Unified, Coherent Essays and Annotated Bibliography
ART 1
Submit a unified, coherent, well supported essay with specific textual references to support your discussion. Secondary sources are not expected/required. Recommended length: 900-1500 words.
The discussion thread prompts and your responses should be great starting points for these essays. Although I try to discourage long discussion posts (to keep things conversational), if there was a thread where you wrote something you thought was significant, or that raised an issue you keep considering, that would be a good place to start when considering what you may write about.
I will not assign essay questions. So please re-read the stories and review the discussion threads to generate ideas for essay topics.
It is recommended that your third and fourth essays be based upon two of the five stories discussed in weeks 9-13. However, the five stories we covered in weeks 2-6 may be used for more than two of the four required essay submissions.
Up to two additional essays will be accepted, as will a research paper (which would be worth two grades), as extra credit. Please note: the annotated bibliography assignments work well as a ″scaffolding″ towards a research paper that integrates secondary critical sources. The final grade will be based upon the four highest grades but the minimum requirement to complete coursework is four essays and two annotated bibliographies. You cannot simply submit four of the six required assignments. All coursework is due no later than the last day of the semester.
PART 2
Submit a unified, coherent, well supported essay with specific textual references to support your discussion. Secondary sources are not expected/required. Recommended length: 900-1500 words.
The discussion thread prompts and your responses should be great starting points for these essays. Although I try to discourage long discussion posts (to keep things conversational), if there was a thread where you wrote something you thought was significant, or that raised an issue you keep considering, that would be a good place to start when considering what you may write about.
I will not assign essay questions. So please re-read the stories and review the discussion threads to generate ideas for essay topics.
It is recommended that your third and fourth essays be based upon two of the five stories discussed in weeks 9-13. However, the five stories we covered in weeks 2-6 may be used for more than two of the four required essay submissions.
Up to two additional essays will be accepted, as will a research paper (which would be worth two grades), as extra credit. Please note: the annotated bibliography assignments work well as a ″scaffolding″ towards a research paper that integrates secondary critical sources. The final grade will be based upon the four highest grades but the minimum requirement to complete coursework is four essays and two annotated bibliographies. You cannot simply submit four of the six required assignments. All coursework is due no later than the last day of the semester.
PART 3
Post your annotated bibliography of three appropriate critical sources on a story or stories discussed weeks 9-13 in the discussion thread in this unit with your name and post it here for grading. Instructions/expectations for the annotated bibliography are posted in discussion.
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Unified, Coherent Essays and Annotated Bibliography
Unified, coherent essays
Part 1/ essay 1: The concept of endings and narrative structure in Margaret Atwood’s "happy endings” and James Joyce’s "the dead"
The two tales show storytelling's depth as they both dwell on metafiction, which tears down and rebuilds the story. Providing many endings, Atwood has viewers ponder life's cyclicality and narrative closure's fallacy (Atwood 2). Her purposeful breakdown of narrative conventions shows human depth and forces readers to reconsider the story's plots. Joyce's "The Dead" weaves a complicated tapestry of human reflection, examining emotions and societal challenges. She uses metaphors and beautiful language to express profound truths like a painting. Beyond its plot, the novel tackles human consciousness, relationships, and society, not forgetting her meticulous writing, which makes the work an emotional and intellectual masterpiece. Though the two stories are told differently, both tales show storytelling's intricacy. Complex pieces of art show human nature and literary stories. These stories transcend their plotlines, allowing readers to explore their narrative architecture and fundamental truths about life, relationships, and the human experience, like paintings that capture many feelings and perspectives. The elegance and complexity of "Happy Endings" and "The Dead" represent the human condition and storytelling's variety.
Atwood's "Happy Endings" challenges narrative plots as he deconstructs and offers numerous endings; the story reveals life's cyclicality (Atwood 2). The storyline defies convention as she deliberately rewrites the story's timeline to avoid finality. She delves into human complexity beyond a script as the story narrative reversal, which challenges the single ending and asks readers to rethink their expectations. She skillfully manipulates the narrative trajectory to show that conclusions vary regardless of the story's content or assumptions. Atwood's narrative experiment challenges closure's inevitability. It warns people to rethink narrative basics and emphasizes the flexibility of narrative arcs and the false nature of closure in life by demolishing the linear plot trajectory, leading to a clear finale. In the "Happy Endings," Atwood questions storytelling's core. The tale forces individuals to rethink their narrative expectations, realize the changing nature