Close Reading of Chapter 2 in “Of Mice and Men”

Close reading is deep analysis of how a literary text works; it is both a reading process and something you include in a literary analysis paper, though in a refined form. Close reading is important because it is the building block for larger analysis. Your thoughts...

The Significance of Form in Fiction and Poetry

  In at least 500 words, consider why form matters in fiction and poetry. Use one or two poems of “The Hill We Climb” Amanda Gorman, Joan Retallack AID/I/SAPPERANCE (1998) and “The Beautician” Thom Gunn and one or two short stories of: “Edgar Allan Poe’s “The...