FINAL ESSAY

3-5 PAGES IN LENGTH

WORKS CITED PAGE CONTAINING 1 PRIMARY SOURCE AND 2 SECONDARY SOURCES MINIMUM

APPLY ALL YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF COHERENT ESSAY WRITING, ATTENDING TO GRAMMAR, SYNTAX, ORGANIZATION, TOPIC/SUPPORTING/CONCLUDING SENTENCES, THESIS STATEMENTS, ETC. IN YOUR DECONSTRUCTION OF 1 OF THE FOLLOWING ESSAY TOPICS.  

*I AM OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS IF YOU ARE INSPIRED IN ANOTHER DIRECTION.

JARNOT

HOW IS LANGUAGE USED IN A WAY THAT ECHOES THE MIND’S OWN PATTERNS OR HABITS OF THOUGHT?

BECAUSE JARNOT’S WORK RELIES HEAVILY ON CADENCE AND REPETITION, HOW MIGHT WE LOOK TO MUSIC TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS PUZZLING ABOUT BLACK DOG SONGS?

HOW IS JARNOT’S WORK, SPECIFICALLY “MY TERRORIST NOTEBOOK” AN ATTACK ON POST 9/11 AMERICAN POLICY?

ANALYZE ONE OF THE SECTIONS OF HER WORK AND DECONSTRUCT IT FOR CRAFT, FORM, CONTENT, AND MEANING

KAPIL

EXPLAIN CHRISTINA HUME’S QUOTE THAT “THE BOOK [HUMANIMAL] IS NOT AS MUCH CONCERNED WITH TRANSMISSION OF IDEAS AS IT IS WITH THE CREATION OF AN ATMOSPHERE”.

EXPLAIN WHAT CHRISTINE HUME’S CLAIM THAT “HUMANIMAL OFFERS THE BODY AS A MODEL OF ARTICULATION, MAKING A CASE FOR EXPERIENCE AS A DISTINCT FORM OF MEANING”.

ANALYZE AND INTERPRET KAPIL’S WORK FOR CRAFT, FORM, CONTENT, AND MEANING.

SIKELIANOS

DISCUSS THE FORM OF THE BOOK OF JON, AND THE NECESSITY OF LAYERING, DENSITY, AND MOTION.  HOW DOES FORM ADDRESS THE UNIVERSAL AND PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIPS TO INTIMATE STORIES?

HOW DOES THE BOOK OF JON ACT AS AN IMMACULATE COMPLIMENT IN ITS CARTOGRAPHIC INSCRIPTION OF A NATION’S ADAM?

COMPARE ANOTHER MEMOIR/AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF YOUR CHOICE WITH THE BOOK OF JON.  WHAT ARE THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN CONTENT AND FORM?