Writing about Literature
You must submit your thesis and outline by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 2 for instructor feedback. Submit your Fiction Essay by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 3 Guidelines for Developing Your Paper Topic The Writing about Literature section of your Perrines Literature textbook (pp. 1-54) and the Writing section of Harbrace Essentials (pp. 112, 15-16, 18-21, 22-28) provide helpful pointers for writing your literary essay and for academic writing in general.
Be sure that you have read these sections before doing any further work for this assignment. Take particular notice of the examples of fiction essays on pp. 3843 of Perrines Literature textbook. Choose 2 of the following short stories to compare and contrast in your essay:
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson The Destructors by Graham GreeneThe Rocking-Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne The Prodigal Son by St. Luke