PAPER #2 \u2013 THEY SAY\u00a0\/\u00a0I SAY:\u00a0TEXTUAL ANALYSIS AND ARGUMENT<\/p>\n
Analyze and evaluate the following two articles on Herman Melville\u2019s \u201cBartleby, the Scrivener\u201d:<\/p>\n
Emery, Allan. \u201cThe Alternatives of Melville\u2019s \u2018Bartleby.\u2019\u201d Nineteenth-Century Fiction 31 (1976): 170-87.<\/p>\n
&<\/p>\n
McCall, Dan. \u201cThe Reliable Narrator.\u201d Melville\u2019s Short Novels. Ed. Dan McCall. New York: Norton, 2002. 266-86.<\/p>\n
Your tasks in this paper are to:<\/p>\n
1) Address each critic\u2019s main claim(s)\u2014that is, address each critic\u2019s thesis\/main argument.
\nHow are their claims similar? How are they different?
\n2) Identify the key pieces of evidence (i.e., quotes\/passages, scenes, etc.) from Melville\u2019s story that each critic uses to support his claim(s).
\n3) Evaluate each critic\u2019s use of this evidence\u2014that is, think critically about how the evidence each critic uses either helps or hinders his overall argument. Do you agree with their interpretation of this textual evidence? Why or why not? Do the critics at any point use the same or similar evidence to make different claims? If so, how do you account for this difference?
\n4) Take a position\u2014that is, make a case for whose essay is more convincing\u2014and then explain this position.<\/p>\n
When reading and writing about these articles, place them in dialogue with each other by asking yourself the following questions. Please note that you are not to attempt to answer all of these questions directly in your paper. The purpose of these questions, rather, is to help ground your reading of these essays as well as to help determine the direction of your paper.<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 What is the main theme, question, or issue driving the conversation between these two critics?
\n\uf0b7 What is the common problem, or problems, that both articles address?
\n\uf0b7 What is the critic\u2019s main argument?
\n\uf0b7 Of what does the critic hope to convince the reader?
\n\uf0b7 What evidence does the critic use to support his argument?
\n\uf0b7 What are the article\u2019s strengths and weaknesses?
\n\uf0b7 In what ways are their arguments similar? How are they different?
\n\uf0b7 Which of the critics (if either) do you tend to agree with more and why?<\/p>\n
AUDIENCE:<\/p>\n
Your instructor and classmates \/\u00a0peers\u2014those who have read and are thus familiar with Melville\u2019s story and the essays but who may have opinions different from your own.<\/p>\n
OBJECTIVES:<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 Familiarize yourself with critical, academic articles.
\n\uf0b7 Create a meaningful dialogue between critical sources.
\n\uf0b7 Integrate analysis of primary and secondary (critical) sources.
\n\uf0b7 Join a pre-existing academic dialogue.<\/p>\n
GRADING CRITERIA:<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 Clear and well-argued thesis.
\n\uf0b7 Appropriate evidence introduced and analyzed to support your thesis.
\n\uf0b7 Arguments of the two critics accurately assessed and applied.
\n\uf0b7 Appropriate tone and voice for defined audience.
\n\uf0b7 Focused paragraphs with clear topic sentences and good transitions both within and between paragraphs.
\n\uf0b7 Proper punctuation\/mechanics throughout.<\/p>\n
FORMAT:<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 MLA style citation\/documentation
\n\uf0b7 4-5 double-spaced pages
\n\uf0b7 1 inch margins all around, 12-point Times New Roman font
\n\uf0b7 Include your name, course title (ENGL 1202), my name, and the date in the upper-left corner of the first page of your paper
\n\uf0b7 Number your pages in the header (last name and page number: e.g., \u201cSbriglia 4\u201d)<\/p>\n
OTHER DETAILS:<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 Submit an electronic copy of your rough draft, including your self-assessment, to\u00a0Blackboard by class time (12:30 p.m.) on Thursday, March 16th. You will also email an\u00a0electronic copy of your paper to your peer review partner(s) during class.
\n\uf0b7 Formal peer reviews due by class time (12:30 p.m.) on Tuesday, March 21st (via Blackboard).
\n\uf0b7 Submit an electronic copy of your final draft, including your updated self-assessment, to\u00a0Blackboard by class time (12:30 p.m.) on Thursday, March 30th.
\n\uf0b7 As always, see me if you have any questions!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PAPER #2 \u2013 THEY SAY\u00a0\/\u00a0I SAY:\u00a0TEXTUAL ANALYSIS AND ARGUMENT Analyze and evaluate the following two articles on Herman Melville\u2019s \u201cBartleby, the Scrivener\u201d: Emery, Allan. \u201cThe Alternatives of Melville\u2019s \u2018Bartleby.\u2019\u201d Nineteenth-Century Fiction 31 (1976): 170-87. & McCall, Dan. \u201cThe Reliable Narrator.\u201d Melville\u2019s Short Novels. Ed. Dan McCall. New York: Norton, 2002. 266-86. Your tasks in this … Continue reading “Russ Sbriglia’s “They Say I Say Essay” Assignment”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":637,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1448","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/637"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1448"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1450,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1448\/revisions\/1450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}