Literature

Watch the film The Importance of Being Earnest. This is a 2002 film with Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, and Reese Witherspoon.  Watching a film or stage version can create a different interpretation of a work of literature than simply reading it.  In a post of at least 250 words, comment on one or two things in the film that either enhanced your understanding of the play or changed your interpretation.  For example, was there a pun or joke you did not understand in the play that became clear when you watched the film? You can also challenge an interpretation of the film.  Was a scene or character portrayed in a different way than you imagined?  Do you think the filmmakers got something “wrong”?

Memoirs and short stories are two different genres of writing. What are some of the differences between the two of them? What do you think are some advantages of using fiction (stories) to convey a message vs. using memoir, and vice versa? Have these questions answered by 11 am today please. Thanks

Since the topic of the paper is the choice of each student, objectives will include number 8 but at least one and most likely more of the following:1. Identify key filmmakers, films and advancements in the history of film.2. Identify characteristics of different types of films and film genres.3. Recognize proper definitions and use of technical and aesthetic film terms and production strategies.4. Demonstrate critical understanding of the cultural role of film as a medium of communication and expression in society.5. Analyze different creative elements that go into making a film.6. Assess the effectiveness of the different creative elements in a specific film.7. Recognize how modes of production and contexts of viewing effect the interpretation of a film.8. Demonstrate understanding of proper academic format and use of film terminologies in writing about film.

– 100% ORIGINAL. It will go through Turnitin.- The love of Romeo for Juliet, Orlando for Rosalind, and Hamlet for Ophelia – how do these three men love? Is Shakespeare a feminist maybe? What is common between the way they love their women and what differs?-You should provide sufficient evidence (examples, quotations, interpretation of particular images) that support your central claim. Try to decide how relevant and credible these statements are as support for your thesis. Consider whether together they provide sufficient grounds for your readers to agree with your thesis. The relevance of the sources that you have selected, as well as the relevance of the quotations, paraphrases and summaries you have incorporated in the text will add to the quality of your support. They will also add to your ethos. What you say should be related to what they say. Importantly, your voice should be heard, too. You cannot afford to quote and paraphrase only.-The introduction should provide information that is relevant to the debatable question. It should also be sufficient to enable your readers to understand what exactly that question is, why it is debatable, and why you have taken the position that you state in your thesis. Depending on the topic, you could give a brief historical account or focus on the social significance of the issue. You should also inform the reader about the controversy around your topic. The thesis, i.e. your thesis—the sentence or pair of sentences containing the direct statement of your position/ main claim on the topic— should clearly state your position / main claim and indicate the shape of your argument. The thesis, which usually comes at the end of the intro, had better “telegraph” for the reader the content of the main body of the paper.I have included some academic articles that may or may not be useful.

Sex trafficking is a personal relation to me. I’d love it if you you could really show some of the statistics and what type of damage is causes to people.

Course: The Renaissance and Early Seventeenth Century British Literature 8 pages (double spaced) with 5 (minimum) sources.  ONLY USE SCHOLARLY ARTICLES.  Topic of Paper:  Robert Herrick and the Ambiguities of Gender Instructions from Professor: Beyond the obvious—i.e., a researched, creative, and insightful argument about the chosen text(s)—be sure to include the following:                                     *a clearly stated thesis somewhere near the beginning of the essay                         *proper format, including a Works Cited page in MLA *when dealing with poetry, please use line breaks, and cite by line number not page                                     *talk about texts in the present tense!                                     *remember: sentences containing quotations should remain grammatically correct! *an account of the literary-critical context. Who else is talking about this subject and how have they contributed to your own research or framed the question that you are now addressing?  This is where I expect you to draw on your critical narrative. *this requires an attempted interaction with larger critical arguments rather than just a selected sentence or two from their work.  *a consideration of the implications of your argument (this can be very brief, and it is often a solid way to conclude an academic essay)   By the way, avoid this construction:                         “According to critic [author] in his/her essay, [long extended title], [author] states…” I cannot tell you how many times I read that type of thing in the critical narrative.  A better way to put it:                         “[Author] states…” I can always find the name of the essay on the Works Cited page.   Otherwise, please strive for clear, precise, and concise prose!  A great way to make sure that you’re writing like a regular human is to read your own essay aloud to yourself; does it sound like something someone might actually say?  Can you follow it?

Poe’s “The Black Cat”https://openamlit.pressbooks.com/chapter/the-black-cat/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKN_I6ouswg&feature=youtu.be1- Poe’s “The Black cat” is a sombre story? Explain.2- What causes the narrator to kill his cat “Pluto” despite his fondness for the cat and the sanity that he claims he has in the opening of the story?3- The narrator tries to kill the “second” black cat with the white fur, but his wife intervenes, which causes her to be killed.  Where does the second cat disappear and what is the significance of its disappearance?4- What is the main theme in the story? Explain.   

Analyze the importance of satire in this week’s play. Where do the authors include satire, and what aspects of society are they criticizing or mocking? Evaluate the authors’ attempts at satire and the use of the Southern vernacular dialect to convey meaning. Provide examples from the text to support your points. Task 1: Create a new discussion topic on or before the required date/time by clicking the ‘**REPLY HERE**’ post. In your reply, you will post your answers to the above questions. Your response should be a minimum of five sentences. Going over the minimum sentence requirement is acceptable. It is suggested that you use MS Word or another word processing application that can check spelling/grammar and can show the word count prior to posting.

For essay 2 you will be writing an essay in which you think of yourself as a critic as you reflect on the schools of criticism and theory we have discussed over the semester. This essay’s purpose is to switch you over from just reading others as critics and begin to think of yourself as one. The purpose of this assignment is also for you to think about and establish some theoretical commitments as you move forward as critical thinkers in many fields. For the essay follow these tasks: Task 1: Review all the schools of criticism and theory, go back over your summaries of the reading, and do some further research online about the schools. Task 2: Really think about which school or schools you identified with or whose methodology made the most sense to you for doing literary criticism. Task 3: Pick a text–novel, poem, film, essay–that you will use in your essay to give examples of why you are committed to a certain school. Task 4: Evaluate the value and downfalls of the particular school you have chosen and why you see your critical commitments within that school. Task 5: Write an essay in which you explain:             1. Why you think a certain school of criticism makes sense to you.             2. What situations it works in and which it does not.             3. Your chosen school’s value and downfalls–its strengths and weaknesses.             4. How the school can be applied to the text you have chosen with ample textual evidence from the text. Requirements: 2000-2500 Words Five sources used–including the text you have chosen to analyze MLA citations and works cited schools of criticism : Moral Criticism, Dramatic Construction (~360 BC-present) Formalism, New Criticism, Neo-Aristotelian Criticism (1930s-present) Psychoanalytic Criticism, Jungian Criticism(1930s-present) Marxist Criticism (1930s-present) Reader-Response Criticism (1960s-present) Structuralism/Semiotics (1920s-present) Post-Structuralism/Deconstruction (1966-present) New Historicism/Cultural Studies (1980s-present) Post-Colonial Criticism (1990s-present) Feminist Criticism (1960s-present) Gender/Queer Studies (1970s-present) Critical Race Theory (1970s-present) Critical Disability Studies (1990s-present)

Part 1: Some of the more characteristic doctrines of the Enlightenment focused on the power and goodness of human rationality:1) Reason is the most significant and positive capacity of the human;2) reason enables one to break free from primitive, dogmatic, and superstitious beliefs holding one in the bonds of irrationality and ignorance;3) in realizing the liberating potential of reason, one not only learns to think correctly, but to act correctly as well;4) through philosophical and scientific progress, reason can lead humanity as a whole to a state of earthly perfection;5) reason makes all humans equal and, therefore, deserving of equal liberty and treatment before the law;6) beliefs of any sort should be accepted only on the basis of reason, and not on traditional or priestly authority;7) all human endeavors should seek to impart and develop knowledge, not feelings or character. (pbs.com)Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson embodied the Age of Enlightenment. Use your choice of three of the seven doctrines to explain and prove these author’s philosophies. Make sure you draw on our readings to support your choices. Next, consider and discuss how these doctrines have been advanced, tested, and revised as the nation has grown and evolved. (250 words)Part II: Briefly describe several, meaning more than two, of the conditions of the slave ship as experienced by Olaudah Equiano and related in his narrative. Compare his narrative to that of Phillis Wheatley’s experience. You must use selected quotes from each, but then interpret, in your own words, what the quotes mean and what their impact is on the reader. (250 words)