Your goal is not to summarize the plot of the text; rather, you will elaborate on what you believe the author is trying to accomplish,
Literary Analysis Paper
Please select a reading listed from our course syllabus and analyze that reading’s social
commentary.
James Joyce’s “Araby” (pp. 2631-2635); “The Dead” (pp. 2635 – 2664)
- T.S. Eliot’s “The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock” (pp. 2709 – 2713)
- Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot (pp. 2763 – 2819)
- Margaret Atwood’s “Death by Landscape” (pp. 2894 – 2906)
- Dylan Thomas’s “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” (p. 2841
Your goal is not to summarize the plot of the text; rather, you will elaborate on what you believe
the author is trying to accomplish, what message he or she wants us to learn, how that text gives
us a better understanding of our world, and how that helps makes each individual reader a better
and more enlightened person.
You must include direct quotations from the text to help support your claims. Your analyses
must be typed, double-spaced, and written in APA format (12-size font, Times New Roman, 1-
inch margins).
Your Literary Analysis Paper must be a total of 1,500 words.
We will review aspects of this draft in class, but the majority of your paper will be written at
home. For your final draft, all students must submit a paper copy in class and an electronic copy
via email.
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