Gender Identity Literary Theory.
Discussion Board #3 Fiction 2 due Thursday, Oct. 10 All Sections No unread replies.No replies. NO points are earned for PLOT SUMMARY. This Discussion Board #3, worth 40 possible points, focuses on Gender Identity Literary Theory. If you follow the instructions and write a minimum of 40 complete fact-based sentences to address the topic as well as respond to another student’s entry and write at least 10 sentences to respond to the other student’s FACTS about the literary theory in the literature, you could earn all 40 points. This Discussion Board is worth 40 possible points – 0.8 pts per fact Start by reviewing the notes for Gender Identity Literary Theory. Then, choose one of the following stories to analyze as you apply the literary theory. Use Gender Identity Literary Theory. Focus on the way the story illustrates the literary theory. Address as many parts of the theory as you can, demonstrating that you understand how the literary theory is illustrated in the story. Use specific examples from the story. Explain how each example relates to the theory. Do not give a sequence of events in the story. Analyze the story based on the literary theory. You will earn points for this assignment if you show that you understand all aspects of the theory that apply to the story you choose. Write a minimum of 40 complete fact-based sentences to connect the story to the theory. Select one of these short stories to which you apply the literary theory: Sarah Orne Jewett’s “A White Heron” OR Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” OR John Steinbeck’s “The Chrysanthemums” DO NOT ASK QUESTIONS OR PROVIDE QUOTATIONS! Focus on the facts in ONE story and on explanation of how the story illustrates the literary theory. How does gender play a part in the story? What types of language and/or symbols are used to indicate gender in the story? How are female characters portrayed in the story? Which symbols and/or character profiles reinforce or challenge sexual stereotypes in the story? How are women positioned in domestic or inferior roles, such as those related to the kitchen or those involved in maternity in the story? In which circumstances how are the female characters belittled, victimized, oppressed, or ignored in the story? What are the political, social, and familial structures presented for females in the story and what do these conditions imply for women within society? Do not apply Marxist Literary Theory. Opinion earns no points. To post your entry, click on REPLY. Compose your post. Then, click on Post Reply. You must post your entry before seeing the posts of other students. Then, read other students’ entries. Select one and write at least 10 sentences responding to the FACTS in the entry, only FACTS that reference the literary theory in the literature.