Critical Lens Analysis Prewriting Assignment- Take the Lead/Lyrics:  Instructions

Assignment:  Critical Lens Analysis Instructions

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Avatar Quotes page:  IMDB

Movie Quotes and More page:  MQM Avatar

PreWriting Assignment #2:  Post Colonialism Key Terms

          Key Terms to understanding Postcolonialism in Literary Analysis

Colonialism in America?  Of Course Not!  Unless you ask John Oliver...

Exemplars:    Partially Proficient/ Unsatisfactory student paper

                    low Proficient student paper

                    Advanced student paper 

How to write Literary Analysis: 

        What is an Expository Essay?

        How to write a literary analysis... 

        What makes a good thesis? 

        How do I cite parenthetically? / use in- text citations? 

        What should my Works Cited look like?

Intro:  What is Critical/ Lens Theory   OWL Website, Purdue University

    Other sources - Critical Lenses for Literary Analysis  Maryville, Tennessee HS website

The Historical Lens - Foucault/ "New Historicism"  1980's - Present

Post-Colonialism - 1990's - Present.  Power, Hegemony and who is considered the "other."

Universal Archetypes - Jungian Psychoanalytic lens 

Cowboys v. Mounties - 12 sentences

§ “Marriage in India” - Naranda

     U Tube Video:  Arranged Marriage

§ Voice writing assignment

§ “Sweat” – Zora Neale Hurston

§ Symbol Analysis worksheet

§ Gender  Roles/ Stereotypes/ Group Dynamics

§ Response to the unit

Jungian Archetypes, Archetypal Journey, and Warrior Code: