Theme Exploration: The point here is to create a close reading of the text to argue for the message that you believe the author is sending about that theme and to show how the characters (where applicable), symbols, setting and language are used by the author to develop that theme. In short, what do close reading and analysis reveal about what the author might want us to think or consider about the theme? I chose “YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN” which incorporates a similar theme and explores it.
My topic is theme exploration about FAITH and the reading I want to be compared with is YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN is attached
topic requires you to apply critical thinking and analytical skills and, hopefully, some creativity.
Requirements:
Purpose: to demonstrate that you have a deeper insight or understanding of your chosen text(s) by using analysis, critical thinking, and logical development in your writing.
Audience: your classmates and professor
Length: 3 to 4 pages
S-tyle: ML.A, no title page, double-spaced, heading on the left (teacher name, student name, course title, date), pages numbered with last name and the page number. Parenthetical citations and Works Cited page are required, assuming you include sources. Be sure to cite the author and not the editors of the text. Here are an example works cited entry for using literature from the textbook:
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. “Young Goodman Brown.” Literature, The Human Experience: Reading and Writing I3′ edition, edited by Richard Abcarian, Marvin Klotz, and Samuel Cohen, Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2016, p. 77.
The parenthetical citations include the author’s last name and the page number. For example, (Hawthorne 79).*
Additional information on quoting/citing:
Don’t just place a quote in your paper. You need to discuss that quote and its significance to your developing point or idea.
Always introduce and explain any quotes.
Summaries and paraphrases require citations just as quotes do.
Writing Literature Essays:
Use the texts you are writing about to support the points you are making. This means you must use quotes, summaries, and/or paraphrases. Failure to document your sources using MLA guidelines is plagiarism, so be sure you understand how to do so properly.
