The purpose of an essay is to put your thoughts to the page in an organized fashion. In this essay, you need to focus how works of imagination use language and words to draw us in to a story, to move us emotionally, or to put themes into play. Just as you had a plan for your Research Essay, you’ll want to plan out your Literary Analysis Essay. This essay should be about 700-900 words in length, and will focus on elements of one work.
NOTE: You are choosing ONE work from the following list. See attached RUBRIC: LITERARY ESSAY
3C. Close Reading of a Text: Assigned Reading
FICTION
- 3C-1a. Fiction Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour “
- 3C-1b. Fiction: William Faulkner, “A Rose for Emily” pp. 628-634
- 3C-1c. Fiction: Read Amy Tan’s, “A Pair of Tickets”
- 3C-1d. Fiction: Read Flannery O’Connor – “A Good Man is Hard to Find”
POETRY
- 3C-1e. Poetry: Read Gwendolyn Brooks “We Real Cool,” p. 745-746
- 3C-1f. Poetry: Edwin Arlington Robinson “Richard Cory,” p. 703
- 3C -1g. Poetry: Sylvia Plath “Morning Song,” p. 1127