ENGL 2306 14 October 2014 Todays Plan Essays

ENGL 2306 14 October 2014

Today’s Plan Essays Introduction to Oscar Wilde/The Importance of Being Earnest Presentation In class writing The Importance of Being Earnest

Essays Keep focused on a single text Analysis is the key: What do these points/ideas MEAN You need a so what…this is what many of the questions in the first paragraph are asking (Why does this matter? So what? How does this help us understand the meaning of the play? ) Remember that your secondary sources should connect to your argument and not stand alone Cite the play (and include it in your works cited) Meet the minimum word length! Over is okay. Under is not. The heading and works cited do not count.

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The Importance of Being Earnest Final (1895) of three highly successful plays—A Woman of No Importance (1893) and An Ideal Husband (1895) before that Our introduction calls it “subversive” Consider connection to A Doll House (1879) Similarities? Differences? How much does the cultural difference matter?

Presentation Matt Figueredo and Jeffrey Gipson Act 1: Lines 32 -148

In-Class Writing What is Bunburying? Why does it happen? What do you think this will do in the rest of the play?

The Importance of Being Earnest What do we get in Act 1? Jack/Ernest Algernon Gwendolen Lady Bracknell Lane How do you think it will move forward?

Thursday Act 2 Introduction to Homework 5 Introduction to Participation for next Tuesday