then analyze how the theme is developed over the course of the novel.  You will do this in a type-written essay utilizing a formal, complex introduction, multiple body paragraphs, and a conclusion that goes beyond simply summarizing your main points. I expect you […]

In a thesis-driven essay of about 1,000 words, use a New Critical, Historical, or Marxist lens to analyze how a single moment in the text expresses a significant theme of Sweat.  Develop your argument with ample textual evidence (as well as researched evidence if using the Historical or Marxist lens). The moment can be 1-2 lines […]

1.     “You are a question to yourself” (Nuruddin Farah, Maps 3) Compare and contrast how Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway and Maps question the selfhood and identity of their protagonists. You may approach this  through  narration.