ENG 494 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Enduring Themes in English Literature Updated

The paper focuses on a theme that has endured and helped to define English literature.

The paper traces the theme from the Romantic period to the 21st century.

The paper is built on one of the following themes:

What it means to be English

What it means to be British

What it means to be virtuous

The relationship between art and science

The relationship between art and politics

The relationship between the upper classes and other classes in British society

The beauty of nature and the land

How English history is portrayed in English literature

Relationships between men and women

The relationship between individual rights and freedoms and duty in Britain

Another theme approved by the instructor

The paper includes one literary work from each period to illustrate the chosen theme.

The paper explains the following:

Why the theme has endured

How the theme has changed from the Romantic period to the 21st century

How the theme has interacted with social forces

How the theme has shaped English literature

How the theme has been expressed

What has changed and what has endured

A prediction of how this theme will continue to change in the coming decades

The paper references at least eight sources to provide different interpretations of how the theme has evolved.

ENG 494 Week 5 Individual Assignment Option 3 What Happens Next? Updated

Option 3 What Happens Next?

The paper explores the meaning of Postmodernism in British literature.

The paper identifies what defines Postmodernism and then predicts what type of literature might follow.

The paper includes specific textual evidence as support.

The paper is 1,400 to 1,750 words in length.

The introduction provides sufficient background on the topic and previews major points.

The conclusion is logical, flows, and reviews the major points.

ENG 494 Week 5 Individual Assignment Option 2 Postmodern Literature Updated

Option 2 Postmodern Literature

The paper is 1,400 to 1,750 words in length.

The paper explores the meaning of Postmodernism in British literature.

The paper references at least two writers from the post–World War II period.

The paper identifies elements of the text that explain the meaning of Postmodernism in British literature as well as elements of Modernism that illustrate how it differs from Postmodernism

ENG 494 Week 5 Individual Assignment Option 1 Updated

ENG 494 Week 4 Individual Assignment Option 2 Signs of the Subconscious Updated

Option 2 Signs of the Subconscious

The paper is 1,400 to 1,750 words in length.

The paper analyzes the works of one or more Modernist authors for aspects of the subconscious.

The paper addresses the following points:

Identify passages in which the subconscious emerges and either influences or conflicts with other characters’ rational minds or the author’s rational mind.

Include a discussion of the meaning of these moments. For example, what do the moments mean in the works themselves, what do they indicate about the period, and what do they say about humanity in general?

The paper includes specific textual evidence as support.

The paper may reference additional sources, but they are not required.

ENG 494 Week 4 Individual Assignment Option 1 Author Comparison Updated

Option 1 Author Comparison

The paper compares one author from the Modernist period with one from an earlier literary period.

The paper addresses the following points:

Determine how the Modernist writer’s work is new or different from the earlier author’s work.

Discuss how the Modernist writer’s work represents social change in this period.

The paper includes specific textual evidence from examples of both authors, as well as other authors of both periods, if appropriate, as support.

ENG 494 Week 3 Individual Assignment Option 3 Who Am I Really Updated

Option 3 Who Am I Really?

The paper answers the question “Who am I really?” regarding the Victorians’ divided self.

The paper takes a specific creative form, such as one of the following:

The paper includes specific textual evidence from examples of Victorian prose other than Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde or Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray or The Importance of Being Earnest.

A dialogue between the two divided selves of the Victorian self

A panel discussion about the divided Victorian self

A conversation between a psychotherapist counseling the divided Victorian self to discover a truer self

ENG 494 Week 3 Individual Assignment Option 2 The Romantic Self Versus the Victorian Self Updated

Option 2 The Romantic Self Versus the Victorian Self

The paper compares the self in Romantic prose to the self in Victorian literature and focuses on the meaning of the changes.

The paper includes specific textual evidence from at least one Romantic work and at least two Victorian works as support.

The paper may reference additional sources, but they are not required.

ENG 494 Week 3 Individual Assignment Option 1 The Divided Victorian Self Updated

Option 1 The Divided Victorian Self

The paper analyzes the meaning of the theme of the divided self.

The paper addresses the following questions:

Why does the theme of the divided self occur during the Victorian age?

What motivates characters to divide themselves? What elements of their division do characters control and which are beyond their control?

Does the divided self reflect a divided society? How and why?

Who are more likely to demonstrate divided selves, men or women? Why?

How is the effect of using this division to illustrate horror or moral instruction different from using the division for comedic effect?

How is the situation of the divided self best resolved?

The paper focuses on a single work—such as Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde or Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest—or focuses on several texts.

The paper includes specific textual references as support.

The paper may reference additional sources, but they are not required.

ENG 494 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Women’s Role Presentation Updated

The presentation focuses on the debate about women’s role in society during the Victorian age.

The presentation summarizes the range of opinions about the role women should play in Victorian society as evidenced by the literature of the period.

The presentation addresses the following:

Explain the implication of the opinions.

Identify which views became more influential and how they differed from those that faded.

The presentation references specific literary passages to illustrate the points.

Major points are listed on the slides, along with detailed explanations in the speaker notes that correlate to each point.

Videos, audio, photos, diagrams, or graphs may be included, as appropriate.