You must complete both Part I and Part II to earn credit.
Part I: Summarize Joyce Karpay’s chapter on “Feminist Criticism.” (You can click the title link to download the source or use the e-reader below.) Your summary should answer the questions listed below. You may also just answer each question individually. You do not need to rewrite the question.
(Note: If you respond to each question individually, be sure to write complete paragraphs. Keep in mind that while the forums are meant to help you create the writing you will use in your research paper, that you cannot just copy/paste your forum, but you will need to be sure to shape your writing to fit the format of a college essay supporting a clearly defined thesis, with transition and topic sentences and a concluding paragraph.)
1. Explain the brief history of feminist criticism that Joyce Karpay defines.
2. Explain what Karpay says about how feminist criticism is intended to help men and women, not just women. What does Karpay say about how men can benefit from feminist criticism?
3. Explain what Karpay says about how the French feminists added to our understanding of female writing. According to French feminism, how does female writing differ from male writing? How have male standards for language prevented women from being able to freely express themselves?
4. Explain what Karpay says about how feminist scholars have expanded the value and importance of female authors like Kate Chopin.
5. Explain what Karpay says about Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour.”
Part II: Watch and write a summary of the documentary, One Woman, One Vote. (Note: U.S. copyright applies so you can only watch the documentary by being logged into this Moodle class.) Your summary should answer the questions listed below. You may also just answer each question individually. You do not need to rewrite the question.
1. According to the documentary why were women being denied the right to vote in America?
2. Who were Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony? Discuss each one’s different approach to advancing the women’s suffrage movement in America.
3. Explain some of the specific ways women were being treated unfairly in America and how the suffrage movement sought to change that treatment.
4. According to the documentary, what led to the passage in 1920 of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing women the right to vote? What made men change their views to believe women should be granted the right to vote?
5. What factual information from the documentary can help explain the historical significance of Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” which was originally published in 1894? Connect facts from the documentary One Woman, One Vote, about the women’s suffrage movement and the way women were treated in the 1890s to specific details from “The Story of an Hour.”
Important guidelines for both Part I and Part II:
With Part I and Part II, before you start to summarize each source, you need to clearly name the source by full title and full name of the author and write a topic sentence that organizes the summary.
Example for Part I: In her brief history and overview of “Feminist Criticism,” Joyce Karpay helps show the importance of authors like Kate Chopin and stories like “The Story of an Hour.”
Example for Part II: in the documentary, One Woman, One Vote, the narrator, Susan Sarandon, describes the struggle of American women to change society to recognize women’s right to vote and be treated with fairness and respect.
(Remember, do not just copy or plagiarize my examples. Use them as a guide to help you to write your own topic sentences. Note: movie titles are italicized and chapter titles are put in quotation marks.)
Write complete sentences and paragraphs. Do NOT just list terms or write fragmented notes. Keep in mind that this is an advanced college English class, so use proper grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. For help with grammar, see: https://www.grammarly.com/blog/category/handbook/
Remember to properly refer to the author by last name when referencing the source. When first mentioned, write the full name of an author; thereafter, write the last name. Use phrases like, “According to Karpay” and “Sarandon describes.” See: https://tinyurl.com/y69ps8tr
Provide proper in-text parenthetical citations per MLA guidelines for all quoted and paraphrased information from the textbook (Do NOT plagiarize.) See MLA in-text guidelines: https://tinyurl.com/y673xs3c
Do not be too general or short. Be sure to support your answers with evidence and details from the source. Pretend you are explaining the source to someone who has not read it to be sure you include enough details so that someone who has not read the source understands what you are talking about. Write objectively and analytically. See tips for writing about literature: https://tinyurl.com/uschs47b
Be sure to summarize and explain the source in your own words and be careful not to rely too heavily on quoting the source. See tips for knowing when to quote: https://advice.writing.utoronto.ca/using-sources/quotations/
After you complete both parts, be sure to include the Works Cited citations at the end to properly credit the sources you used. List sources alphabetically. See: https://tinyurl.com/2ucvv3sf
Work Cited
Karpay, Joyce. “Feminist Criticism.” Reading and Writing about Literature, 2nd ed. Ed. Phillip Sipiora. Boston, MA: Pearson, 2002: 183-187. Print.
One Woman, One Vote. Narrator: Susan Sarandon. PBS. 1995. DVD.
Warning: Do NOT use any outside sources (no Internet sources and no use of computer software to write your answers, and no help from previous or other students), which will be considered cheating. You are being tested on YOUR OWN understanding of the assigned source and if you truly and honestly read it on YOUR OWN. If you are suspected of plagiarizing from an outside source, having someone else help you write the answers, or if you use the Internet to search for the answers (which often lead to wrong answers), you will be given a failing grade for the assignment and possibly for the course. (Automatic zero for dishonest work.)
Watch the following documentary, One Woman, One Vote, narrated by Susan Sarandon, to learn about the women’s suffrage movement in the United States of America during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
