Shakespeare

The following assignment was for English 442:Shakespeare. The guidelines for this assignment was to collect five passages that were not discussed in class and analyze the form. Each passage contains an analysis of aspects of form. To meet the standards below I collected work from a Shakespeare anthology and analyzed the form that helps enhance the meaning to the audience through rhetoric, language, and textual evidence. By focusing on certain passages, I was able to really understand the use of word choice and connect them to historical contexts. I also think that focusing more on one single passage versus an act or the entire play really helped me find meaning in the text and develop a skill to help understand the language used in Shakespeare's plays.

This assignment satisfies the following standards:

Literature and Textual Analysis

• Read, study and analyze works of literature from the canon, including the literature of diversity, from a variety of literary traditions, movements and historical contexts.
• Know and analyze a variety of literary elements, their forms and uses.
• Analyze literary and non-literary texts and understand their structure, content and interpretations.
• Consider and articulate the ways in which literature can engage readers and cause them to reflect on their own experiences and the human condition.

Language, Linguistics and Literacy

• Examine and explain strategies for constructing meaning within the processes of reading and writing.

Composition and Rhetoric

• Read and study the rhetorical features of literary and non-literary texts, both fiction and non-fiction.
• Use and analyze grammatical elements of oral and written English for a variety of rhetorical effects.
• Consistently and accurately apply the conventions of oral and written English.
• Learn and apply advanced research strategies for academic work in English, including collection, integration and citation of data.