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CRITICAL OR LITERARY TERM EXPLICATION PROJECTS
Three
times during the course of the semester, you will be responsible for preparing
a brief presentation in which you carefully define and explain a specific,
pre-assigned critical or literary term and apply it to the primary text the
class is reading that week.
You should
derive your basic understanding of the term that you are assigned from the
Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms,
though you are welcome to deepen that understanding with further research.
The list of terms to be covered each week
appears on your syllabus.
The length of
each presentation
must be limited to
four minutes.
Presentations
should be given from notes (while memorization is not necessary, do try to
resist reading aloud to the class).
Keep
in mind that this is a highly focused, two-part task.
You must 1) clearly and concisely define your
term and then 2) apply the term to a primary text.
For instance, if your term is “metaphor,”
you’ll need to explain what a metaphor is, then show us at least one example of
a metaphor in the primary text that we are looking at that week, and finally,
discuss the implications or importance of this metaphor or metaphor in general
given your interests as a reader. You
are not being asked to comprehensively explicate the primary text or discuss
any aspect of it other than its relationship to the term that you have
defined. Remember that everyone will be
responsible for understanding the entire catalogue of terms by the end of the
semester. The clearer and more
instructive you make these presentations, the more helpful they’ll be to the
class.
Moreover, the more closely and
actively you engage with others’ presentations, the more prepared you’ll be for
the final exam.
Explication Presentations will be evaluated on the basis of:
A
one- to two-page, typed, double-spaced,
written essay
based on each Explication Presentation will be
due in final form one week from the day on which that presentation is
given.
Before submitting your written
essay, you may choose to revise your discussion in light of comments made or
questions raised during discussion of the in-class presentation.
I strongly advise this. You will submit it
via Turnitin.com
The Terms, with the names of those responsible
to present on
them, and presentation dates:
Sep
10:
Allegory:
Amee
Metaphor:
Cora
Personification:
Maranice
Synecdoche:
Vanessa
Metonymy:
Tamara
Parable:
Christy
Fable:
Elizabeth
Narrative:
Leilani
Didactic:
Chris Wyskowski
Tale:
Lisa
Sep
17:
Representation:
Laura
Symbol:
Monique
Symbolism:
Carol
Index:
Denise
Frame
story: Crystal
Genre:
Marianne
Detective
fiction and Mystery fiction: Ozzie
Protagonist:
Jessie
Short
story: Alicia
Foil:
Nicole
Style:
Diana
Second
Round:
Sep
24:
Drama:
Vanessa
Dramatis
personae: Ozzie
Realism:
Nicole
Plot:
Carol
Flashback:
Amee
Feminist
Criticism: Crystal
Resolution:
Leilani
Oct
1:
Poetry:
Laura
Rhythm:
Jessie
Meter:
Denise
Accent:
Elizabeth
Pentameter:
Tamara
Blank
verse: Marianne
Free
verse: Maranice
Oct.
15
Setting:
Diana
Point
of view: Lisa
Novella:
Christy
Unreliable
narrator: Cora
Diction:
Alicia
Voice:
Monique
Monologue:
Chris Wyskovski
Oct
29
Setting:
Jessie
Dialect:
Marianne
Grotesque:
Laura
Nom
de plume: Ozzie
Local
Color: Nicole
Sentimentalism:
Elizabeth
Caricature:
Vanessa
Black
humor: Tamara
Pastorale:
Marianne
Novel:
Carol
Nov
5:
Ode:
Chris Wyskowski
Race:
Monique
Myth:
Leilani
Satire:
Christy
Parody:
Lisa
Pantomime:
Crystal
Nov.
19
Slave
narrative: Denise
Autobiographical:
Diana
Allusion:
Cora
Memoir:
Amee
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