British Literature

Essay questions – no title page needed – include examples from text

Essay #1
1)    write 350+ word response
a.    Use examples from the text as appropriate
b.    No need for a works cited page
c.    We read many works in translation.
        ESSAY QUESTION: How might this distance between author and the product we read affect our ability to interpret the meaning of the work?

Essay #2
2)    Write 350+ word response
a.    Use examples from the text as appropriate
b.    No need for a works cited page
c.    Some of our works survive in manuscript form only while others were originally published and spread using the printing press.
        ESSAY QUESTIONS: How did the advancement of writing technologies change literary history? How does the type of technology used to publish these works change our interpretations/understandings of them?