Discipline: Literature

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.

Topic: Conduct a comparative analysis of Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead and Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys with a focus on social criticism (see Lecture 3, slides 3-4, 6, 8).  What are the authors attempting to expose, criticize and/or discuss as regards social criticism? What do their social commentaries have in common and in what ways do they differ? Make sure […]

*** I would appreciate a rough draft by 6/2*** Prompt: Consider cases where “history” has been deformed as it is turned into “story,” into legend? To what do you attribute these deformations in the case or cases you examine? Primary Source: Geoffrey Chaucer, Prioress’ Prologue and Tale: https://chaucer.fas.harvard.edu/pages/prioress-prologue-and-tale Geoffrey of Monmouth, The History of the […]

Death symbolism in in W. B. Yeats’,’ Under Ben Bulben, ‘Sailing to Byzantium’, ‘September 1913’ In my essay I’m going to talk about the symbolisms of death and the passing of time in the mentioned works of W. B. Yeats. I’m going to be connecting the poems based on similarities and differences and I will […]

An intermedial approach using adaptation theories to analyze the Netflix adaptation of Passing. I would like to research how the act of passing is portrayed differently between the book and the film and how or if the film changes some of the character development and plot. Primary materials should be Passing by Nella Larsen and the […]

You must use quotations from both the play and the novel in your paper. Length: 600-700 words Make sure you follow the MLA formatting guidelines. After you have submitted your assignment, be sure to look at your SafeAssign “Originality Report” and check to see if everything is quoted and cited correctly. Citations: Dear, Nick. Frankenstein. […]

Research paper topic: Investigating how fantasy literature contributes to children’s cognitive development, including imagination, creativity, and problem-solving skills.)   My research paper investigates how fantasy literature, such as the Harry Potter series, contributes to children’s cognitive growth, particularly in fostering imagination, creativity, and problem-solving skills.