Research Paper Due April 11, 2021 (Sunday)
Samaya_Rayne
Proposal-and-Annotated-Bibliography2.docx
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Proposal
The reading that I chose to write about is ''Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been'' by Oates. I chose the reading because Oates talks about current issues affecting young people, such as the struggle to become independent and exploring sexuality amidst distractors, such as social media. The reading provides a comprehensive view of what the youth have been facing since the 1960s.
When writing the research, I plan to focus on literary analysis aspects, such as theme, writing style, and main characters' strengths and flaws. The three literary analysis aspects will enable me to analyze the reading and extrapolate hidden meanings. Under the theme, I will focus on the author's main ideas concerning characterization portrayed by different characters in the reading. Under the writing styles, I will focus on how different writing styles emphasize the author's thematic ideas. My working thesis statement is that the author's writing styles enable audiences to understand his thematic concepts.
Annotated Bibliography
The author talks about symbolism's impact on literature. He asserts that a symbol can be an object, situation, or event. The primary objective of symbolism is to make the audience see the deeper meaning of a message presented by an author. Additionally, symbolism makes literary work richer and attractive to the target audience (Bai , 2015). Lastly, the author argues that symbolism takes an audience through a moment of self-reflection as it struggles to unravel the deeper meaning of a particular symbol (Bai , 2015).
The author emphasizes characterization's essence in literature. According to the author, characterization serves to explain the overall message concerning a particular work of literature. That is to say; characterization gives characters different personalities and behaviors to allow the audience to uncover thematic ideas in a story (Stakic, 2015). They take the audience through various scenarios where characters play different roles and exhibit different personalities. In general, characterization plays an integral role in the understanding that an audience derives from works of literature.
The author evaluates the role played by character development in shaping how audiences like and morally evaluate characters. When audiences morally evaluate characters, they understand a story's thematic ideas better (Edden , 2016). They analyze the connection between the moral state of characters and potential themes evident in a reading. The article concurs with the reading's writing styles because the author has maximized characterization to enable the audience to comprehend the roles played in different characters in bringing out his thematic ideas (Edden , 2016).
References
Bai , R. (2015). ‘SYMBOLISM’ IN TED HUGHES’ POETRY. Asian Pacific Journals. https://www.elkjournals.com/microadmin/UploadFolder/99477.%20Dr.%20Radhika%20bai%20Post%20Doctoral%20Fellow.pdf
Edden , A. (2016). Explaining the role of character development in the evaluation of morally ambiguous characters in entertainment media. Poetics. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309334185_Explaining_the_role_of_character_development_in_the_evaluation_of_morally_ambiguous_characters_in_entertainment_media
Stakic, M. (2015). The role and importance of characterization in the interpretation of literary characters. Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Pristini, 293-311. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/293479164_The_role_and_importance_of_characterization_in_the_interpretation_of_literary_characters
