- Informal and online sources: I felt pretty good about my use of online sources! I quoted directly from a syllabus I had found as an illustration of the universality of my literature. In addition, I was able to incorporate some images. One was from a film based on the book, and the others tied in with my literary theory of new historicism (two photos of the devastated Hiroshima). I wish I would have found something from social media, that would have added more depth and interest to my paper.
- Literary theory: The theory of new historicism was pretty easy to use with my paper, and I feel like it was easy to blend the text and the theory. I was a little worried that I made too many assumptions, twisting the text to be what I wanted it to be. But I think that on the whole, there were some good connections back to historical context. I definitely could have talked about more formal elements.
- Writing process: So, I definitely saw what I need to improve about my writing process. For this paper, my rough draft was just a whole bunch of writing, which I then organized into cohesive paragraphs. After some frustration, I discovered that by making a very simple outline of my main points AFTER doing the bulk of the writing, it was easier to rearrange everything in an order that made sense.
Monday, March 9, 2020
Jaidyn's Reflection on Literary Analysis 2
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I had a similar process as you in writing my paper! It was really helpful to go through and decide what the purpose of each of my paragraphs were and how they supported my claim and then to go back and rearrange the writing.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest I felt like I was making some broad assumptions as well in my paper, but that's the fun of analyzing. Theorists make assumptions all the time and if it your assumptions have some reasonable evidence, the fresh take on a work of lit is more fun to read about from the audience's perspective.
ReplyDeleteMy draft started the exact same way with a rough draft arranged into paragraphs. The simple outline helped me so much as I went through and I wished I would have started with that first! It helped me simplify my ideas and meet the word count.
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