Write an analysis of work from a time period
Romanticism.
John Keats, “When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be 1818 (poem)
Harriet Jacobs, Chapter 1 from “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl? 1861 (autobiography)
Theodore Gericault, The Raft of the Medusa, c. 1819, oil on canvas
Francisco de Goya, Saturn Devouring His Son, 1820-1823 (mural transferred to canvas)
Franz Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, 1847 Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 5 in E flat major. Op. 73 (Emperor Concerto), 1809-1811
Work through the following list to arrive at an analysis rather than a simple summary:
• What do you see or hear? Tell your reader or audience about what you are seeing.
• What does it look or sound like?
• Describe it for your reader or audience.
• What might what you see or hear symbolize?
• Think about the deeper meaning of what you see or hear.
• What might be the hidden meaning of what you see or hear?
• What might the work’s creator want you to see beyond the obvious?
• What larger take-away message might s/he be conveying?
• What might be the significance of what you see or hear to the field (literature, music, architecture, poetry, dance, theater, etc.)? • Does what you see stand out as representative of the field?
• Does what you see stand out as representative of the writer, artist, choreographer, architect, etc.?
• Does what you see provide an example of one or more innovations?
• What might be the significance of what you see or hear to the period you are studying?
• Does what you see stand out as representative of the time period?
• Does what you see provide an example of one or more innovations in that time period? Why is this work important in a larger historical and cultural context?
A. Analyze the acceptedwork by doing the following: 1. Describe the historical events or innovations that characterize the period in which the work was created (suggested length of 1-2 paragraphs). 2. Analyze how this work reflects a theme or stylistic characteristic from its period (suggested length of 1-2 paragraphs). 3. Analyze the work’s or author’s/artist’s/composer’s contributions to the humanities (suggested length of 1-2 paragraphs).
B. When you use sources to support ideas and elements in a paper or project, provide acknowledgement of source information for any content that is quoted, paraphrased or summarized. Acknowledgement of source information includes in-text citation noting specifically where in the submission the source is used and a corresponding reference, which includes the following points: • author • date • title • location of information (e.g., publisher, journal, website URL)
C. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
