Write a collegiate paper of 4-5 pages in length plus a Works Cited page. Discuss the poetry of Romanticism, its origin, and symbolism. Provide a brief narrative of its development. Mention four to five notable poets who fall under that category and explain their literary and intellectual contributions.

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Romanticism Poetry

Research and write a collegiate paper of 4-5 pages in length plus a Works Cited page. Discuss the poetry of Romanticism, its origin, and symbolism. You may, for example, begin with providing a brief narrative of its development. Next, you could mention four to five notable poets who fall under that category and explain their literary and intellectual contributions. In addition, you should analyze their techniques, subjects, and the themes of their poems, as well as how their works represent the overall spirit of the period.

What is the paradox in the poem you are analyzing? How does that paradox contribute to the overall meaning of the poem? Why is it important/helpful/necessary/beneficial to express this meaning through paradox? Or, to use Brooks’s language: why is the paradox in the poem you’re looking at “the only way by which the poet could say what [he/or she] says”? Why would saying what the poet says without paradox “enfeeble and distort what is to be said”?

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Thesis paradox in poems

The following were the instructions to start the essay:

HOW DOES THE CONCEPT OF PARADOX CONTRIBUTE TO THE MEANING OF ONE OF THE POEMS WE READ IN THIS MODULE (excluding “The Canonization,” which Brooks has already analyzed).

Use Cleanth Brooks’s concept of paradox to support your thesis. What is the paradox in the poem you are analyzing? How does that paradox contribute to the overall meaning of the poem? Why is it important/helpful/necessary/beneficial to express this meaning through paradox? Or, to use Brooks’s language: why is the paradox in the poem you’re looking at “the only way by which the poet could say what [he/or she] says” (3)? Why would saying what the poet says without paradox “enfeeble and distort what is to be said” (4)?

Include at least one quote from the Brooks essay and at least one quote from the poem you are analyzing.
Do not include any definitions of paradox that come from a dictionary. You are encouraged to define your terms, but your definition of paradox should come from the Brooks essay or from an essay about Brooks (the Nasrullah Mambrol essay, for example).

Write about “Young Goodman Brown,” write about “The Devil and Tom Walker,” write about the “folk legend of Robert Johnson” – and explain what these different representations of the Devil say about America’s preoccupation/relationship with the supernatural.

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The Supernatural

Because you found the recurring representation of the Devil in the works we looked at to be interesting, it’s okay to just write about that! Write about “Young Goodman Brown,” write about “The Devil and Tom Walker,” write about the “folk legend of Robert Johnson” – and explain what these different representations of the Devil say about America’s preoccupation/relationship with the supernatural.

3 essays on one-word document, 2.5-4 pages each

What are the clues that lead the women in “Trifles” to discover the murder and its motive? Why do the men fail to see the clues that Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters discover? Do you think the women were justified in covering up for Mrs. Wright? What is the significance of the play’s last line, spoken by Mrs. Hale: “We call it–knot it, Mr. Henderson.”

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Part 1

1. Relying on Freytag’s pyramid (p. 851), outline the plot structure of Glaspell’s “Trifles,” and Ives’ “The Blizzard.”

2. What are the clues that lead the women in “Trifles” to discover the murder and its motive?

3. Why do the men fail to see the clues that Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters discover?

4. Do you think the women were justified in covering up for Mrs. Wright?

5. What is the significance of the play’s last line, spoken by Mrs. Hale: “We call it–knot it, Mr. Henderson.”

6. What is Neil’s profession in David Ives’ “The Blizzard” and how is it significant?

7. What is Jenny’s view of Neil’s work?

8. Cite examples of foreshadowing in “The Blizzard” and explain their significance.

9. What is the significance of the valise, the only prop in “The Blizzard”?

10. What happens to the characters at “The Blizzard’s” ending?

How can one define the concepts of monster and monstrosity and how are these concepts applied on the given novels.

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The concept of monstrosity in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Research question: how can one define the concepts of monster and monstrosity and how are these concepts applied on the given novels.

1. Introduction

2. What is a monster?
—-> definition of the word monster and it’s concept
—-> focus on experts such as Cohen, Halberstam, Asma, Gilmore, co.
—-> aim: definition & characteristics of a monster that can be applied in the textual analysis
2.1 Monstrosity
-> definition of word monstrosity and It’s concept
->focus on experts such as Cohen and Halberstam
-> aim: definition & characteristics of monster that can be applied in textual analysis
2.2 Monsters and Monstrosity during the Romantic and Victorian period
-> concept of monster and monstrosity during Victorian and Romantic period (also incl historical events that may have led to these changes)
->clear visual separation between these to periods

3 Frankenstein
-> Text Genesis, historical background, genre (not too long)
3.1 The concept of the Monster
->analysis of the concept of the monster in Frankenstein
3.2 monsters monstrosity
-> analysis of the concept of the monstrosity in Frankenstein
—>reference to the categories of monstrosity and monsterosity of romantic period

4 Dr Jekyll and mr Hyde
-> > Text Genesis, historical background, genre (not too long)
4.1 The concept of the Monster
->analysis of the concept of the monster in Hyde
-> reference to categories of monster and Victorian monster
4.2 Hyde’s monstrosity
-> analysis of Hyde’s monstrosity
-> use categories monstrosity and Victorian monstrosities
4.3 Jekyll monstrosity
-> analysis of Jekyll monstrosity
->reference to categories monstrosity and Victorian mosntrosity

5 Comparison between the monsters and monstrosities in the two novels

6conclusion

Justify the psychological reading of Blue Velvet by providing bits of dialog, images, plot/thematic elements that Lynch inserts in the movie which support such a reading of the film. Analyze the film with specific scenes, images or dialog which demonstrate the concept that you are discussing in your essay. Reiterate the main points made in the essay with a summary conclusion and end with a sentence or two that creates a sense of closure.

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Psychoanalytic Analysis

Write a 3page, double-spaced essay using MLA formatting that provides a psychological analysis of the film Blue Velvet.

Use only one aspect of Freudian or Jungian theory to inform your analysis (e.g. the Oedipus Complex; the tripartite psyche: Id, Ego and Superego; Literary Archetypes; Archetypes of the self: Shadow, Anima, Persona.

FIRST BODY PARAGRAPH (optional)
Justify the psychological reading of Blue Velvet by providing bits of dialog, images, plot/thematic elements that Lynch inserts in the movie which support such a reading of the film. Be sure to remember topic sentences.

NEXT THREE BODY PARAGRAPHS
Analyze the film with specific scenes, images or dialog which demonstrate the concept that you are discussing in your essay. Be sure to remember topic and clincher sentences.

CONCLUSION
Reiterate the main points made in the essay with a summary conclusion and end with a sentence or two that creates a sense of closure. Be careful not to introduce any new evidence in the conclusion.

When you write about film, it is more productive to discuss scenes in detail than to get bogged down by excessive plot summary. Just like when writing about literature, assume your reader is familiar with the work you are discussing. Things to observe in the film-scene analysis include the set, the lighting, camera placement, and, of course, the words the characters speak. This week’s discussion contains the script from a pivotal scene from Blue Velvet when Frank sexually abuses Dorothy. It should provide good practice for writing your Psychological analysis of the film.

Using your Primary Source Essay as a foundation, now you will expand on and strengthen your independent argument, adding to the support from the primary source, by utilizing the secondary sources you found and discussed in your Secondary Source Analysis Essay.

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A SYNTHESIS ESSAY

Assignment:
Using your Primary Source Essay as a foundation, now you will expand on and strengthen your independent argument, adding to the support from the primary source, by utilizing the secondary sources you found and discussed in your Secondary Source Analysis Essay. Be sure to revise your Primary Source Essay material in the process.

Using evidence from the play to describe the conclusions about genre that are made, and to point out the way in which the author both meets and violates what might be prior expectations of the audience about the genre.

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Play Expert Essay

The essay will be an analysis of the play “Shakespeare in Love” In 2,500-3,000 words, include the following in your analysis:

A biography of the author of the play you chose, stressing the dramatic conventions and trends during the time in which the author wrote. Identify specific examples from the play that reflect these dramatic conventions.

A detailed discussion of the genre of the selected play, using evidence from the play to describe the conclusions about genre that are made, and to point out the way in which the author both meets and violates what might be prior expectations of the audience about the genre.

A critical assessment of the significance of this particular play in the history of Western drama. This assessment should include contemporary responses to the play, but can include its production history and subsequent critical judgments about the piece.

Use at least five secondary scholarly sources (bibliography is required but is not part of the word count)

Chose, stressing the dramatic conventions and trends during the time in which the author wrote. Identify specific examples from the play that reflect these dramatic conventions.

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Hedda Gabler, Shakespeare in Love

Choose one of the following plays to analyze: Hedda Gabler, Shakespeare in Love, or a play approved by your instructor. In 2,500-3,000 words, include the following in your analysis:

A biography of the author of the play you chose, stressing the dramatic conventions and trends during the time in which the author wrote. Identify specific examples from the play that reflect these dramatic conventions.

A detailed discussion of the genre of the selected play, using evidence from the play to describe the conclusions about genre that are made, and to point out the way in which the author both meets and violates what might be prior expectations of the audience about the genre.

A critical assessment of the significance of this particular play in the history of Western drama. This assessment should include contemporary responses to the play, but can include its production history and subsequent critical judgments about the piece.

Use at least five secondary scholarly sources (bibliography is not part of the word count)

Compare Dickinson’s works and approach to an artist from another era and/or medium. You can write about a painter, poet, songwriter, performer, producer, director, or even an athlete or an architect who has been considered “ahead of his/her time” or who has approached his/her craft from a new and unique angle.

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Unconventional Artists – Essay

Several of the writers we have studied this semester are considered iconoclastic or avant-garde for a number of reasons; some developed new genres of writing, while others took unique approaches to their craft. Consider Rousseau, for example, who developed what we now consider the modern autobiography. The deeply personal content and his introspective approach was unheard of in his day, but we have come to expect those very features in modern autobiographical works. Wordsworth shared intense personal experiences in his poetry—again, an unusual effort at the time, but something we consider typical today. Voltaire, Dickinson, Keats—these writers experimented with form, theme, and perspective, and their genius, to some extent, was not completely recognized or appreciated in their time. Emily Dickinson was, perhaps, the most unconventional poet of her era, and her talents are still recognized today.

For your essay, compare Dickinson’s works and approach to an artist from another era and/or medium. You can write about a painter, poet, songwriter, performer, producer, director, or even an athlete or an architect who has been considered “ahead of his/her time” or who has approached his/her craft from a new and unique angle. The options are practically unlimited.

Your task is to compare the two artists and show that in every art form, and in every era, artists have come along who defy expectations and introduce new forms to their field. Sometimes those new forms are embraced immediately, while others take a bit longer to become accepted. Later, we look back and realize how ground-breaking those individuals’ efforts were.