Assignment Instructions/ Description
HUM 261
Take-Home Exam November 2017
Choose ONE of the key words below and develop an essay around the word you
have chosen in relation to Coetzee’s “Disgrace”. • transition • power • gaze • redemption
Your essay should convince your readers of the validity of your analysis of
Coetzee’s novel.
In your essay you should demonstrate how the author builds his narrative
around the “key word” you have chosen (to justify your argument you may like
to consider the author’s use of literary elements or techniques such as setting,
characterization, symbolism, point of view/narrative voice, dialogue) and what
messages he might be conveying to his readers.
You should support your arguments with specific and sound examples and
quotes from the novel.
Please make sure the introduction of your essay has a clear thesis statement
reflecting both your overall claim and the controlling ideas to support your
claim. In addition, make sure the body paragraphs have topic sentences
reflecting the controlling ideas in your thesis statement. Your conclusion should reinforce your thesis. Draw a general conclusion. Leaving
the reader with something to think about is always a good idea.
Don’t forget to craft a good title for your essay.
Word count: 900-1000 words
Spacing: 1,5 line spacing
Deadline
Electronic version:
SU Course Submission December 1, 2017 11 pm. The electronic version on SU
Course is the version that will be graded.
Hard copy:
This is only for practical reasons. The electronic version on SU Course is the
version that will be graded. You can submit the printouts in class.
Section A: December 4, 2017 Section B: December 7, 2017.
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