Literary analysis – Developing your own topic
Paper details:
Now that you’ve written two literary analyses and incorporated some research, it’s time to take the last step – developing your own topic. You’ll be reading David Foster Wallace’s “Consider the Lobster,” the longest and probably most difficult piece we’re looking at this semester. Wallace utilizes a number of forms and styles in his essay, and incorporates an unnecessary amount of (mostly) unnecessary footnotes. Something about the essay seems amiss in this regard; certainly there’s humor in the essay, but there might also be a satirical note throughout. Keep this in mind while reading.
The most important thing to remember regarding a topic idea is that you should try to focus on Wallace and his essay – not just on the general topic he brings up. DO NOT give your opinion on the morality of eating lobsters. Rather, examine the ideas Wallace writes about, and/or the way he writes about them.
Write a 500-750 word literary analysis based on the question(s) you’ve proposed. You must incorporate at least two database articles as research and to submit an MLA formatted document .
It’s useful to compose a question or series of questions you want to explore in an essay – the answer to your main questicgoon will serve as your thesis.
