Course Info

August 5-22
Monday to Thursday
2-5pm
Shepard Hall Room #20

Essay Assignment #2: Literary Analysis



Choose a work of literature, and write a 3 page essay in which you discuss how the author negotiates the tension between assimilation, alienation, belonging, and cultural identity. How does the author speak to the complexity and ambiguity of what it means to be American? How does the work reflect the idea of being an outsider? How is the author able to recognize the ways in which his or her differences are both assets and burdens? Analyze the work of literature and explore the meaning and construction of the piece.

Read about Literary Analyses on pages 50-54 in The Little Seagull Handbook.

Read about Literary Analyses on pages 81-86 in The Norton Field Guide to Writing.

From The Norton Field Guide to Writing (85):







Other Essay Requirements:

  • Follow the conventions for a college writing assignment (See page 524 in Field Guide)
  • Come up with an interesting title
  • 3 pages
  • Typed, double spaced, and in 12 pt. Times New Roman font

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