— The writer’s job is to write a reading summary of Matthew Arnold’s “Culture and Anarchy.”
— These are the questions you should answer in the summary:
Questions to Think About: 1. What is Culture? 2. Who are the Philistines? 3. Who are the Barbarians? 4. What does Arnold mean by Sweetness and Light?
— Instructions of reading summary in general:
What is it about? Do not simply list topics. Describe what it says. Faithfully represent the entire assigned reading, not particular parts.
Do not use quotes, except to refer to a particular word or expression; you should paraphrase.
What does it argue? What do you think the author’s aim is?
Who do you think the intended audience is?
Where does the author get his/her information? What are the sources?
Does the author simply describe a problem, or is a solution identified?
Is there one part that stands out to you? Why?
No footnotes required.
Do not use subtitles.
— Attached are some of the past reading summaries.
– Do not use outside sources.
– Attached is the reading (79).
– The website is to a podcast, by listening which you will get additional information about the auhtor
– For Arnold’s primary source, only read ch1-ch4
– Also attached (Reading summary 6) are some notes about the reading for you to reference to
– You only need to cite form the primary source itself. Chicago in-text citation will do.
— Please tell me immediately if you have any troubles. Thank you!
