Literary Analysis: A Beginner's Guide to Writing a Literary Analysis Essay
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 6. 07. 2024
- Learn how to write a literary essay in a few simple steps. Literary essays are part of any English curriculum, and knowing how to write them is vital for anyone studying English literature.
A literary essay differs from a rhetorical analysis, an argumentative essay, or any other type of essay out there. It's also not a review: you're not giving your opinions.
Key in writing a literary essay is close reading. Close reading is when you're reading the text and looking for links between elements, metaphors, literary devices, character development, etc. It's not looking at language: that's a rhetorical analysis.
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:15 Difference between literary essay and rhetorical essay
00:45 The structure of a literary essay
01:09 Step 1: close reading
02:06 Flowers for Algernon literary analysis example
03:03 Step 2: formulate your thesis statement
04:00 Step 3: create your outline
05:15 Step 4: writing your essay, but don't make this mistake!
06:16 Bonus: mind these caveats!
07:29 The most important warning while analysing literature!
08:27 ChatGPT essay?
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If I watched this video early I would have known the literary essay in class was written by AI. Thanks for the video sir!
I'm listening to this right before an exam. The thing is, we don't have a prompt. I know it will be on Dorian Gray though.
How'd the exam go?
@Aritul very poorly actually, it seems I have yet to grasp the art of literary analysis. I got 6/20, so a little over 25%, which is bad. But since that note is balanced out with others, I did pass with a 12/20 on my first year at university.
@@doggo3673 I'm sorry to hear that you did not do well, Doggo3673. Hopefully, though, you will improve if that is what you want. Good luck!
thank you , it's very helpful for me
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This was helpful, particularly because of the definitions and comparisons you made (ie literary analysis vs rhetorical analysis, summary vs analysis, etc). Thank you!
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Thank you. This was very helpful.
Good to hear! I hope your essay turned out great đ
HOLY SHIT FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON I NEVER NOTICED ABOUT ALL THE FLOWER BLOSSOMING that gave the book so much more depth for me i didnt like the book originally but Ommg omg
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Amazing man!
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Hello, sir. Thank you for the video. It's all benificial.
I got a question if you don't mind. Can we do a literary analysis on a music album?
Absolutely! If you approach it the same way as any other literary work, you could do a literary analysis of a music album.
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Thank you so much. I feel relieved now.
Our literature teacher asked us to do a literary analysis of a literary work applying some literary theories. So I decided to choose a music album, but I thought I could be all wrong and all I did was a waste of time and energy.
@@fane8682 It sounds like something interesting, so I'm happy to read it when you're done!
Muy buen video, sugiero que añadas algunas animaciones interactivas porque en mi caso (Tengo déficit atencional) puede llegar a ser un poco repetitivo, pero muy buen video
Thanks! I'll keep that in mind for the next video đ