4pm Class Start on Tuesday, and Final Paper

First off, this Tuesday's class (6/15) will start at 4pm. The readings are Part IV of Gulliver's Travels.

If you would like to write a final paper instead of taking the take-home exam (both will be approx. 5 pages, double-spaced), by Monday (6/14) please email me:

• Two paragraphs describing what you want to write about
• A possible thesis statement
• Type out 3 key quotes for your argument

The goal of your paper is to do a close reading of several key passages where you make an argument about a particular author(s) take on a theme. To begin, I recommend investigating a question that puzzles you: how does the Fool act as a comment on King Lear? Why is the body so important in Gulliver's Travels? Is Thomas More really putting forth a viable economic system in Utopia?

And don't forget, you are welcome to compare any text / film we've read / seen, provided one of the things you're comparing is Lear, Gulliver's Travels, or Utopia.

More soon!