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Choose one of the two short stories (pdf files)( https://www.marxists.org/archive/lu-xun/1918/04/x01.htm ) and read it (you only have to read one of the stories, not both–it doesn’t matter which).
Pre-writing: Do some pre-writing/brain-storming/mind-mapping to generate some ideas about your topic for your Essay 2 on your selected story. Some useful approaches to outlining a 5 paragraph essay are:
a.) Thematic analysis: For this type of essay, your thesis will hypothesize what you consider to be the theme/meaning/message of the story and the body paragraphs of your essay will focus on supporting material that supports your thesis about the theme.
b.) Character analysis: This type of essay will develop an analytical perspective (your opinion(s) about the personality and actions of the story’s main character (or possibly two or three characters, if their actions are closely intertwined). The purpose of this type of essay is help the reader of your essay better understand why the character(s) behaved as they did; how were they changed by their actions or events of the story; what lessons did the character or the reader (or both) learn from the actions and events of the story.
c.) Plot analysis
d.) Setting Analysis: This type of essay focuses on analyzing the setting and/or description of the setting of the story to develop a thesis statement with the purpose of explaining how the author’s representation/depiction/portrayal of the setting contributes the development of some aspect of the story, such as it character(s), plot, conflict, theme, or message.
e.) Historical criticism: This type of essay focuses on learning about historical period in which the story takes place. The purpose of this essay is to show how learning more about the history surrounding the story and depicted in the story contributes to the reader’s overall understanding of the story.
f.) Biographical criticism: This type of essay involves doing some research about the story’s author and making connections between the author’s life and some aspects of the story (plot, character(s), conflict, plot, setting, theme, etc. The purpose of this type of essay is to show how better understanding the life of the author can contribute to the reader’s understanding of the story.
g.) Reader Response-Question-based: This type of essay focuses on a question or a few related question that the reader has about the story. In the essay, the reader will explore and postulate an answer or a few alternative answers to the question(s) and in the conclusion evaluate the possible answers and attempt to explain what is the best possible answer and or answers to the question and how they contribute to the reader’s overall understanding of the story.
- Composing: Begin writing your literary analysis of the your selected story. Some useful tips for composing your first draft are:
a. Review a sample essay in the MLA style before beginning. If you format your essay correctly from the beginning, you can avoid problems trying to correct the format later: MLA General Format @ Purdue OWL
b. Use the Times New Roman 12 point font.
c. Avoid using the personal “I” or using such phrases as, “In my my opinion” or ” from my point-of-view.” Simply state your opinion. Unless you are quoting or citing another person, the reader will that what you are stating is your opinion because you are the author of the essay.
d. Do not you use the 2nd person voice/2nd person usages in your essay. These include the words: you, your, yours, we, us, and ours. Instead, use descriptive third person nouns and noun phrases; this will make your writing more precise and descriptive. If in your essay you are hypothesizing about how any reader might react to the story, instead of saying “you” feel or think this, you can say, “the reader” thinks or feels this or that.
e. After composing your first draft, give your essay an interesting title that includes the topic of your essay, the short story’s title, and the author’s name. Example: “A Girl Comes of Age in “O Xiangxue” by Tie Ning.” (Tip: Always put quotation marks around the titles of essays written by others but not around the titles of your own essay that you are preparing to turn in).
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