- 10 Mar, 2021
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An analytical essay about Gertrude Stein’s “Sacred Emily
Instructions
The poem can be found here: http://writing.upenn.edu/library/Stein-Gertrude_Rose-is-a-rose.html
The website does not include line numbers which my book does, so I can add in the line numbers in the quotations that will be made in the essay. There is a requirement to use around 8 credible sources. The assignment itself is the following: “The essay needs to have an overarching thesis, and to be focused on supporting that thesis, even if the thesis is open-ended, and even if the essay digresses or folds in the personal. You are free to write the essay using the first person. Plan to do some research and wide-ranging reading on topics related to your narrative and your author, using databases like MLA or JSTOR. Plan to look up words. Be curious. Take the time to follow lots of leads, turn over as many stones as you can. Explore etymology and biography, if you wish; your paper can include history, politics, anthropology, psychology, science, and so forth. But the trick will be: how to focus it! How to render your material in support of a sharp and meaningful thesis. Please use at least 8 credible – so, not random blog posts or cheat-sheet websites – sources besides the text you’ve chosen to focus on.
The website does not include line numbers which my book does, so I can add in the line numbers in the quotations that will be made in the essay. There is a requirement to use around 8 credible sources. The assignment itself is the following: “The essay needs to have an overarching thesis, and to be focused on supporting that thesis, even if the thesis is open-ended, and even if the essay digresses or folds in the personal. You are free to write the essay using the first person. Plan to do some research and wide-ranging reading on topics related to your narrative and your author, using databases like MLA or JSTOR. Plan to look up words. Be curious. Take the time to follow lots of leads, turn over as many stones as you can. Explore etymology and biography, if you wish; your paper can include history, politics, anthropology, psychology, science, and so forth. But the trick will be: how to focus it! How to render your material in support of a sharp and meaningful thesis. Please use at least 8 credible – so, not random blog posts or cheat-sheet websites – sources besides the text you’ve chosen to focus on.
The poem was chosen by me and if the writer would prefer something else, we can discuss it and choose something else from the list of the poems we can choose from.