Literature

A philosophy is your beliefs, knowledge, questions, reason, etc. Explain your philosophy of children’s literature. Consider the following: What are your beliefs about children’s literature? What is your knowledge of children’s literature? What are questions do you have about children’s literature? What are reasons you value or don’t value children’s literature? What do you feel the role of children’s literature should be in children’s lives? Feel free to work with one or all of the above questions and/or include ideas about children’s literature not reflected in the questions.  The assignment should be submitted in PDF or Microsoft Word. The final draft should be In a standard size (no larger than 12 point) and style font Double spaced In paragraph format (prose).  I am looking for your ideas. You will be graded on the following: Clear and focused explanation of your ideas about children’s literature Maintaining a personal tone (use first person pronouns – I, me, my; avoid second person pronouns – you, you’re your) Language conventions (grammar, spelling, punctuation) The assignment will be reviewed through Turnitin.

People have been known to act in extraordinary ways in order to survive.  Write an informative essay that explains the lengths to which people will go in order to survive. Use examples from real life, books, movies, or television to support your essay. 250 words or more 12 point font Double Spaced

This literary criticism essay explores a common theme or motif in at least two works of literature. This essay explores its topic in greater depth than the previous short essays, and must use supporting sources. Choose at least two works of literature that we have studied in this course. Choose a common theme, topic, or motif in these two works. Your essay should explore the following: (1) Similarities and differences between how these works treat your theme, topic, or motif. (2) The significance of your theme, topic, or motif. (3) The main point you want to make about the theme, topic, or motif—in other words, an argumentative thesis statement. (4) Details from the literary works that support your thesis statement. This essay should follow the basic introduction, body, conclusion structure learned in College Composition. Since this is a literary criticism essay, your analysis and argument should be rooted in a close reading of your literary sources. For this essay, you’ll also need to use supporting sources. In many cases, you’ll find that scholarly research has been done on your specific literary works. In other cases, you may look for research related to the genre, theme, or historical context of these works. You must have at least 5 sources. (This is a minimum number. There is no maximum number.) Your sources must include at least 2 works of literature that we have studied during this course. Your sources must also include at least 2 academic journal articles or academic nonfiction books. *The 6th page is the annotated bibliography*  You can choose whichever 2 you are familiar to from this list Wolkstein, Diane. Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer. Harper, 1983. ISBN: 9780060908546. [online alternative available, but much more challenging for beginners]. Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. Penguin, 1994. ISBN: 0385474547 [ebook edition available] de la Cruz, Juana Inés. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Selected Works (Norton Critical Editions). Norton, 2016. ISBN: 9780393920161. [ebook edition available] Hirshfield, Jane (translator). The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Onono Komachi and Izumi Shikibu. Vintage Books, 1990. ISBN: 0679729585 [ebook edition available] Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. “The Headstrong Historian.” The New Yorker (23 June 2008). PDF provided. The Grimm Brothers. “Little Snow White.” PDF provided. Hayden, Robert. “Middle Passage.” PDF provided. Neruda, Pablo. “The Heights of Macchu Picchu.” Janus Head 10:1 (2007). PDF provided. Ozaki, Yei Theodora. The Japanese Fairy Book. PDF provided. Radin, Paul. “Winnebago Tales.” The Journal of America Folklore 22:85 (1909). PDF provided. If you choose any of the pdf ones just send me a message and I will provide them.