Critical Analysis

Critical Analysis Paper
Product: 1 1200-1500 word paper
Due: May 2nd, 2013
Assignment: For this paper, you will be asked to apply the analytical tools you have acquired in this class to a play script is not assigned reading for the class. The script can be from any period, but must be full-length and approved by me. All plays must be submitted before the first paragraph is due on April 9th. For this paper you will address a specific issue within the play (i.e. "feminism in Antigone," "the American dream in Death of a Salesman," or "Segismundo as embodiment of the id in Life is a Dream"). This paper will require you to make connections outside of the script, so use of outside sources is expected.
Tips:
• Pick a play you are interested in, you will be spending some time with it.
• JSTOR and Project Muse are two excellent databases that you have access to through the library. They both have articles from many journals that may be useful.
• If you are unsure about how to cite something, you have access to the Chicago Manual of Style through the library.
• Outside resources can be about the play or about the issue you are discussing (or both).
• If you are borrowing an idea from an outside source cite it. Failure to do so constitutes plagiarism
• Of you are having trouble saying everything you want to say in 1500 words, narrow your topic. (i.e. narrow "Feminism in Antigone" to "Feminist Concepts of Sisterhood in Antigone")
• Depth over breadth. Detailed analysis of a very narrow topic is better than shallower analysis of a wider topic.
• If you find yourself struggling with any aspect of this paper (including play selection), please come talk to me during office hours or by appointment.