A literary analysis should consist of no more than 15%-20% verbatim…

ProfArt6912 A literary analysis should consist of no more than 15%-20% verbatim…A literary analysis should consist of no more than 15%-20% verbatim sources; that means your paper needs to be at least 80%-85% your own ideas and common knowledge associated with the author/work and writing/discussion topics that we cover in our class discussions.  That is why you have developed a thesis and preliminary draft through the writing process of brainstorming and prewriting, based on our discussions in class and your own understanding/analysis of the work.  Next, you have completed research and an annotated bibliography, to find articles in the literature that support and challenge your ideas. The literary analysis draft should consist of your preliminary draft with the addition of at least two peer-reviewed literary journals. The critical sources will be added to the preliminary draft to show how your preliminary draft/analysis fits in with what others have said about the work of literature.  Review the sample literary analysis for some ideas about how to weave the critical sources into your paper.Discuss critical sources in a paragraph or two directly after your introduction, to show which of those sources take a different approach or contrary approach to your own analysis/thesis.  Then use other critical sources in the body paragraphs of your draft where you trace the thread (literary element) through the paper to discuss the work’s theme.  In those body paragraphs, use critical sources that complement your approach.Your citations of sources in your paper should include both brief quotations from those works and paraphrasing from those works.  Paraphrasing is what you should do most of the time. The introductory paragraph of a literary analysis should begin by presenting what you think is an important theme of the work.  Discuss that theme briefly before introducing a thesis statement that lists the 2-3 examples of some literary element in the work that you want to explore to demonstrate your understanding of the work’s theme.  Avoid giving unnecessary biographical or other historical background of the author in your introduction; remember: the audience for a literary analysis is familiar with the work and the author.  Get right into a discussion of the theme of the work you want to discuss.  Assume your audience knows the common knowledge associated with the author, the historical background, the work itself: get to your argument, your thesis, what you are trying to prove. So, for example, in a paper on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” that explores the theme related to the nature of Good and Evil in the story, a good thesis might read like this:Color symbolism in “Young Goodman Brown”—specifically the white/light in Salem, the red/black of the forest journey, and Faith’s pink ribbons—reveals Brown’s failed attempt to develop a mature and balanced understanding of the nature of good and evil.The body paragraphs give examples associated with the literary element of symbolism as listed, and would include what at least several critical references (from scholarly literary articles found via EBSCO and NCLive) have said about color symbolism and/or the theme.  Those sources should make up only a sentence or two per paragraph, illustrating which critics agree/disagree with your analysis.When you cite (quote/paraphrase) the critics and the author’s work, make sure that you avoid quoting whole sentences or long passages out of context: integrate (quote) only key words and phrases; paraphrase the rest.Image transcription textAutoSave . Off) PlaysandNovelsforLiteraryAnalysisSummer2022 (5) – Protected View . Saved v Search calabriamclean CM X File Home Insert Draw Design Layout References Mailings Review View Help Comments Share iPROTECTED VIEW Be careful-files from the Internet can contain viruses. Unless you need to edit, i… Show more… Show more Arts & HumanitiesEnglish