How is the setting of the haunted house itself used to create effect and indicate thematic concerns in three of the primary texts?

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Assignment Question

Read the instructions below very carefully before reading the topics. Throughout, the phrase “course texts” refers to the following: Edgar Allan Poe, “The Fall of the House of Usher”; Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House; The Others (directed and written by Alejandro Amenábar)

Your essay must address three distinct texts. You may not do secondary research for the essay: this is to be your writing on the texts working with your reading or viewing of them in the context of our course concerns. Brief reference to sources you’ve already read is acceptable if they shaped your perspective but keep your essay informal and in your own words.

Instructions (read carefully before choosing a topic):

Choose one of the following topics and address in essay form. Your essay will make a reasonable argument based on focused literary textual analysis involving three of the course texts, using those texts as support. Do not do secondary research specifically for the essay. Do not take any of the following approaches: subjective response based on personal taste or assumptions about what texts should do; speculation concerning general reader response; speculation concerning authorial intention. Your essay should be around 600-800 words in length, or 2.5-3 double-spaced typed pages, using Times New Roman size 12 font and 2.54cm margins on Letter size pages (check Page Setup in your word processor). You may use brief direct quotations (no more than a sentence) from your chosen primary texts, but detail described in your own words is fine and indeed preferable. Current MLA format is not required but acknowledgement of sources of influence is.

No topic poses questions with right or wrong answers, and you do not have to deal with all issues identified in the topic description: this material is intended to help you choose your texts and to generate ideas, so you can find an appropriate thesis, focus, and approach for your essay. Focus your essay to enable both detail and depth of analysis, with sufficient reference to relevant textual evidence (in your chosen texts) to support your thesis.

Choose specific episodes, or very specific elements that run through your chosen primary texts.

Finally, choose a topic that genuinely interests you and that engages you in the analysis of texts you enjoy thinking and writing about!

The Topics (choose one): How is the setting of the haunted house itself used to create effect and indicate thematic concerns in three of the primary texts? Discuss, paying attention to the location of the house, its design and layout, and any interesting history of the house in your chosen texts. Limit your analysis to one significant example in each of your chosen texts to balance detail and depth. How is perspective used to create effect and indicate thematic concerns in three of the primary texts? Discuss, focusing on how this perspective conveys information, paying attention to issues of (including limitations in) perception, knowledge, and reliability. Limit your analysis to one significant example in each of your chosen texts to balance detail and depth. The final reflection essay is worth 20% of your grade for the course






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