Literary Criticism: “The Yellow Wallpaper”
Literary Criticism: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Gilman Perkins 1892
Literary Criticism
For this assignment, you will choose a work that we have read and analyze it in relation to a specific type of literary criticism. Because formalism is used for the first essay, you may not use formalist or New Criticism. Other options include Feminist Criticism, Marxist Criticism, or any of the other types of literary criticism mentioned in the course resources.
Length:3 to 5 pages, MLA, 12 pt. Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins, double spaced.
Resources needed: At least 3 sources. One will be the work; one will be a reference to the critical theory. The additional sources will support your connection of the work and the theory. They must be scholarly.
Structure: following the suggested format will organize the essay.
Introduction: provides the name of the work, author, and theory with a thesis at the end the provides an opinion about the work in relation to the theory and an overview of how that opinion will be supported.
Body paragraphs:
Summary of the work
Summary of the theory
Evidence to support your claim about the work in relation to the theory
Conclusion
Answer previewLiterary Criticism: “The Yellow Wallpaper”
“The Yellow Wallpaper” is a compelling short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman written in the year 1892. Gilman’s short story did not receive much attention when it was initially produced in the New England Magazine. However, in the second wave of feminist movement, which was in the 1970s, the activists began to reference Gilman’s story since it portrayed elements of feminism. Gilman writes the short story based on the feminist concept; therefore, the feminist literary criticism approach is the most appropriate in the analysis of the text Tyson (82). Gilman’s feminist approach in writing…
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