This essay should engage with the argument of a published scholarly article while clearly presenting your own views as supported by evidence from the text. Essays should be literary analyses written for a primary audience of college undergraduates (your classmates) to help them more deeply or more completely understand the text in question. If you choose a longer text, you may examine one part as long as you address macro interpretive concerns in your essay. You should also write for a secondary audience of college instructors with the purpose of convincing them that your analysis of the text is well-formed and valid.. This essay should engage with the argument of a published scholarly article while clearly presenting your own views as supported by evidence from the text.
Essays should be literary analyses written for a primary audience of college undergraduates (your classmates) to help them more deeply or more completely understand the text in question. If you choose a longer text, you may examine one part as long as you address macro interpretive concerns in your essay. You should also write for a secondary audience of college instructors with the purpose of convincing them that your analysis of the text is well-formed and valid.