Tag: Demonstrate

Describe the historical events or innovations that characterize the period in which the work was created (suggested length of 1–2 paragraphs).

you will research the work, the life of the author/artist, and the period.

You will then be ready to create your analysis.

This process of analysis will require you to discuss the events or innovations that define the historical period when the work was created, analyze a theme or stylistic characteristic of the period that is reflected in the work, and finally analyze the work’s or author’s/artist’s/composer’s contribution to the humanities.

A. Analyze the accepted work by doing the following:

1. Describe the historical events or innovations that characterize the period in which the work was created (suggested length of 1–2 paragraphs).

2. Analyze how this work reflects a theme or stylistic characteristic from its period (suggested length of 1–2 paragraphs).

3. Analyze the work’s or author’s/artist’s/composer’s contributions to the humanities (suggested length of 1–2 paragraphs).

B. When you use sources to support ideas and elements in a paper or project, provide acknowledgement of source information for any content that is quoted, paraphrased or summarized.

Acknowledgement of source information includes in-text citation noting specifically where in the submission the source is used and a corresponding reference, which includes the following points:• author
• date
• title
• location of information (e.g., publisher, journal, website URL)

C. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.

What function does the figure of the “soldier” play in the novel? How does this figure overlook the female characters in the text?

This assignment is based on the novel Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West

Requirements for Excelling (A)
• These responses are Insightful, original, and thoroughly address the prompt question.
• These responses choose one main point to focus on and stick to that point throughout the whole post.
• These posts make specific reference to the literary texts – this is best done through specific quotations from the text.The writer should explain why the quoted text is important to the point being made in the post.• These posts are well-written and Demonstrate careful editing.• Includes questions at end of post that encourage others to offer different viewpoints or to make connections to other material or to discuss other parts/components of the text. Question The Title of West’s novel

What do you think the title means?From what is Chris returning? To what is he returning? What function does the figure of the “soldier” play in the novel?How does this figure overlook the female characters in the text?And finally, consider what Kitty means by “he is cured?” in the concluding lines of the novel. Does Jenny, or the reader for that matter, have a different understanding of this line?