the course: comparative American literatureMy essay question as discussed earlier:One’s identity drifts in a capricious reality in which even themost commonly held assumptions are questionable. One ‘is’literally, but one is nowhere; one wanders dazed in a ghettomaze, a ‘displaced person’ of American democracy’ (RalphEllison).Ralph Ellison’s critique of American democracy can beextended to any number of texts on this module, across racial,social and cultural boundaries. Discuss, with reference to ( Little by Treuer and House Made of Dawn by Momaday) , taking into accountthe importance of history as a defining factor in the creation ofAmerican identities.The essay MUST address the following aspects in both texts:1. An examination of Momaday’s House and Treuer’s Little that focusses on both authors’ consideration of twentieth century indigenous presences within the United States.2. How identities – and definitions of identity – are created, shaped, disrupted and/or crucial.3. A study of the ways in which Treuer and Momaday’s characters are simultaneously citizens of two nations –4. Considering the racial, social, and cultural boundaries that come to light as a result of both sets of characters feeling ghettoized and marginalized even though they are indigenous, reside on sovereign territory, play major roles in American history (logging, defend the nation during WWII and Vietnam).5. The ways in which identities are both fractured and pieced together in both novels6. U.S. notions of selfhood, democracy, and freedom through a study of these novels’ focus on collectivity, community, recovery, and new voices.7. In what senses of American Indian future – and therefore what American future – these authors imagine.The literary approach: close-comparative reading of both texts, informed by historical context OR historical criticism approach.Do be sure and provide lots of corroborating theoretical and critical reading that backs up your specific points about the novel though.I have choose you in particular because of your following response below of the outline and the plan of the essay : (25599)Literary analysis is not merely a summary of a literary work. Instead, it is an argument about the work that expresses a writer’s personal perspective, interpretation, judgment, or critical evaluation of the work. This is accomplished by examining the literary devices, word choices, orwriting structures the author uses within the work. The purpose of that is to demonstrate why the author used specific ideas, word choices, or writing structures to convey his or her message. The aspects that will help shape my literary analysis : characters, setting, plot, themes, imagery, dialogue, tone, and point of view of the two books. This will then help me to come to a strong thesis statement that states my perspective but also allows me to be debatable. In this case I mean the thesis should be my opinion “writers opinion” but it should allow the readers “professor and other students” to have their own conclusions.The next step is to collect enough evidence to support my perspective and argument, refining the evidence and then organizing it in a logical way “outline”Last but not least, I will be interpreting, analysing critically and comparatively those evidence by expressing my own interpretation of the work which is the key part of completing the literary analysis.The essay will have an introduction with a thesis statement. The bodywhere paragraphs have evidence and arguments to offer thesis support with thedifferent subtopics. A conclusion highlights essential discussions in theoverall essay and a restatement of the thesis. The secondary sources that willbe applicable in the essay are journals, publications, Google Scholar,websites, and reports.
