ENG-111 Literary Analysis Objectives: For this assignment, you will write a general literary analysis. This is a formal assignment. Your objective is to choose one of the readings we have read in this unit or one of the readings in the Reading Selections folder and make an argument based on your literary observations. This is not a book review or summary. Analyze the text of your choice critically. Before you begin, it is best to identify what you believe the text is attempting to do to deliver its message. What is the story about? What do you know about the author and when it was written? Remember to think about elements of literature as you form your analysis such as conflict, protagonists, antagonists, setting, theme, tone, metaphor, allegory, character, etc., etc., etc. Remember to also think about the lens you are using. Are we simply analyzing the texts objectively without any consideration of the events outside of the texts? Is our criticism gender specific? Or are we looking at the text through a historical lens?
