English Literature

What: A researched environmental humanities analysis. Environmental Humanities combines cultural analysis with historical research on actual environments as well as research into the scholarly conversation around a given work of literature or author in order to contextualize and support an analysis of cultural objects or society. In our case, the cultural objects will be literary texts. The essays you have read for this class by Kelly Sultzbach (Links to an external site.), Jeremy Diaper (Links to an external site.), and Jesse Oak Taylor (Links to an external site.) are all forms of environmental humanities scholarship, also the work of Rob Nixon (Links to an external site.) which you will read in a couple weeks. Though your essay will not be as complex or detailed as theirs for you only have a few weeks and not a few years to write as they have, consider their work to be a model for your own—the way they work at the cross-section of the literary and the environmental, of the fictional and the real. Project goal: To create an analysis essay which contextualizes your interpretation of environmental representation in a given text or texts which we have read for this class within the actual environmental contexts of its stated setting and/or places referenced within the text of interpretive significance. Examples of such settings and their environmental contexts in the real world include: Rebecca West’s The Return of the Soldier and British-owned mines in Mexico; D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover and the coal pits of England—especially its Midlands region; or T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land and London pollution. In connecting text and context your analysis will discuss the role literary representation can play in constituting real material relations between people and their world through the formative effect popular or highly valued cultural representation (like these texts) has the potential to have on a person’s feelings and actions towards the environment. Research requirements: Must incorporate 2-4 peer reviewed sources (journal articles, books, or book chapters) – at least one of these must be an environmental history source (focusing on time period in which text is set) and at least one must be a literary criticism source (focusing on author(s) and/or text(s) chosen). You may use literary criticism we have read for this class, but, these cannot be part of your core 2 sources. See accessing library databases and why peer reviewed sources handout here (Links to an external site.) for more information on what peer reviewed means, why it is the academic standard for research, and where to look for such sources at RISD. For help on incorporating research into your writing, see this handout (Links to an external site.) from RISD’s Center for Arts & Language. Also, look back at my feedback on your Week 7 project. Remember, research supports and contextualizes your ideas and argument, don’t let it take over your essay. Prose or writing requirements: Essay must have: 1) a thesis statement (see handout); 2) all body paragraphs (paragraphs that are not the introductory or conclusion paragraph) must follow the LEAF format (see handout); 3) all body paragraphs must contain close reading of the primary (literary, not research) text’s quotes/examples (see handout); 4) you will be absolutely required to revise this essay once all the elements are included. You can expect to lose up to one letter grade if you do not do this, or, if your revision is insufficient—i.e. you just edited for grammar and typos. You will prove you have done this by turning on track changes once you have completed your first draft and making all revisions in track changes (this way I can see what was done in revision). Visually, while you compose, this can get kind of annoying, so, I recommend setting it in word (under “review”) to “no markup” so it hides the track changes from you. Make sure you turn on track changes each time you go to revise your paper. Guides for using track changes here (you will not, I don’t believe, be able to do this in google docs, so you must use Word—if you don’t have it on your device, get it for free here (Links to an external site.)): on a mac (Links to an external site.) and on a pc (Links to an external site.). Required Length: 2000 words, not including works cited page (and, no more than 25% can be quotations from other sources). (If you choose a multimedia option – see below – your required length will be different.) Format: MLA Formatting is required. See syllabus and this website (Links to an external site.) for more information on how to cite your sources in-text, in works cited page, and the stylistic requirements (12 pt. Times New Roman font, 1” margins, double spacing, etc.). See also this handout (Links to an external site.) from RISD’s Center for Arts & Language, where you can also schedule online appointments (Links to an external site.) with writing tutors for paper help at any stage (among other things).

I need a research paper detailing the interpretation of the american dream in the book The Great Gatsby. Specifically detailing how the american dream is a romanticized notion, More of an illusion then something that is necessarily achievable. Please use sources that provide analysis on the American dream and quotes from these sources

Please select ONE of the prompts below.  Your essay should have, as usual, 1) a title, 2) an argument or thesis that may be expressed in a sentence in your first paragraph  beginning with the phrase: “In this paper I will argue…” 3) close analysis of specific passages or sequences from the written or visual works you are addressing, properly referenced.  Please use the MLA citation style https://www.library.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/mla_style_revised.pdfLinks to an external site. 1. Examine any two of the literary or filmic texts we’ve considered in this unit in terms of Naoki Sakai’s idea of “heterolingual address.” Be sure to explicate the idea with reference to his writings. 2. In one or two literary texts from this unit, consider the relation between territorial borders and languages. In what sense is the border a site of translation and translation an activity that engages, or constructs, or dissolves borders?  Please refer to the introductory essay by Mezzadra and Sakai as necessary. 3. Examine the theme of “untranslatables” or untranslatability in one or two literary or filmic works from this unit, with reference to Barbara Cassin’s dictionary. 4. Apply the idea of translation to works and themes of two works from other units in the course.

Write a composition of 850 words in which you explain how people can be transformed through their relationships with others and/or their environment. Cite thorough textual evidence from the novel to support your points throughout the essay.

Write a composition of 850 words in which you explain how people can be transformed through their relationships with others and/or their environment. Cite thorough textual evidence from the novel to support your points throughout the essay.

Paper length – a minimum of 8 typewritten pages (1.5 spacing, 12pt font) • Use of APA formatting style (other than line spacing and font requirement) and references is expected. See the APA Publication Manual for specifics on this. • Use a cover page with title and your name • Use of good grammar and paper construction logic….please show your best effort at writing skills as I will randomly select some papers for writing assessment purposes. • Minimum of 5 legitimate scholarly references. Focus • A research proposal typically contains an abstract and the first two major sections of a traditional research paper – the literature review (including a current study section) and a methods section. • For this proposal: o The literature section should review important historical and current research articles covering your area of interest. ? The literature should serve as the basis for the why of the current study…what work is yet to be done? What were some unanswered questions in the previous research that begs for a new study to be done? o The current study section should address (1) how it will add to the literature, (2) what questions it is attempting to address, and (3) the specific hypotheses being tested. o The method section should include the following three segments: (1) Participants – who will be in your study; (2) Materials – what questions will you include in your study or what kind of instrumentation will you use?; (3) Procedures – how will you conduct the study? What will participants do that will address your hypotheses?

Please read the instructions, and the notes after each question carefully. Also, please only use the readings I attached as a reference for each question.

I simply want to be dead.        Weeping she left me        with many tears and said this:        Oh how badly things have turned out for us.        Sappho, I swear, against my will I leave you. Step 1.  Identify the work, the approximate date of the work, its author, who is speaking, to whom he or she is speaking (if applicable), and the significance of the quote to the work as a whole. Write 1 blue-book page. Step 2. Choose one of the following questions and write a short essay (two blue-book pages) in response. Develop a relevant thesis and support your discussion with textual evidence. Include quotes and line citations from the readings. (You don’t need to quote any outside sources.) Identify your essay with the letter of the question.   A.   Discuss the theme of fate versus free will in Sophocles’ tragic play Oedipus the King. How much of what happens to Oedipus is fate, and how much is the result of his own free will? Do you think Oedipus makes mistakes when he exercises his free will? What turns out to be stronger in the play, fate or free will? Include quotes, with line citations, to support your statements.   B.   Discuss Hamlet’s treatment of women in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Hamlet is the hero, with many good qualities. Nevertheless, he has “issues” with the main female characters in the play: Queen Gertrude (his mother) and Ophelia (daughter of Lord Chamberlain Polonius). Why is Hamlet at odds with these women? Do you understand his actions? Do you think he is treating his mother and Ophelia unfairly? Bring in quotes—with act, scene, and line citations—to support your statements.

Third Person point of view throughout the entire essay —> Classical Argumentation Essay <--- MAKE SURE YOU ADD A COUNTERCLAIM PARAGRAPH. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY at the end where the works Cited goes: answer these questions: Include a summary of the source and How is the source reliable? How are you going to use the source?

Discuss the development of a major character over the course of hamleg How does this character change or evolve (or not) in response to challenges and other events and the second which should be 2-3 pages is onAnalyze the following poem in a short (2-page essay). In your essay, explore how the writer uses diction, imagery, structure, and other literary devices to convey a perspective about the poem’s subject, “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer.” Go to this link for the poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44481/on-first-looking-into-chapmans-homer