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Real English class assignments for real English class students.
English Class Paper & Assignment Ideas
I completed these English class papers and assignments during my grad school courses. Students can read through them and hopefully gain a deeper understanding of each topic to help them improve their own papers and participate more in classroom discussions.
From written discussion topics and in-class projects, to term papers and other writings, these English class papers and assignments explore literary theory, literature reviews, rhetoric, and digital media.
Summary: Haraway, “A Cyborg Manifesto”
Summary of Donna Haraway’s, “A Cyborg Manifesto.”
Summary: Carson, Silent Spring
Summary of Rachel Carson’s, Silent Spring.
Summary: Wolfgang Iser, The Act of Reading
Summary of Wolfgang Iser’s, The Act of Reading.
Summary: Umberto Eco, The Role of the Reader
Summary of Umberto Eco’s, The Role of the Reader.
Summary: Anzaldúa, “Towards a New Consciousness”
A summary and response to Gloria Anzaldúa’s, “Towards a New Consciousness.”
Summary: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., The "Blackness of Blackness": A Critique of the Sign and the Signifying Monkey
A summary and response to Henry Louis Gates’, The Signifying Monkey.
Summary: Edward Said, Orientalism
A summary and response to Edward Said’s, Orientalism.
Summary: Bhabha, The Location of Culture, “The Other Question”
A summary and response to Bhabha’s, “The Other Question” in The Location of Culture.
Literary Theory: “Africa” by Maya Angelou
A literary analysis of Maya Angelou’s poem, “Africa.”
Summary: Foucalt, Discipline & Punish, “Panopticism”
Summary of Michel Foucalt, Discipline & Punish, “Panopticism.”
Summary: Cohen, “Generating Literary Histories”
Summary of Ralph Cohen, "Generating Literary Histories," New Historical Literary Study
Summary: Freud, The Uncanny
A summary of selected portions of Sigmund Freud’s, The Uncanny.
Summary: Kristeva’s “The Semiotic and the Symbolic”
A summary of Julia Kristeva’s, “The Semiotic and the Symbolic.”
Summary: Derrida, Of Grammatology, Chapter 1
A summary of Jacques Derrida’s, Of Grammatology, chapter 1.
Summary: Levi-Strauss, “The Structural Study of Myth”
A summary of Levi-Strauss’, “The Structural Study of Myth.”
Summary: Barthe, “The Death of the Author”
A summary of Roland Barthe’s, “The Death of the Author.”
Summary: Wimsatt & Beardsley, “The Affective Fallacy”
A summary of Wimsatt and Beardsley’s, “The Affective Fallacy.”
Summary: Brooks, The Well Wrought Urn, “The Heresy of a Paraphrase”
A summary of Cleanth Brooks’, The Well Wrought Urn, “The Heresy of a Paraphrase.”
Summary: T.S. Eliot, The Sacred Wood, “Tradition and the Individual Talent”
A summary of T.S. Eliot’s, The Sacred Wood, "Tradition and the Individual Talent.”
Summary: How to Interpret Literature: Critical Theory for Literary and Cultural Studies, Chapter 2
A summary of Robert Dale Parker’s, Summary: How to Interpret Literature: Critical Theory for Literary and Cultural Studies, Chapter 2.
