1. Summer 2017

2. Despite all its entertaining qualities, when Gender Criticism is applied to [John] Updike’s “A&P,” readers will find that this story is simply a day in the life of a sophomoric chauvinist.

3. When one deconstructs the conversation between the Grandmother and the Misfit [in O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find”] we find her employing the exact opposite of the motif known as the villain’s speech that is so commonly used to literature and film.

4. Based on William Faulkner’s biography, and more importantly his values, one can easily see Emily Grierson [in “A Rose for Emily”] as symbolic of the Old South, foreshadowing its demise, reflecting many of the sentiments some had as the South transitioned to a post Jim Crow era.

5. essentials for good structure
introduce the subject
identify the critical approach
hint at the direction of your analysis