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ENG 250 Module 1 DQ 1
Describe the most important purpose of literature to you. Why do
you feel this purpose is most significant? Briefly describe your worldview? How
do you think your worldview affects your choice? Be specific.
ENG 250 Module 1 DQ 2
Examine the use of literary devices in one of the ancient
Egyptian poems (assigned reading for Module 1). Identify the literary device
and describe its contribution to the overall meaning of the poem? How is
the literary device used to express the worldview of the author?
ENG 250 Week 1 Assignment Introducing Literary Criticism
Details:
Select one of the poems from the assigned readings. Read the
poem, and write a short paragraph explaining your initial response to it.
Analyze the poem using the Poetry Explication Worksheet and
Social, Culture, and Historical Factors Worksheet. After completing the
worksheets, write a summary paragraph indicating if/how your response to the
poem has changed.
GCU style is not required, but solid academic writing is
expected.
ENG 250 Module 2 DQ 1
After reading “The Art of Translation, consider how translation
creates meaning? If a work is not read in its original language, what are you
gaining? What are you losing?
ENG 250 Module 2 DQ 2
Freedom and responsibility are key issues when making decisions.
The heroes in the Greek readings have decisions to make. What determines the
decisions? Are they independent, individual decisions? How do the decisions
reflect the culture and belief system of the ancient Greeks? When answering the
question consider divine interventions, independent decisions, and advice from
others. Reference the literature to prove your answer.
ENG 250 Module 3 DQ 1
With reference to either Boethius or Rumi, how is the work of
this author not representative
of their time? That is to say, great authors are of their time, but also
transcend it. What makes their work timeless?
ENG 250 Module 3 DQ 2
Augustine and Boethius are two of the foundations for medieval
Christian literature, and continue to have an impact today. Respond to these
texts, drawing on your own personal experience.
ENG 250 Week 3 Assignment The Ancient Worldview
Details:
Select two pieces of literature from a culture that you have
already met. Using the Social, Culture, and Historical Factors Worksheet,
organize your thoughts; explore this culture’s worldview as evidenced by the
two works selected. You may also wish to use the Poetry Explication Worksheet
to help organize your thoughts as well.
In an essay (500-750 words), show how the worldview is
communicated through the use of various literary devices. Use at least two
scholarly sources, outside of the course readings, to support your view.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the
GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using
the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the
rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment
criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.
ENG 250 Module 4 DQ 1
With regard to The
Song of Roland, to what extent do you resemble the “ideal
audience” that the text assumes? What assumptions seem to be made about the
class, age, gender, or other characteristics of the audience?
ENG 250 Module 4 DQ 2
Animals play an important role in The Thousand and One Nights;
however, the animals play different roles in the imaginary worlds of father and
daughter. Explain how these differences reflect the contrasting visions of
gender relations that are important to the overall theme of the writing.
ENG 250 Module 5 DQ 1
Compare and contrast the language and intent in Petrarch’s
Sonnet 90 from the readings and Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 located in the
lecture, and place these first in the context of their time, and then in the
context of our own time.
ENG 250 Module 5 DQ 2
Discuss the points of contrast between “Cantares Mexicanos,” and
the writings of Machiavelli.
ENG 250 Week 5 Assignment The Writer and the World
Details:
From the assigned readings covered in the course (or with
permission from the instructor, an appropriate author not covered), select an
author. You will explore how the author’s social, cultural, and historical
setting influenced the mechanics and subject matter of his or her writings in a
paper (500-750-words).
Use a minimum of two scholarly resources from the GCU Library.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the
GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
ENG 250 Module 6 DQ 1
Scan the Module 6 Lecture. Choose three terms relating to drama,
and examine how these words will help you in understanding and discussing
drama, especially with reference to the plays discussed in the lecture or the
assigned readings.
ENG 250 Module 6 DQ 2
Compare and contrast the two versions of the “Chimney Sweeper.”
Explain the purpose of these two versions. What literary devices are used in
the poetry to create overall meaning?
ENG 250 Week 6 Assignment Collaborative Learning Community
Reflective Diary
Details:
This is a CLC assignment.
Each week, the instructor will assign to each group its own
additional discussion question from the pool, for the group to explore
together, in reference to the assigned readings each week. Citations and references
to academic research should be incorporated.
At the end of each module, the group should compose a summary of
the discussion with proper citations according to the GCU Style Guide. The
group should also be trying to understand and frame their discussion in the
context of the overarching themes for the course introduced in the Module 1
Lecture.
In Module 6, these summaries will be compiled into a single
500-700-word paper to reflect the evolution of the group’s discussion.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the
GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
ENG 250 Module 7 DQ 1
With reference to the various works of literature studied in
this course, identify and explore some of the universal human themes. Explain
why it makes sense to compare and contrast works from different eras.
ENG 250 Week 7 Major Paper
Details:
With reference to the literature studied in this course, and
using specific examples, analyze the ways and assess the impact various authors
interact with their world in a paper (1,000-1,250-words).
1.
You may use your Modules 3 and 5 papers as foundations (i.e.,
the analyses performed) to compose your major paper in addition to other
sources.
2.
Does literature shape a culture’s worldview, or is it worldview
that shapes literature?
3.
Incorporate a minimum of four credible, scholarly sources using
suggested additional readings and/or GCU library sources or credible Internet
sources.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the
GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
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