ENG 493 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Themes in English Literature Updated

The paper compares themes in English literary works from the early Middle Ages to 1800 CE
The paper analyzes how the themes are expressed in every literary period from the early Middle Ages to 1800 CE
The paper focuses on a recurring theme in English literature from the early Middle Ages to 1800 CE, such as one of the following:
Individual and the community
Social hierarchy
Love
Power
Faith
Nature
Knowledge
Ambition
Another theme approved by the instructor
The paper includes at least one literary work from each period related to the selected theme.
The paper addresses the following points:
How the chosen theme is expressed in the selected literary works from each time period
How changing social and cultural events influenced the development of the selected theme
What makes the selected works uniquely English

ENG 493 Week 5 Individual Assignment Literature and the Ideal Updated

The paper analyzes the techniques one or more major 18th-century authors use to express an ideal.
The paper addresses the following points:
The ideal the authors express, such as reshaping poetry, humanity, society, or a specific social practice
The linguistic structures and literary techniques used by these authors to express or support the ideal
How successful these authors are in using that technique to express the ideal

ENG 493 Week 4 Individual Assignment The Individual, Faith, and Society (2 Papers) Updated

The paper is written in first person.
The paper is written from the perspective of an individual living in early 17th-century England who has been shaped by the works assigned in this week’s readings.
The paper addresses the following points:
Who the individual is
The individual’s age
The individual’s social position
The nature of society in early 17th-century England
How this individual interacts with society
The role this individual’s faith plays in his or her relationship with society
How the language of the selected readings supports or hinders the individual’s relationship with his or faith and society
The paper includes quotations, paraphrases, and summaries from two or more of the works read this week to illustrate the paper’s points.

ENG 493 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Theater and Reality Updated

The Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation focuses on the relationship between theater and reality in Doctor Faustus and Twelfth Night.
The presentation addresses the following questions
How do these plays dramatize the characters’ inner states? What is the effect of this dramatization?
How does the act of playing a role act as a commentary on the social roles people play in English society during the period?
In what ways does the language used in the plays shape the reality and the characters?
Major points are listed on the slides, along with detailed explanations in the speaker notes that correlate to each point.
Slides from the two plays may be alternated, or the presentation may focus on first one play and then the other.
Videos, audios, or graphic images, as appropriate, are included.
The presentation format is creative.

ENG 493 Week 3 Individual Assignment The Limits of Desire Paper (2 Papers) Updated

The paper analyzes the relationship between desire and societal limitations on its expression as reflected in one or more major works from 16th-century English literature.
The paper addresses the following points:
The nature and origin of the desires analyzed, such as romantic love, the desire for knowledge, the desire for holiness, the desire for life itself, and so on
How these desires fit into the existing social structure, how social structures limited the expression of the desires, how the desires shaped the society, or all of these aspects
How the relationship between desire and its limitations emerged in and influenced language of the period, such as how desire is hidden in or overwhelms the language of love poetry
The paper provides textual evidence as support.
The paper references at least two sources other than the course text.

ENG 493 Week 2 Individual Assignment Social Structures in Middle English Literature Updated

The paper explains how the social structure of the time shaped three major pieces of Middle English literature and how the literature of the time reflected the social structures.
The paper focuses on a specific social structure of the time, such as class and religion, or examines the social structures more broadly.
The paper addresses the following points:
Linguistic elements, such as genre, vocabulary, plot twists, characterization, linguistic conventions, and so on
Social elements, such as the community, society, formal structures, and so on
Recurring thematic concepts, such as travel, violence, or religion
The paper includes specific textual support.

ENG 493 Week 1 Individual Assignment Option 1: Virtue and Community in Beowulf (2 Papers) Updated

The paper focuses on virtue and community in Beowulf.
The paper contains specific answers to the following questions:
What does it mean to be good in the world described in Beowulf?
What is the relationship between individual prowess or ability and ethical virtue in Beowulf?
In the poem, what does it mean to be a member of the community? How is this meaning communicated?
What is the role of the monster in defining virtue and community?
What role does language play, and specifically the formal structures of poetry, in defining and communicating these concepts?