Oliver twist

  ESSAY- Oliver twist   1500 words (including quotes) Written paper: Font 12 pt; Spacing not less than 1.5; Margins no less than 3cm Referenced using the Harvard Reference System. Quotes from critics/creative texts are included as part of the word count consult appropriate scholarly resources, which may include: journal articles, academic books, respected reviews (newspapers and journals), or writings by the author on the text. You may choose to begin your research by consulting some of the sources cited in the CACW104 lectures (reference lists are included at the end of most lectures), but DO NOT reference the CACW104 lecture slides themselves: undertake independent research. use Wikipedia/ Sparknotes or similar sites as resources. essay must contain an account of the historical/cultural circumstances of the text, using scholarly research to support this, and provide close textual analysis of the formal properties of the text. Formal properties may include: the structure, voice, order of events/ information, genre, etc. You must provide direct evidence from the text and scholarly resources to support your claims. Quotations from creative and critical texts are included in your word count. Your response must be in essay form, comprising: - A brief introduction that outlines the issues you will examine, and asserts an argument - - Paragraphs with quoted evidence from the text that support your claims, and analysis of that evidence - A conclusion that confirms your argument THE QUESTION TO ANSWER IS: Many of the texts studied in CACW104 engaged with the roles experienced by different genders in society. Choose ONE case study from the subject (one text, or, in the case of poetry and short stories, several texts by the same writer). Research the expected/changing gender roles in the text’s episteme, as well as other critics’ responses to the text. How does the work reflect the gender roles of the time in which it was produced? You should not limit your analysis to the content of the texts, but also focus on the formal properties of the writing. And the text I have studied and want you to write about is the narrative OLIVER TWIST by CHARLES DICKENS. don't forget to include quotes for evidence. Assessment Criteria The Essay assesses your ability to: - Undertake productive independent research using the library resources and databases, and reference this work correctly - Identify the relationship between a text’s historical/cultural circumstances and its formal properties - Analyse a creative text, providing detailed evidence to support your analysis - Express yourself using in appropriate scholarly style, such as coherent sentences and paragraphs and academic language