Anyone doing 1st year English?

Brimmy · 06-11-2006 5:14pm #1

What are the essay titles for Critical Readings due in tomorrow? I can only find the Childrens Lit on blackboard, eek!

The_Minister · 06-11-2006 5:17pm

They are not on Blackboard. Go to J2, and find them.

Brimmy · 06-11-2006 5:19pm

Would that not be closed now though?

The_Minister · 06-11-2006 5:23pm

Brimmy wrote:

Would that not be closed now though?

They were stuck up in the corridor several weeks ago. They should still be on the noticeboard.

rain on · 06-11-2006 5:28pm

ENG 10010: Critical Readings
ASSESSMENT

This assignment is in two parts; the first part is worth 20% of the overall module grade; the second part counts for 70% of the module grade.

PART I (formative)

You should submit an essay outline of 300-400 words on one of the topics below. This should include the following

Details of which texts or sections of texts you plan to discuss;
A brief outline of the key points – in bullet form if you wish;
An introductory paragraph;
A brief bibliography of sources consulted, where relevant.

These outlines should be typed and must be submitted with cover sheet by 4.30pm on Tuesday November 7th.

PART II (summative)

Building on the outline above, and the feedback from your tutor, you should submit an essay of 1500 words; typed and referenced according to the School of English stylesheet.

Essay submission: by 4.30pm on Thursday December 7th

Essay Questions

1. Analyse the representation of love and/or subjectivity in the sonnets
of Shakespeare and Mary Wroth. Your essay should refer to at least
threesonnets by both of these writers.

2. Examine the use of rhetoric in the sonnets of Shakespeare and Mary
Wroth. Your essay should make close reference to at least two sonnets
by both of these writers.

3. Discuss the use and effect of the child narrator in To Kill a Mockingbird and Jane Eyre. You must make close reference to the texts in your answer.

4. Discuss the relationship between the representation of race and politics in To Kill and Mockingbird and either Jane Eyre or Wide Sargasso Sea.

5. Which aspects of Jane Eyre are illuminated by Jean Rhys’ re-imagining of the story in Wide Sargasso Sea?

6. Consider the intersections between gender and slavery in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea.

That took me approximately 4 seconds to find on the department website.

The_Minister · 06-11-2006 5:34pm

/Gives Rain_On a congradulatory, and appreciative slap on the bottom/
/remarks that Rain_On could make a good secretary/
/waits for thank you/

Brimmy · 07-11-2006 3:03am

Cheers for that, had the brainstorm to go check the noticeboard just after I left that message. Wasn't able to find it on the web, was only looking in blackboard though and was made worse by my mate telling me we didn't have an essay... fool!

Cheers agan lads (or ladies)