Instruction
Compose a textual analysis of An Imaginary Life by David Malouf. Your paper should blend textual analysis of literary elements (character, plot action, theme, symbol, setting, point of view) with the provided scholarship in order to offer a unique and purposed understanding of the text or some aspect of it.
Guidelines:
Your essay will be evaluated on the inclusion and quality of the following:
Compose 3-4 full pages, double spaced, and typed in size 12 Times New Roman font.
Construct a proper essay Intro, Support paragraphs, Conclusion. Recall our discussion of essay format.
Follow proper MLA format (your works cited page is not included in the page length). If you need a refresher on MLA format, Google the Purdue OWL.
Your paper must have your name and an appropriate title.
Each of your support paragraphs must integrate at least one textual citation from the novel or other sources to support your analysis.
You must cite from An Imaginary Life, at least one chapter of Ovids Metamorphoses and at least one of the provided articles.
The paper will not summarize the plot arc.
Display insight into the meaning of the text. This can be approached many ways but the end result must be an analytical essay that offers a deeper understanding of an element of the novel.
Citation Format:
Bliss, Carolyn. Reimagining the Remembered - David Malouf and the Moral Implication of
Myths. World Literature Today 74.4 (2000): 724-732. Print.
Ovid. Metamorphoses. Trans. Charles Martin. New York: W.W. Norton, 2004. Print.
Sestigiani, Sabina. Silence, the 'Virtue of Speaking'. David Malouf 's An Imaginary Life and
Walter Benjamin's Philosophy of Language. Orbis Litterarum 65.6 (2010): 481-496.
Print.
Note: You must provide the citation for An Imaginary Life.
Due Date:
Eng 102-07: Thursday, 7 April.
Good luck and, as much as you might not think it is possible, have fun!