1) In your proposal post, please identify the text and author you are performing the literary analysis on and describe your paper’s focus. You may also post your tentative thesis statement for clarity, if you wish. This post should be between 50-75 words.
Please review the sample proposal in the Sample Literary Analysis Proposal Instructions file or below and follow that model for your post.
Choose ONE of these STORIES
Reflections of spring by Duong thu Huong
Mystic by D.H. Lawrence
Araby by James Joyce
The Red Wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams
Sample Proposal: In this essay, I plan to illustrate how James Joyce rejects tradition in his short story “Araby.” This rejection of tradition is a characteristic of Modernism and can be seen in the text through Joyce’s stance towards religion and religious symbolism. The garden outside the home, the books owned by the dead priest, the actions of the narrator in the attic, and the final setting of the bazaar all contribute to an ironic criticism of religious rituals and symbols.
Thesis: James Joyce’s “Araby,” through the use of religious symbolism and ritual, illustrates the author’s conflicted and ironic stance towards the Christian religion.
James Joyce’s “Araby,” through religious symbolism and rituals, illustrates the author’s conflicted and ironic stance towards the Christian religion.
