Brief Analysis of a Romantic Period Author

Essay Discussion—Brief Analysis of a Romantic Period Author

This essay consists of five requirements. Please submit to the paper and video to the appropriate links in the UNIT 4 folder.

1. Discussion of an author from the Unit 2 or Unit 3 Reading List (see page 2)
2. Discussion of the author’s representative work from the anthology
3. Discussion/explanation of the impact of an historical event on the author’s work/life
4. Reading and comment on the representative work by your selected author
5. Documentation of sources (in-text citations and Works Cited bibliography)

1  Representative Author:  Select an author from the list that you think best represents the Romantic period and briefly discuss his or her background, birthplace, and/or important literary influences (such as ideas from other writers, personal experiences, or cultural background).

2  Author’s Representative Work:  Discuss the author’s work (choose from one of the Reading Lists) by providing a brief summary (explanation of main ideas, author’s purpose, and whether this work is part of a larger [longer] piece). You must also include a quote from the author’s work. You must cite the class anthology as the source of the author’s work.

3  Historical Event:  Explain the impact a historical event/literary period may have had on the author (such as style, subject matter, popularity, etc.).

4  Video of Reading:  Read a brief section of the author’s representative work and explain in your own words why it continues to be enjoyed today.

5  Documentation (in-text citations and Works Cited page):

in-text citation = signal phrase  +  parenthetical

Works Cited  = all citation components required by MLA for each type of source

In-text citations will be needed for all facts and ideas that are not your personal experience (such as summaries and paraphrases) as well as words copied from any source (quotations from the source). A plagiarized Essay Discussion will earn the grade of “zero.”

Grammar Note:

Five points will be deducted for each of the following types of errors:  subject-verb agreement, pronoun agreement or pronoun case, sentence fragment, run-on sentence, comma splice, apostrophe/possessive form error, dropped quotation, use of second person, italic font error, use of quotation marks.

One point will be deducted for each of the following types of errors:  spelling, capitalization, use of contractions, other punctuation errors (if there are fewer than three instances of each). Otherwise a 5-point deduction will be applied.

Five to ten points will be deducted for each missing content requirement, depending on the degree to which the standard is not met.

Typed discussion (using Times New Roman 12-point font only) must be double spaced and follow all other MLA style requirements.