Literary Criticism
Throughout your reading of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, you will analyze the novel through one of four lenses. Before reading, we will take notes, using the document below.
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You will use these sheets to take notes over the PowerPoint, which is attached below.
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Short Story Analysis Using Lit. Crit. Techniques
Read "A Wagner Matinee" and use the literary criticism techniques to help you analyze the story at a deeper level. You can also listen to the audio here.
Read "A Pair of Silk Stockings" by clicking the file below. Use this to annotate after taking notes about the literary criticisms.
Read "A Pair of Silk Stockings" by clicking the file below. Use this to annotate after taking notes about the literary criticisms.
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Quotation Sandwich Method of Writing
While exploring the literary criticisms, we will read some short stories, and you will use the lenses and your notes to analyze the stories. You will then write some blog posts, using the quotation sandwich method of writing to support your analyses. Below, you will find the PowerPoint that explains the quotation sandwich method of writing. If you have Scribd, you can see the PowerPoint below. However, if you don't, please open the pdf file below:
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Examples of Well-Written Analyses of "A Pair of Silk Stockings"
Click here to read well-written blog posts that analyze "A Pair of Silk Stockings" through the Marxist or Feminist literary criticism theory.