ENGL 326: British Literature (Restoration to Romantic)
Professor E. Derek Taylor
Response Paper 2
Due Monday, 11-20-2017 (email as an attachment by 5:00 pm)
Topic: “I see everything I paint in In This World,” William Blake insisted in a letter to John Trusler in 1799, “but Every body does not see alike.” Such comments help to explain why the Romantic movement is generally associated with an expressionist approach to artistic creation (i.e., as the “lamp,” not the “mirror,” to borrow M. H. Abrams’ famous metaphor). Choose two authors from our syllabus associated with the British Romantic movement. What do these authors “see” that others (perhaps) do not? How do their unique “ways of seeing” inform their works of writing? Do they expect the reader to “see” things as they do? If so, how, why, and to what degree? If not, why not, and what should we make of this inability to achieve a shared vision?
Instructions: Aim for 500-700 words—roughly two or three pages (double spaced, 12-point font, Times New Roman). As a rule, use MLA formatting guidelines (i.e., cite quotations parenthetically).
Some key questions to consider:
Professor E. Derek Taylor
Response Paper 2
Due Monday, 11-20-2017 (email as an attachment by 5:00 pm)
Topic: “I see everything I paint in In This World,” William Blake insisted in a letter to John Trusler in 1799, “but Every body does not see alike.” Such comments help to explain why the Romantic movement is generally associated with an expressionist approach to artistic creation (i.e., as the “lamp,” not the “mirror,” to borrow M. H. Abrams’ famous metaphor). Choose two authors from our syllabus associated with the British Romantic movement. What do these authors “see” that others (perhaps) do not? How do their unique “ways of seeing” inform their works of writing? Do they expect the reader to “see” things as they do? If so, how, why, and to what degree? If not, why not, and what should we make of this inability to achieve a shared vision?
Instructions: Aim for 500-700 words—roughly two or three pages (double spaced, 12-point font, Times New Roman). As a rule, use MLA formatting guidelines (i.e., cite quotations parenthetically).
Some key questions to consider:
- Does my essay have a thesis?
- Are my paragraphs constructed around thesis-directed topic sentences?
- Have I supported my claims with carefully selected words and phrases quoted directly from the texts in question?
- Does my essay begin and end thoughtfully and deliberately?