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Dr. Shanna SalinasEnglish 109 Introduction to Literary Theory and Research Methods (Spring 2018)Critical MethodologyDue: Wednesday, 5/1 (precisely at the beginning of class)Assignment Description A critical methodology emphasizes approach: how a piece of criticism engages in discipline-specific work. In this assignment, you will 1) work through one primary feature of New Historicism and 2) highlight how this feature is employed by a literary scholar. Assignment Requirements3-4 pages MLA guidelines: double-spaced, one-inch margins, Times New Roman, 12-point font (don’t forget page numbers in accordance with MLA!)Concrete use of textual evidence from Critical Theory Today, Hayden White, and Margit Stange Works Cited pageAssignment OverviewIdentify a core concept outlined by Hayden White in “The Question of Narrative in Contemporary Historical Theory” and explain how it can be understood in conjunction with Margit Stange’s “Personal Property: Exchange Value and the Female Self in The Awakening.”Format/GuidelinesUse the framework overviews supplied in the critical edition of The Awakening and/or Critical Theory Today to establish a concise operational contextualization or definition for New Historicism (approximately ? - ? of a page)Situate how this framework is identifiable in Hayden White’s “The Question of Narrative in Contemporary Historical Theory” (approximately ? - ? of a page)Identify and contextualize one core concept from White’s theory (approximately ? - ? of a page)Trace how this concept can be seen at work in the analytical approach and development within Margit Stange’s “Personal Property: Exchange Value and the Female Self in The Awakening” (approximately 1 ? - 3 pages)**Crucial to the execution of this assignment is to consider HOW use of a New Historicist approach impacts the way Stange analyzes The Awakening. As such, you’ll want to emphasize: How Stange considers/uses history and historical sources to contextualize, set up, or support her analysisWhat makes that consideration/usage New HistoricistHow this approach leads to a particular interpretation or understanding (i.e., what does it produce?) ................
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