Literary Critique
Literary Critique Essay: Edgar Sawtelle.
Assignment: Compose a well-organized essay engaging a gender/feminist reading of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: Be sure to review the intricacies of the gendered study before creating a working outline.
Prompt: Does the novel defy or support traditional views of women?
Requirements:
The essay should be 3-4 pages, double spaced, Times New Roman, size 12.
The header should align left and feature: Student’s Name; Class Section; Teacher Name; Date of Submission; Letter of Prompt Choice. This section is single-spaced.
Top right-hand corner should feature Student’s last name and the page number in Times New Roman.
M.L.A. Citation throughout and Work Cited page (last page)
The essay should have a unique title different from the assignment title (subtitles are encouraged)
Must employ the funnel-effect to the introduction and conclusion (as discussed in class).
The thesis must be underlined and placed at the end of the first paragraph.
The paper should avoid drop quotes and repetition of words, phrases and sentence structure when possible. For more information on Literary Critique check on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_criticism
