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Can you help me with Frankenstein Critical Analysis Evaluation Essay?
First, use the selection of links below to locate a critical analysis essay written about the 1818 version of Mary Shelley’s novel. You may focus most of your attention on this first critique.
Next, locate a second critique about the novel that includes ideas somewhat similar (genre classification, for instance) to any of the discussions you have in your essay. The second critique can either support or refute any of the claims in your paper. The objective of this portion of the essay is to further support your opinion of the primary critic’s thesis or support. Therefore, for example, if you choose a secondary article that refutes any of your claims, you will need to counteract those ideas to bring the focus of your essay back in alignment with your essay’s thesis (your personal opinion of how the primary critic is either correct or incorrect in his or her thesis claim and/or how the first critic is either effective or ineffective in his or her support). Every discussion in this essay should ultimately support the claim you make in your thesis.
Now that you have completed Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, you are in a good position to consider what critics have written about the novel. You will need a total of two critiques (also known as critical analysis essays) for this assignment. · ipl2 Literary Criticism collection: (If you use this site, you must choose from the first seven critiques listed as the final two are not scholarly. Also note that the link to Alicia Renfroe’s work is unavailable. Please choose another option.) http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/bin/litcrit.out.pl?ti=fra-63 · Professor Sherry Ginn’s critique: http://www.clas.ufl.edu/ipsa/2003/ginn.html · Professor Naomi Hetherington’s critique: http://knarf.english.upenn.edu/Articles/hether.html
The questions in the study guides should have helped you evaluate this criticism in your head. Now it’s time to write it down! Evaluate the critic/author: Who wrote the criticism you read? What credentials does the author have? (If you are using a valid source, you should be able to find these easily; these details are usually just before or at the end of the essay.) Find the thesis of the article: What is the thesis of the critical article you’ve chosen? What point does the author want to make about Frankenstein? Evaluate the thesis: Do you agree with this thesis? Why or why not? We’ve covered many ideas in the study guides. Can you find points within the guides that support your agreement or disagreement with the critical writer(s)? Look for new supporting information rather than revisiting the same ones the critics have chosen. Evaluate the support: Whether you agree or disagree with the thesis, does the critic provide sufficient research from the text and outside references to make a strong case? What does the article have for support from the text or outside sources? In your opinion, what makes these references valid? Do you feel the author uses this support properly? |
The guidelines for this assignment are:
Length: This assignment should be a minimum of 2.5 typed pages or at least 750 words.
Header: Include a header in the upper left-hand corner of your writing assignment with the following information:
· Your first and last name
· Course Title (Composition II)
· Assignment name (Evaluation Essay, Writing Assignment 4)
· Current Date
Format:
· MLA-style source documentation and Works Cited
· Your last name and page number in the upper-right corner of each page
· Double-spacing throughout
· Standard font (TimesNewRoman, Calibri)
· Title, centered after heading
· 1” margins on all sides
· Save the file using one of the following extensions: x, , .rtf, or .txt
Underline your thesis statement in the introductory paragraph.
Reminder: You need
at least two critiques
in addition to the novel in Works Cited in order to receive the highest score. In other words, you need three sources total in cited in the essay and on the Works Cited page in order to earn the maximum points in the corresponding column on the grading rubric. Failure to meet the source minimum will result in a severe decrease in your grade.
Rubric:
Grading Rubric for the Critical Analysis
Once you have finished with your essay and are ready for it to be reviewed by a grader, submit your assignment using the Draft or Final upload links for this assignment. Please note that drafts are optional. |