Reference no: EM133400033 , Length: word count:900

Question: The analysis essay should be MLA formatted, including page numbers and a descriptive, engaging title. Your analysis should be 750-900 words in length with an attached Works Cited page (not included in the word count). Literary analysis is the act of looking at how the parts of a text affect the whole; for example, how the characters, plot, and setting are used to create meaning in a piece of literature. You should pay attention to specific word choices. ideologies reinforced or challenged by the text. and themes.

Essay on a kids book

For your essays, you must formulate a thesis within the parameters of the assignment. Be sure to incorporate specific quotes and examples and include a Works Cited page. Also, avoid saying the same thing repeatedly in a different way. Your argument must develop further and deeper throughout your essay.

YOUR CHOICE - You can choose your essay topics from those listed below. You must choose a different topic for each essay.

1. a) Human Rights in Children's Literature
Choose one or two children's books and analyze how the book(s) promote or discourage the realization of human rights. You may focus on specific human rights or the overall contribution to creating a more rights respecting culture using children's literature.

b) Identity Formation In Children's Literature
Choose a children's book (or books) and analyze the ways in which it may influence a young person's identity formation. You might focus specifically on aspects of gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, ability, or religion. Be sure to pay attention to language. images, focalizing characters, and how readers are positioned to relate or respond to certain characters or situations.
You may consider the questions: How does children's literature (a specific text or genre contribute to identity formation for specific readers? How are certain groups of people constructed by the text? How are readers positioned to think about or feel towards certain groups of readers based on these representations?

c)The Historical Changes in Children's Literature
Choose at least two children's books and analyze what they demonstrate to readers about how children's literature has changed over time. You may focus on how the ideologies of the "child" have changed or how specific genres or aspects of diversity or exploration of new themes that have emerged in our contemporary culture/society have changed in children's literature. You may also consider how design, language, and illustrations have changed over time. This topic will require you to do some research and probably include secondary sources.