Instructions: Develop an essay of 750 – 1,000 words. Be sure to argue a particular point of view in your essay (your thesis) and cite varied examples from the readings in MLA format in order to support your perspective. Include a works cited page. Additional MLA information can be found here. Please submit your essay to the assignment section of the course. This assignment is worth 30% of your final grade.

2. In this course we have discussed British literary history and the progression of trends in British literature. Give a brief description of one of the trends we have discussed in the class, with a brief explanation of the characteristics of the trend. You may want to touch on the social, political, historical or cultural issues that influenced this trend. Then provide at least one example of a piece of British literature we have read in this course from this period with a well developed analysis identifying why the selected piece is a good representation of the trend. Note: “Modernism” is an example of what is meant by a “literary trend” in this question.

Works we have read in my course pertaining to Post-Modernism:

James Joyce:
“Araby”
“Eveline”
“The Dead”

T.S. Eliot:
“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
“The Wasteland”