By focusing on the matter of life and death, carefully read the following two literary works and a source about American Realism to complete the final literary interpretation with American realism. You complete essay should be at least 3-full pages with 3 or more paragraphs, and at least 4 sources should be listed in Works Cited page–No summary, .
W. D. Howell’s “Editha”: https://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/howells/editha.pdf (Links to an external site.)
Stephen Crane’s “The Red Badge of Courage” https://www.gutenberg.org/files/73/73-h/73-h.htm (Links to an external site.)
American Realism: https://americanliterature.com/realism-study-guide (Links to an external site.)
The first paragraph should carefully define the literary criticism of “American realism” and the historical development of American realism by referring to the above resource and one more secondary source that should be found through your active act of research. Getting at least two quotes from the two resources is required to articulate what American realism means and make your essay informative and interesting to read.
The second paragraph should carefully elaborate a correlated main theme of the two fictions of the American realism by focusing on the matter of life and death during the American Civil War, and getting at least two quotes, total four, from each of the works is required. Make sure elaborate what each of the quotes means with your words in understanding the theme. The exact page or the chapter for each of the quotes is mandatory by following MLA format.
The third paragraph should articulate how S. Crane’s novella effectively reflects the American realism by focusing the two main characters–you can identify them through your critical reading and thinking–and getting two quotes from the two main characters is required to support your claim–this is it!
“Without carefully reading and thinking of the assigned two works, you can’t complete the essay to earn a C or a better grade–read them twice or more very carefully.”
This essay aims you to fully understand a literary criticism , focusing on American Realism, and then utilize it to produce a readable literary interpretation of two selected works–your complete essay should not become a simple analysis essay or a synthesis essay but a sophisticated literary interpretation of two works of American Realism. Since it should be a product of conducting your independent research, at least two secondary sources should be referred to make your essay informative and at least four sources should be listed in Works Cited page.
