California Literature

Samuel McDuffie February 15, 2019 ENGL 205 Project Research Topic: Pick a subject: love, work, freedom, etc. Then choose two selections and discuss how that subject is discussed in those selections. Use literary devices to help frame your discussion.   Readings chosen: The Luck of Roaring Camp Whitfield: Self-Reliance  Subject focus: Love Source I will be using just as reference for Whitfield’s work: Sherman, Joan R. “James Monroe Whitfield, Poet and Emigrationist: A Voice of Protest and Despair.”  The Journal of Negro History , vol. 57, no. 2, 1972, pp. 169–176.  JSTOR , www.jstor.org/stable/2717220. Notes for The Luck of Roaring Camp: ·       Focus on the changes that Luck bought to the men of the mine.  ·       Symbolism: The infant baby symbolizes more than one thing. It may symbolize life, and it may also be a Christian symbol. After being born, the baby revives the spiri...

Compare and contrast elements of two different texts. For example, explore the similarities and differences between two characters in the texst, or examine how one theme is handled in similar and dissimilar ways in two different texts.  You may choose from any of the readings we have done this semester including poetry, short fiction, and drama. You may also choose two texts from two different genres to write about (a poem and a short story, for example).   ·        I like this topic because after doing my first literary analysis, I really am interested in seeing how two text have both, similarities and differences. I would like to see if each have similar belief patterns that are usually founded in indigenous cultures. If their differences stem from different cultural backgrounds or beliefs system.  From a piece of fiction (short story, section of novel, or a play) choose a female character on whom to focus, and create a proj...