Monday, April 8, 2024

Final Essay #3

Compose a critical essay (or other form of writing) in which you attempt to answer one of the following questions. (Use the same parameters as essays #1-2).  Due: April 22, to be shared in class, hopefully; rewrites due: April 29th.

1. (Practice): How is interpretation related to appreciation when approaching literature as a form of art?

2. (Fiction): a. Can a reader be genuinely emotionally moved by fictional entities? or

                     b. What does it mean to tell a fictional story?

3. (Truth): Is truth an aspiration of literature?  If so, what kind? (And if not, why not?)

4. (Value): a. Is there any objective basis for placing value on literature? or

                    b. Does ethics have anything to do with literary value?

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