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Next Time:. Review for exam Read: Mary Rowlandson’s Narrative of Captivity & Restoration Responses: Group 2 Abstract: Mary Chiles Strategies: ??. Exam Structure. 50 points Objective 50 points Essay. Objective questions=50 points . 5 questions on abstracts 1 pt. each= 5 points
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Next Time: Review for exam Read: Mary Rowlandson’s Narrative of Captivity & Restoration Responses: Group 2 Abstract: Mary Chiles Strategies: ??
Exam Structure 50 points Objective 50 points Essay
Objective questions=50 points • 5 questions on abstracts • 1 pt. each= 5 points • 15 passages to identify by author and work • 1 point each=15 points • 15 questions about interpretation, historical context, and genre • 2 points each=30 points
Essay=50 points • Select two of the passages on exam • Link the passages by writing an essay with a clear thesis & application of one interpretive strategy • Form, content & function • Self-fashioning • Literacy myth
Essay writing • Thesis • Explain the interpretive model • Illustrate parts of the interpretive model using examples from the literature • Repeat thesis in conclusion
Strategies: • Look for gaps, tensions, surprises • Consider form, content, function • Themes for analysis: • Self-Fashioning • Gender-associated images • Puritan depravity & self-assertion
Puritan Womanhood & Ways of Reading • Depravity & Self-Assertion • Crisis & Survival • Bestsellers
Puritan Womanhood & Ways of Reading • Depravity & Self-Assertion • Crisis & Survival • Bestsellers