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W HAT D OES A L ITERARY A NALYSIS D ISCUSS ? How the various components of an individual work relate to each other How two separate literary works deal with similar concepts or forms How concepts and forms in literary works relate to larger aesthetic, political, social, economic, or religious concepts
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WRITING A LITERARY ANALYSIS
WHAT IS AN ANALYSIS?An argument in which you study the parts of something to understand:How it worksWhat it meansWhy it is significant
WHAT DOES A LITERARY ANALYSIS DISCUSS?How the various components of an
individual work relate to each other
How two separate literary works deal with similar concepts or forms
How concepts and forms in literary works relate to larger aesthetic, political, social, economic, or religious concepts
HOW IS A LITERARY ANALYSIS AN ARGUMENT?Focus on specific attribute(s) of the text(s).
Make a specific, arguable point (thesis) about these attributes.
Defend this point with reasons and evidence drawn from the text.
WHAT IS A THESIS STATEMENT?
Stance Reason
YOUR THESIS STATEMENT WILL…Answer one of the following questions:Why is ______ a symbol of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men?
Why is ______ a theme of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men?
HOW DO I SUPPORT A THESIS STATEMENT?Examples from the text
Direct quotationsParaphrasesSummaries of scenes
Historical and social context
Other critics’ opinions
THE FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY
