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1. Write a 4-5 page analytical essay developing your own thesis assertion
about one
Write a 4-5 page analytical essay developing your own thesis assertion about one or more
works in modules 1 and 2. Support your analysis with examples and references to the
readings. Remember that this essay is not simply a summary of a piece of literature, but
instead is an analysis of how something “works” in the literature, or what the literature
represents. You always need to include discussion of the literature’s theme/s.Please do not
include any researched information, aside from examples and quotations from the literary
texts. This essay should express your own perspective on the work or element of the work
in a clear, well-organized manner.How to Proceed1. Make sure to read the page on Writing
About American Literature in the Resources for useful information on how to analyze
literature and write literary analysis essays.2. Create an assertion about the literature in
terms of how the author uses an element of literature in order to create a theme, or how the
literature reflects its cultural/historical context. Make sure that you have an assertion that
you can develop in some depth. Your assertion is your thesis – the point you need to
prove.3. Back up that assertion with evidence from the literary text/s.**• women’s roles in
society and how those roles are either supported or negated (or both) through select pieces
of literature ( Mother’s Revolt and Roman Fever by Edith Wharton)