ASSIGNMENT: An essay built on your rhetorical analysis of two texts, written and/or visual. The finished essay should be 5 - 6 pages in length. Please adhere to the specifications for written work set forth in "Presentation of Written Work" in the course syllabus.
THE GENERAL IDEA AND THE SPECIFIC POINT:
You have a range of choices for the topic of your essay. As the subjects of your rhetorical analysis, you may choose
€ two paintings from Landscape Paintings of "The Hudson River School," currently on exhibit at the Cantor Center for the Arts.
€ two texts by one of the authors or filmmakers we have read, or will read, for the course. (Please chose an author other than the one on whom you have presented or will present.) One of the texts, or films, that you chose should be a pice not included among our course readings.
€ one painting from the "Landscape Paintings of the Hudson River School" and one of the written texts from our course syllabus.
€ two texts by two of the authors and/or filmmakers on or syllabis.
- View the exhibit first.
- Choose the subjects of your analysis based on interesting potential for comparison and contrast.
- Choose a context from which to analysis and compare/contrast them rhetorically.
- Your rhetorical analysis -- of stucture, style -- should support an argumentative thesis, interpreting the texts in interesting ways.
Remember to include a works cited page in correct MLA format, accounting for all texts you cite in your essay, whether these are visual or written. In your essay, when you quote, quote accurately and use quotation marks correctly, and clearly cite references to texts with parenthetical citations. (Refer to The Penguin Handbook, and the appendix on research writing in Writing Nature for correct MLA form.)
Drafts of the essay are due on 11/11.
Conferences, in which we will discuss these drafts, will be Thursday, Friday, and Monday, 11/13, 14, and 17. Please bring a copy of your draft with you to our conference.
The revision of the essay is due by the lasy day of class, Thursday, December 4.