formal literary analysis

Module 2: Write a Formal Literary Analysis
Upon completion of this module, you will be able to:

1. Write a formal literary analysis
2. Research and cite critical sources

You will expand your Module 1 Submission
about the story “Everyday Use”into a formal literary argument.

You will use LSUE Library resources to locate sources pertinent to your discussion.
ASSIGNMENT
Find and Annotate an Article from a Library Database

Module 2 Assignment–Write a Formal Literary Analysis
DUE SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 2022, 11:59PM
PREPARE YOURSELF
1. Gather Materials
a. The story “Everyday Use”
b. Your Module 1 submission and notes you used to produce that

2. Expand your Module 1 submission into a formal literary argument.
Use the Chart in Portable Literature, page 38, to outline your Literary Argument.
You are formalizing the Draft you produced in Module 1.
Note that the Student Essay on pages 39-44 of Portable Literature
is a point-by-point example of the structure.
Intro/Thesis
(a positive or negative view of the character, Dee)
Background
(summary of the text and the issue being considered)
Supporting Argument
(your position)
Refutation of Opposing Argument
(conflicting views, summarized fairly, rejected or accommodated)
Conclusion
(the importance of the question and your view)

3. Summarize and/or quote from the sources you consulted in Module 1 and in the Research Lesson, above, as part of your discussion. That is, include a critic’s comments in Background, Argument, and/or Refutation.

WRITE YOUR FORMAL LITERARY ARGUMENT
Follow the outline you produced, above, to explain your view
of the character, Dee, in “Everyday Use.”
Include and cite other sources in your discussion.

SPECIFICATIONS
* Length: about 750 – 1000 words
* Standard Formatting
* Use MLA Style Citations
* See Syllabus for Assignment Grading Rubric
* How to Name Your Assignment File
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Find and Annotate an Article from a Library Database
Using the Databases available through LSUE.EDU Ledoux Library,
find an article concerning the story, “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker.
You are looking for an article that supports or conflict
with your own view of the story.
Take Notes and Highlight Text as you Read.
Search for the statements that support or conflict
with your own view of the story.
Copy and paste the pertinent statements into a Notes Document
and label it for future reference.
Submit your Notes Document here.

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TO ACCESS THE DATABASES, consult the Resources Guide to English at this link:
https://ledouxguides.library.lsue.edu/c.php?g=1037322
***If you need help, use the “Ask a Librarian” feature
or contact the Reference desk.

NOTE:
Librarians are a student’s best ally.
Learn from them.
Support their work while they support yours.
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