{"id":12716,"date":"2023-04-07T19:48:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/comparative-essay-the-sufferings-of-young-werther-or-the-metamorphosis-social-gender-roles-their-subversion-and-ambivalence-as-well-as-the-role-of-this-ambivalence-in-love-affairs-and-inter-gender\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T19:48:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:48:43","slug":"comparative-essay-the-sufferings-of-young-werther-or-the-metamorphosis-social-gender-roles-their-subversion-and-ambivalence-as-well-as-the-role-of-this-ambivalence-in-love-affairs-and-inter-gender","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/comparative-essay-the-sufferings-of-young-werther-or-the-metamorphosis-social-gender-roles-their-subversion-and-ambivalence-as-well-as-the-role-of-this-ambivalence-in-love-affairs-and-inter-gender\/","title":{"rendered":"COMPARATIVE ESSAY: The Sufferings of Young Werther or The Metamorphosis Social: gender roles, their subversion and ambivalence; as well as the role of this ambivalence in love affairs and inter-gender relationships."},"content":{"rendered":"

Please write a 1100-1200-word comparative essay that synthesizes the works of literature and<\/p>\n

scholarship that come from the two Norton Critical Editions we have dealt with in this course.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
The purpose of this paper is to conduct comparative research on the works of world literature,<\/div>\n
focusing your attention on a single component, motif, or theme in two or three different works.<\/div>\n
Such a component should be significant enough to afford us a better understanding of the works<\/div>\n
selected for the analysis.<\/div>\n
You can use the methods of comparison (pointing out the similarities of the two works), contrast<\/div>\n
(pointing out their differences), or a combination of the two.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Whatever topic you choose, one of the objects of comparison should be either The Sufferings of<\/div>\n
Young Werther or The Metamorphosis (or both) because you will use secondary sources (critical<\/div>\n
articles) from the Norton Critical Editions of those works.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
TOPIC WITH RECOMMENDED SECONDARY SOURCES: (USE AT LEAST 2)<\/div>\n
Social gender roles, their subversion and ambivalence; as well as the role of this<\/div>\n
ambivalence in love affairs and inter-gender relationships. Consider such characters as<\/div>\n
Donna Anna, Lotte, Gregor Samsa, Werther, Hedda (but do not choose to compare<\/div>\n
Donna Anna and Hedda because it was one of the topics for the short essay). Use two of<\/div>\n
the following secondary sources from Norton Critical Editions: \u201cWerther\u2019s Lotte: Views<\/div>\n
of the Other in Goethe\u2019s First Novel\u201d by R. Ellis Dye, \u201c\u2019I shall not come to my senses!\u2019<\/div>\n
Werther, Goethe, and the Formation of Modern Subjectivity\u201d by Dirk von Petersdorff,<\/div>\n
\u201cAfterward to The Sorrows of Young Werther\u201d by David E. Wellbery, \u201cA Lover\u2019s<\/div>\n
Discourse\u201d by Roland Barthes, \u201cTransforming Franz Kafka\u2019s \u201cMetamorphosis\u201d by Nina<\/div>\n
Pelikan Straus, and Mark Anderson\u2019s article \u201cSliding Down the Evolutionary Ladder?<\/div>\n
Aesthetic Autonomy in The Metamorphosis.\u201d<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Choose a focus. Simply ticking off every similarity and difference between two works would<\/div>\n
make for a slack and rambling essay. Don\u2019t devote the first half of your paper to one story and<\/div>\n
the second half to the other. Such a paper wouldn\u2019t be a comparison or contrast so much as a pair<\/div>\n
of analyses yoked together. To reap the full benefits of the assignment, let the two or three<\/div>\n
works mingle.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
As you have noticed from the list of the topics, in this essay you are required to make use of two<\/div>\n
articles from the Norton Critical Editions of The Sufferings of Young Werther and The<\/div>\n
Metamorphosis. Do not worry that only one work which you interpret is \u201ccovered\u201d by the<\/div>\n
secondary sources (when you choose to compare, let\u2019s say, The Sufferings of Young Werther and<\/div>\n
Hedda Gabler); let the articles about one work serve as an inspiration or source of ideas for your<\/div>\n
own interpretation of the other work as well. Compare the arguments from the secondary sources<\/div>\n
with your own feelings and ideas and try to formulate a tentative thesis (main idea or argument)<\/div>\n
of your essay. Make sure that you are not simply repeating the argument of another author: the<\/div>\n
secondary sources can only contribute to your own argument, providing either support or<\/div>\n
opposition to your ideas (if the latter is the case, you need to think over a strategy of a persuasive<\/div>\n
refutation of the opposing ideas). Your essay should rely on your own observations and<\/div>\n
interpretations of the selected works.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Provide a title that specifies your topic and gives an idea of your thesis; avoid vague or<\/div>\n
nonspecific titles such as \u201cA Comparison of Lotte and Hedda\u201d.\u201d<\/div>\n
Begin your paper with an introduction. The introduction should identify the works to be<\/div>\n
discussed and their authors and indicate the emphasis of the discussion to follow. State the main<\/div>\n
problem of your essay and present briefly how this problem was developed in the supporting or<\/div>\n
opposing secondary sources; then formulate your own thesis statement. Thesis statement is an<\/div>\n
idea, usually expressed in a single sentence, that the rest of your essay will support. It should be<\/div>\n
precisely worded, making its point clear to your readers, and it should contain no vague words or<\/div>\n
imprecise phrases that will make it difficult for a reader to follow your discussion. Your thesis<\/div>\n
statement should give your readers an accurate sense of the scope and direction of your essay. It<\/div>\n
should not make promises that you do not intend to fulfil or include extraneous details that might<\/div>\n
confuse your readers.<\/div>\n
In the main body of the essay, you need to develop your argument and provide supporting ideas<\/div>\n
to your thesis in a logical and coherent manner. Assess the appropriateness of your supporting<\/div>\n
ideas, considering whether you present enough support for your thesis and whether all the details<\/div>\n
you include are relevant to that thesis. Make sure you have supported your key points with<\/div>\n
specific, concrete examples from the work you are discussing. Make certain that your own ideas<\/div>\n
are central to the essay and that you have not substituted plot summary for analysis and <\/div>\n
interpretation. If an event in a story you are analysing supports a point you wish to make, include<\/div>\n
a brief summary; then, explain its relevance to the point you are making. Provide topic sentences<\/div>\n
that present the main ideas of your body paragraphs. Make sure that each topic sentence is<\/div>\n
clearly worded and that it signals the direction of your discussion. Use secondary sources to<\/div>\n
support your argument or some aspects of it, but do not turn your essay into a summary of your<\/div>\n
secondary sources. To support your ideas, use quotes from both your primary and secondary<\/div>\n
sources.<\/div>\n
In your conclusion, you reword your thesis and sum up your essay\u2019s main points; then, you<\/div>\n
make a graceful exit.<\/div>\n
Provide a Works Cited list using MLA documentation style<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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