Having chosen one of the two previous essays to work with, students
will expand significantly upon their earlier discoveries by engaging in both
thorough and demonstrative research as well as engaging in a textual analysis
that includes a full look at symbolism, the cultural and historical context of
the literary work, and basic observations that may reveal important qualities
or characteristics about the culture that produced the text.
❖ Students should begin by thoroughly researching both the historical and
cultural context of the literary piece that they have chosen as well as
the context of the author who wrote the piece so that they are fully
aware of the circumstances surrounding the writing of the text. Be sure
to include relevant information from your research throughout the essay.
❖ Students should make an attempt to identify important symbols from the
text and explore their meanings and their relation to both the rest of
the text as a whole and the context in which the text was produced.
Students should expand beyond the symbols that they had identified in
the first essay. For example, whereas the earlier essays may have
required 2-3 symbols, students may choose to look here at 4-5 symbols.
As this is a research-based essay, students should engage in
researching various sources to help in their unpacking of the story:
students will be required to include a minimum of 4 sources in their
essay.
▪ Two of those sources must be an academic peer reviewed article.
❖ The essay should avoid plagiarism, and the essay will need to include
both a Works Cited and properly integrated quotations (remember that no
long quotes of 4 lines or more are allowed).
Students will choose one of their two previous literary
analyses (either the Fairy Tale Analysis or the American Realism Analysis) and
work to expand significantly upon their initial conclusions with the added
support of thorough research
I PUT THE ESSAY I DID BEFORE AS MY FAIRYTALE ANALYSIS
