Textual Analysis.

write an essay that analyzes a print or a visual text. You will craft a thesis driven analytical essay that demonstrates substantial of the rhetorical strategies used in a text and an ability to examine, critique, and interrogate those strategies. Essay must be 3-5 pages.

Description:
You will write an essay that analyzes a print or visual text. You will craft a thesis-driven analytical essay that demonstrates substantial understanding of the rhetorical strategies used in a text and an ability to examine, critique, and interrogate those strategies. The essay must be 3-5 pages, and counts for 100 points or 10% of your final grade for the course.
How Do I Begin?
To analyze a text means to closely examine both what the text argues and how it argues it. Your goal in analyzing any text is to demonstrate how a text achieves its effects, how successfully it achieves those effects, and what it means by discussing its rhetorical appeals—pathos, ethos, and logos. How does your text use these appeals?
You will begin by selecting any text you wish to analyze. This can be an essay or article from a magazine, a music video, a commercial, or a very short film clip. However, an entire book, movie, or series is too long for this assignment. If there is a text you would like to analyze but are unsure if it meets the requirements, let me know and we can discuss it.
I’ve Chosen my text—Now What?
Once you have chosen your text to analyze, you should perform an appropriate summary of the text. Once you have summarized, begin to analyze the context of the argument/claim. Make sure to consider the rhetorical situation, which includes the text’s purpose, audience, and how it is appealing.
You are not required to conduct any secondary research for this assignment. However, any secondary sources you consult must be cited, both in the text and on your Work

For a Media & Gender Class
1. Analysis essay based on a FILM DRAMA- directions are attached. Please follow EXACTLY that format, with each set of information under each heading

2. Use the class notes that I uploaded to further explain a concept or idea from the notes that relates to the film being used

3. Associate the text with TWO of these readings- use quotes and explain their relation to the topic of the essay:
Butler, “Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire”
Padawer, “What’s So Bad About a Boy Who Wants to Wear a Dress?”
Schilt, “Bathroom Battlegrounds and Penis Panics”
Kohli, “Pop Culture’s Transgender Moment: Why Online TV Is Leading the Way”
La Ferla “In Fashion, Gender Lines Are Blurring”
Farrell, “Backstage Politics: Gay TV Professionals and their Work”
Bennett, “A Master’s Degree in… Masculinity?”
Reeves, “Men’s Lib!”
Miller, “Men Do More at Home, but Not as Much as They Think”
Rosin, “Who Wears the Pants in This Economy?”
Barret and Whitehead, “The Sociology of Masculinity”
Kimmel, “The Roots of Modern, Violent Rage”
Ashcraft & Flores, “Slaves With White Collars”: Persistent Performances of Masculinity in Crisis”
Hickey, “Elliot Rodger and America’s Ongoing Masculinity Crisis”
Wingfield, “Feminist Critics of Video Games Facing Threats in ‘GamerGate’ Campaign”
Dewey, “Men Who Harass Women Online Are Quite Literally Losers, New Study Finds”
Slaughter, “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All”
Miller, “Even Among Harvard Graduates, Women Fall Short of Their Work Expectations”
Kantor, “A Titan’s How-To on Breaking the Glass Ceiling”
Coontz, “Why Gender Equality Stalled”
Kantor, “Wall Street Mothers, Stay-Home Fathers”

4. Works cited page is needed

– Writer, please notify me if there are any confusions or questions

Key Points:
* MAKE SURE THE FOCUS IN THE NARRATIVE SECTION IS CLEAR AND DO NOT SUMMARIZE
* IDENTIFY THE GENDERED IDEA OR CONCEPT THAT IS IN CONTENTION IN THE FILM AND HOW IT IS RESOLVED
* RELATE THE MORAL OF THE STORY TO GENDER