Undergrad English
CONTENTS
Introduction∙Essays∙Writing∙Outlines
Literary Analysis
Six Categories∙overlapping categories∙voice∙secular discourse∙ambiguity
1: Space & Setting∙Shakespeare, Jia Dao, etc.∙Whitman essay∙“The Falling Girl”
2: Time∙Shelley, Tagore, etc. — Slaughterhouse-Five∙Timelines∙Sci & Fi
3: Character∙States of Mind: comparative essays∙Insanity: “The Tell-Tale Heart”
4: Relationship∙Parker, Golden Lotus, etc.∙Moulin Rouge!∙Romance
5: Theme∙“Paint it Black” essay∙Sonnet 116 essays∙The Mermaid (advanced essay)
6: Style∙image, metaphor, etc.∙Pratt, Poe, & Dylan∙A-N∙O-Z∙The Epic∙Irony
Six Categories in Black Robe (1985 novel)∙Context
Two Novels
Lovers in a Dangerous Time∙Colonialism & the Cold War
🔹 The Quiet American∙Context∙Interview & Article∙Sample Essay
🔹 The Year of Living Dangerously∙Context∙Sukarno’s Year∙Essay & Article∙A Tricky Narrative
Comparative essays on QA & Year∙Betrayal & Good Intentions∙Sex Trade & Orientalism
Rhetorical Analysis
The topics for Rhetorical Analysis and Evaluation are as follows (to link to them, use the menu links on top right — and on desktops also on the left, further down):
Boardwork∙Ophelia∙Year of Living Dangerously∙“116” & “Black Star”∙Bulgakov∙Eagles∙Pink Floyd∙“Paint It Black”∙“Black”∙“Nymph’s Reply”∙“Girl from Ermita”∙“Anthem for Doomed Youth”∙“Dulce”∙“Sonnet 130”∙ “Bright Star”∙Byron & Manson
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