Enlightenment in Europe and America literature. Each response should be typed in MLA format (double-spaced, one-inch margins, 12-pt. Times New Roman font) and should use specific textual support from the primary text.

Weekly Reading Analysis Responses

 

Each week, you will be responsible for developing written responses for each of the units we study this semester using both the critical reading provided in eLearn and the primary texts themselves. These responses should be focused, using the secondary text to analyze the primary text in question. You do not need to write a five-paragraph essay with a three-point thesis statement. However, you do need to be specific in your application of the theory to the text.

 

Physical Requirements: Each response should be typed in MLA format (double-spaced, one-inch margins, 12-pt. Times New Roman font) and should use specific textual support from the primary text. These responses should be no fewer than 400 words and no more than 1,000 words in length.

 

Source Requirements: You are required to consult only the secondary source provided for you in eLearn for these responses. You are also required to make extensive use of the primary text in your response. Should you feel compelled to include additional research, this research should come primarily from one of the three literature databases available through the Thigpen Library webiste.

 

Submission and Grading: You will submit these responses each week of the semester. Submission dates are noted on the course schedule. You will be graded based on the following components:

• Completion
• Discussion and application of both primary and secondary texts
• Grammar and Mechanics*

 

*While this is not a composition class, it is an English class. You should write using a formal academic tone, and you should proofread for grammatical and mechanical errors.