Postmodernism in American Literature and Its Importance Analysis
Submit a 250 word (min.) analysis of a literary work assigned this week. To do this:
- First, pick a literary element or device that you think is important to the story/poem/play (see Literary Terms and Movements handout).
- Create a thesis analyzing the importance of the term to the literary work. Ex: Modernism is important to Eliot’s poem because…
- Analyze (rather than summarize) the text. Don’t just restate what happens; instead, make an argument about how the term is relevant to the text.
- Use cited quotes from the text as support to substantiate your analysis (required).
- Use APA format. No research is required unless you need to look up the literary term; emphasize your own thoughts on the literary device or element in the work; do not rely on a source to tell you how the device is important to the text.
The following are readings for this week
http://www.learner.org/amerpass/unit16/authors-8.h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodern_literatur…
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