Generic inspirations and provenience
Write a Non-mimetic Literature: theory and critical analysis, introduction about A Wizard of Earthsea – generic inspirations and provenience – myth, heroic epic, chivalric romance, fairy-tale, etc…
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A Wizard of Earthsea
Write a Non-mimetic Literature: theory and critical analysis, introduction about A Wizard of Earthsea – plot, characters, setting, style, narrative devices.
Functions of fiction
Write a Non-mimetic Literature: theory and critical analysis, introduction about Functions of fiction according to Robert Scholes.
Write a Non-mimetic Literature: theory and critical analysis, introduction about
Definitions of “popular” (“genre”) and “high” (“literary”) fiction.
The portrayal of the lower class
Discuss the portrayal of the lower class. Use “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets” by Steven Crane and “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain. Thesis along the lines of “The lower class of the late 1800s and early 1900s varied greatly from the upper class.” Use the selected works to …
Post-war self-destruction
Drawing evidence from any three texts, discuss post-war self-destruction. From alcoholism and suicidal ideation to reckless risk-taking behavior, our texts offer depictions of soldiers returned home from war and at a loose end. Discuss the paradoxical experience of returning to safety while becoming a danger to oneself. The question should be argumentative in nature …
Military life become family life
Drawing evidence from any three texts, discuss family. In what ways does military life become family life? In what ways is that family functional, dysfunctional, or even abusive? How do we see our authors contrast the military family with civilian family-life back home, and what might they be saying through the comparison? The question should …
The collateral damage
Drawing evidence from three poems, discuss the collateral damage of war, by which I mean the civilian, infrastructural, and/or environmental consequences of war. What do our poets have to say about the non-military devastation wrought by war? How do they say it? What tones or images help them capture the realities of collateral damage …
Wartime experiences lead to alienation
Drawing evidence from any three texts, discuss alienation. How do wartime experiences lead to alienation from self and other? What forms does this alienation take? How do our authors depict these experiences? The question should be argumentative in nature and supported by analysis of evidence from the texts.
