CUST 1520H Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Age Of Enlightenment

• School: Trent University
• Department: Cultural Studies
• Course: CUST 1520H
• Professor: Junyk Ihor

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Comparative: point out differences or similarities within the topic of the text and make connections within the text. Engage directly with the text a concrete analysis (use citations) Consider the narrative / or more formal questions (ex. motifs, genre) Avoid summary paragraphs of the text only give a plot summary of the part that is relevant. Try and use only one text that you have already used in the reading journal to your analysis. You do(cid:374)(cid:859)t ha(cid:448)e to a(cid:374)s(cid:449)e(cid:396) all the (cid:395)uestio(cid:374)s i(cid:374) the p(cid:396)o(cid:373)pt (main points in bold) From giant cockroaches to massive spiders, zombies to talking horses, many of the texts we read this year featured creatures that might be considered monstrous. Explore the ways that three course texts used the theme of monstrosity. The family is one of the key institutions of the modern world. Discuss the ways that three of the texts we read this year characterized, analyzed, and represented the family. (gulliver"s travels, metamorphosis,