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Assignment: Those Winter Sundays and Latin Night at the Pawnshop Comparative Essay

Objectives: For this assignment, we will conduct a literary analysis by using theories of Formalism/New Criticism.

Prompt: Using two specific literary works, analyze one or more of their formal elements (plot, diction, symbolism, etc.) and how the element(s) have contributed to their themes and meanings.

Fiction Elements: expectations, theme, plot & conflict, narrator, point of view, character, setting, figurative language, style.

Poetry Elements: theme, speaker, situation/setting, language/style, sound, structure, fixed and free forms.

Drama Elements: expectations, acts, scenes, stage directions, theme, plot & conflict, character, setting, figurative language, style.

Task:

Question I. Find 1 - 2 formal elements the two literary works share, such as themes and style. For your analysis to be cohesive, identify similar themes the literary works share, such as how the point of view reveals themes of mother-daughter relationships in "Everyday Use" and "Two Kinds."

Question II. Identify key passages that illustrate these formal elements.

Question III. Determine how these formal elements contributed to their themes and meanings.

Question IV. Use question(s) under "Formalist/New Criticism" from the document "Guiding Questions to Literary Criticisms" to help you focus your analysis and draft a thesis.

Question V. Write a central argument/thesis based on your findings in questions #III & IV.

Question VI. Outline your paper that will support your thesis.

Question VII. Locate where you will use the textual examples you have chosen in question #II.

Question VIII. Draft your paper and include works cited page.