Choose one of the defining characteristics of the Modern Period and demonstrate how two of the works we covered in Topic 7 explore the theme/characteristic:

  1. Alienation
  2. Isolation
  3. Inability to Communicate
  4. Fragmentation
  5. Loss/Despair/Hopelessness
  6. Crisis of Faith
  7. Reinterpretation of Myth
  8. Experimentation and the need for Free Verse
  9. Self vs. Society

In your proposal, provide the following:

  1. A paragraph that begins by introducing how the theme/characteristic (i.e., core truths, shift in styles, and/or other characteristics of modernism) you’ve chosen helps define the Modern Period and ends with your working thesis;
  2. A paragraph that introduces the two works you will be using and an explanation of why these works are emblematic of the theme/characteristic you have chosen; and
  3. Two to three secondary sources you will be using, in proper MLA form, with a two-to-three-sentence description of why each source will be useful in your essay.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the
assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the MLA Style Guide

You may only ONLY use 2 from the following. ANd it must be from the following

1. Norton Anthologies

Read the following from the Norton Anthology of American Literature:

  • In a Station in the Metro by Pound
  • A Pact by Pound
  • Helen by H.D.
  • Leda by H.D.
  • The Red Wheelbarrow by Williams
  • Spring and All by Williams
  • The Young Housewife by Williams
  • This Is Just to Say by Williams
  • Anecdote of the Jar by Stevens

Read the following from the Norton Anthology of English Literature:

  • The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by Eliot
  • The Second Coming by Yeats
  • Easter 1916 by Yeats
  • Sailing to Byzantium by Yeats
  • In Memory of W. B. Yeats by Auden
  • Musee des Beaux Arts by Auden
  • 1. Norton Anthologies Read the following from the Norton Anthology of American Literature:
    • The Armadillo by Bishop
    • The Truth the Dead Know by Sexton
    • Lady Lazarus by Plath

    Read the following from the Norton Anthology of English Literature:

    • Waiting for Godot by Beckett

 
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