Friday, November 7, 2014

The Literary Essay

For this (our possibly final blog post),

list the theme(s) you plan on analyzing in your literary analysis;

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list the literary device(s) you plan on analyzing in your literary analysis.

On Monday, come to class ready to discuss which works you will use in your analysis; you must compare/contrast at least two, but after that, you may use as many as you'd like.  At least one text you analyze must be either Rhinoceros, Waiting for the Barbarians, or The World Without Us.

For example, if I were to write this essay, I might focus on "ruins" as a symbol (or perhaps "ruination" as a theme), and I might use The World Without Us, Waiting for the Barbarians, Ozymandias, and "Powwow at the End of the World" in my analysis.

26 comments:

  1. The literary devices I plan on analyzing are Defamiliarization, imagery, and the grotesque from "Rhinoceros" and "The Waste Carpet" (and maybe a couple more i haven't decided on yet)

    -Steven Carlson

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  2. Some of the literary devices I am planning on analyzing are: imagery, ambiguity, and nature as a symbol.
    -Martha Martinez

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  3. The books that I have chosen are "Rhinoceros", and "Waiting for the Barbarians" and the theme would be humanity. The literary devices I plan on using are imagery, irony, and allusion.

    -Vanessa Mares

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  4. i plan on exploring the themes of responsibility and logic.
    I plan to include rhinoceros
    Still planning between a few poems .
    Montze Rodriguez

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  5. I was planning on using the world without us and rhinoceros, I wanted to go through the theme of change but I'm not completely positive what else yet.
    -Sydney ericsson

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  6. Using symbol, allusion, irony, and metaphor, I will compare Rhinoceros, Waiting for the Barbarians, Perhaps the World Will End Here, A Song at the End of the World, The Powwow and the End of the World, and The Waste Carpet.

    Vanessa Caudelaro

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  7. I want to focus my essay on the theme of man vs nature where nature wins. I think I will use Rhinoceros for a metaphorical example and The World Without Us for a more realistic/literal example.
    -Crystal NesSmith

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  8. I want to use the theme of nature for at least the two works of The World Without Us and Violence of the Lambs, I want to focus on the way that nature has its revenge on the oppression created by humanity.
    -Gustavo Hernandez

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  9. The theme I will be focusing on is humanity vs nature. I will be using Ozymandias, Uneasy about the sounds of some night wandering animal, Rhinoceros, The World Without Us. The literary devices are allusion, imagery, and symbol.
    - Houa Lee

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  10. I would like to explore the them of reality and responsibility using "Perhaps the World Ends Here," "A Song on the End of the World," The Waste Carpet," Rhinoceros," and possibly "World Without Us."
    -Brianna Bravo

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  11. For my literary essay, I am looking to focus on both the themes of pride and egotism and their negative effect on man/society. I will use Ozymandias and Rhinoceros as my sources.
    -Juan Ruiz

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  12. Theme that will be discussed are the loss of innocence and logic. I will be referring to Rhinoceros and Waiting for the Barbarians.
    Norma Pedraza

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  13. The literary devices i plan on analyzing in my Literary Analysis are imagery, symbol, and grotesque. I plan on comparing Rhinoceros, Waiting for the Barbarians, The Waste Carpet and Uneasy About the Sounds of Some Night Wandering Animal.
    -Rebecca Caraker

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  14. I plan on using themes for my literary essay, i haven narrowed down which theme (s) i wanted to use yet. the possible ones are that i'd like to use are: resistance, evil in power (control), and the destruction of a less power.

    Audrena Harlan

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  15. The literary devices I plan on using are imagery, symbolism, irony, and simile.
    I will compare from some of these works (not sure which ones exactly yet…): from Invisible Cities, The Powwow at the End of the World, The Waste Carpet, and the book The World Without Us. The theme should be somewhere among the lines of humanity vs nature.
    -Brenda Rocha

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  16. The theme(s) that I plan to analyze in Rhinoceros and A World Without Us is that although humans hold a wicked and destructive character, nature is always prevail.
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    The Powwow at the End of the World and A World Without Us in order to show the theme of humanity vs nature.

    Ariene Edith Gregorio

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  18. The literary devices I plan on using in my literary essay are imagery, symbolism, and persona to compare and contrast "Waiting for the Barbarians" to either "The Colonel" or "Ozymandias", perhaps both. My paper will say that these works use these three literary devices, however they use them to develop their own, different themes.

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  19. The books I want to use is Rhinoceros and The World Without Us. The theme I want to analyze is change in humans and how those changes are slowly destroying the world we live in.
    -Patricia Vargas

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  20. To explore the theme of decision I am going to analyze "Rhinoceros", "A Song of the End of the World", and "Dissapointments of the Apocalypse".

    - Chynna Hook

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  21. I want to explore the theme of Humanity and nature. The books I want to use are "The World Without Us, and Rhinoceros.
    Victoria Din

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  22. I will be using Rhinoceros and Violence of the Lambs to explore the theme of human nature.
    -Eden Schmoll

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  23. I will be exploring the play Rhinoceros and the book Waiting for the Barbarians to explore the theme of Humanity Vs Nature.
    -Dalia Pardo

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  24. The books I am considering using for my literary analysis are " Rhinoceros" and "Waiting for the Barbarians".

    Some of the themes I am considering using for my literary analysis are: Past Versus Present Versus Future, Civilization versus Savagery, Inhumanity towards other "humans", Survival, Idea of Identity, Conspiracy, Isolation, and Alienation.

    Also in my literary analysis I will be using literary devices to compare both works. I am considering using: Visual imagery, Symbolize, Metaphor, Simile, Persona(s), Ambiguity, and Defamiliarization.

    Alfred Flores

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  25. I'm thinking of using "Waiting for the Barbarians" and the play "Rhinoceros" and analyze the theme of human versus nature

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  26. I will be exploring the theme of change in Rhinoceros and World Without Us. I will use imagery, irony, and others to help show this theme.

    Kelsey Wruck

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