Contents
College English is intended to help students think critically about language and literature. It contains the following sections:
Literary Analysis - Rhetorical Analysis - Music & Boardwork
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Introduction: Higher Learning
Basics: Essay Structure - Writing Tips & Conventions - Outlines
LITERARY ANALYSIS
Six Categories - overlapping categories - voice - secular discourse - ambiguity
1: Space & Setting - Shakespeare, Jia Dao, etc. - Whitman essay - “The Falling Girl”
2: Time - Shelley, Tagore, etc. — Slaughterhouse-Five - Timelines - Sci & Fi
3: Character - States of Mind: comparative essays - Insanity: “The Tell-Tale Heart”
4: Relationship - Parker, Golden Lotus, etc. - Moulin Rouge! - Romance
5: Theme - “Paint it Black” essay - Sonnet 116 essays - The Mermaid (advanced essay)
6: Style - image, metaphor, etc. - Pratt, Poe, & Dylan - A-N - O-Z - The Epic - Irony
Six Categories in Black Robe (1985 novel) - Context
Two Novels - Lovers in a Dangerous Time - Colonialism & the Cold War
🔹 The Quiet American - Context - Interview & Article - Sample Essay
🔹 The Year of Living Dangerously - Context - Sukarno’s Year - Essay & Article - A Tricky Narrative
Comparative essays on QA & Year - Betrayal & Good Intentions - Sex Trade & Orientalism
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Rhetorical Analysis
Introduction - 16 Rhetorical Strategies - Definition
Sample Rhetorical Analysis Essays: Lord of War - “Superficial Evolution” on the film Aladdin) - “Turning the Tables” on the film Gandhi - “All You Need is Love” - “The Bristling North” - “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Atlantic article here - rhetorical analysis of Carr - “The Last Channel” (short story by Calvino) - Mad Men: “The Falling Cat” (sample essay on the opening credits) - Simpson’s parody - split-screen comparative version
Evaluation: In Court (including sample evaluation of Boston Legal clips) - Sample Evaluations of Lord of War, “The Culture of Violence,” & “Canadians” (summary, essay, & full outline) - Mad Men: article by Cox - Notes & Evaluations - Texts for Evaluation
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Music & Boardwork
Music Description — Terms: A-L — M-Z
Boardwork - Ophelia - Year of Living Dangerously - “116” & “Black Star” - Bulgakov - Eagles - Pink Floyd - “Paint It Black” - “Black” - “Nymph’s Reply” - “Girl from Ermita” - “Anthem for Doomed Youth” - “Dulce” - “Sonnet 130” - “Bright Star” - Byron & Manson
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