In this course, we are learning how to closely read a text and we are considering how to put that text into a broader context.  To speak of a character, for example, is to consider the specific traditions and values that are being represented in a novel or in a play.  For Essay 1, I would like you to write a focused 2-3 essay on one of the elements of Blood Wedding. These elements may include: character, fortune/fate, spectacle, the use of song or chorus, and conflict.

Please advance a coherent analysis that goes beyond plot. Before embarking on this assignment, you should review your notes (especially on the elements of tragedy) and the class website.  This information will help you to generate ideas.  You are expected to revise work based on peer critiques. Here are the steps you need to complete.

Requirements:
1. Write a polished, 2 page word processed draft; make three copies for the Peer Critique on 10/16
2. Submit 2-3 page essay with drafts and peer critiques on 10/21 at 12::00 pm
Please note: No extensions. No late work will be accepted.

3. Address the following compositional issues:

     Use active verbs (get rid of the "to be" verbs: is, are, was were, be being, etc.)
     Get rid of expletives (there are, there were, it is, it was, etc.)
     Use literary present tense ("Garcia Lorca represents the Bride as both willful and dutiful.")
     Use transitions between paragraphs to connect ideas
     Use author, page citations (see MLA below).
     Include a works cited
     Limit quotes to one or two a page and integrate them (introduce them and respond to them)
     Avoid first person
     Find a unique approach

4. Provide a meaningful title

5. Format of Work: Word process your work with a computer.
Double space all hard copies; Use 12 point font, Times New Roman; 1 inch margins all around
(no padding with wide margins)
Use the Modern Language Association Style to document outside sources, including web pages.
Include the following information:

          Your Name
          The Date
          Dr. Ramirez, California State University
          World Literature II
          Title of the Essay

It is essential that you make constant back-ups of your work. Misplacing or losing files can be frustrating
and it does happen with frequency.  Moreover, computers freeze and power outages are not uncommon.
However file problems or any other kind of computer and printing problems will not excuse late work.
Print drafts as a safety measure and save a copy on a NEW disk.

Scholastic Responsibility:  You should document your texts with "author's last name  page" citations
(Garcia Lorca 46).  Be sure to properly quote and paraphrase, rather than plagiarize.  Use A Writer's
Reference as a guide.  Plagiarizing (submitting work that is not your own or failing to document other
people's analyses or using their words) or any other form of scholastic dishonesty (cheating) will result in
an F in the assignment and possible failure of the course.  Plagiarism happens frequently when students are not prepared, when they are
confused or rushed, or when they assume the professor will not know. But this is a poor assumption.
 

6. Sample Essay Format
Name, etc.

Introduction
State the thesis (one paragraph)
This essay explores the element of duty in Blood Wedding.

Body
Example 1 to support thesis.
    Analysis of example 1, analysis of example 1, analysis of example 1, analysis of example 1,
analysis of example 1, analysis of example 1, analysis of example 1, analysis of example 1,
analysis of example 1, analysis of example 1, analysis of example 1, analysis of example 1.
Example 2 to support thesis.
    Analysis of example 2, analysis of example 2, analysis of example 2,
analysis of example 2, analysis of example 2, analysis of example 2,
analysis of example 2, analysis of example 2, analysis of example 2,
analysis of example 2, analysis of example 2, analysis of example 2.

Conclusion
One paragraph: Wrap up your ideas and make sure you have related your thesis to the
themes of World Literature.
    Wrap it up, Wrap it up, Wrap it up, Wrap it up, Wrap it up, Wrap it up, Wrap it up,
Wrap it up, Wrap it up, Wrap it up, Wrap it up, Wrap it up, Wrap it up, Wrap it up,
Wrap it up, Wrap it up, Wrap it up, Wrap it up, Wrap it up, Wrap it up, Wrap it up.