Analytical Essay Schedule

The analytic essay is a 3-4 page essay that addresses a key theme or issue in the text under consideration.  It is absolutely critical that your essay is tightly focused around a central issue.  Feel free to check with me as you develop your topic.  Unlike the short reaction papers, these essays will be due on the Tuesday after the Thursday discussion session.  If you are writing one of these essays, you do not need to write a shorter reaction paper.  Students will be given the opportunity to rewrite these papers. 




Aristophanes: Satire in the Ancient World--September 13
Adam Taylor




Biblical Literature and Utopian thought--September 20
Kelly Barber


Thomas More and the Renaissance Utopia--September 27
JoJo Houston, Angie Li, Juan Pablo Lopez, Rick Schaffer



John Comenius and the Renaissance Dystopia: October 4
Jose Alvarez, Juan Pablo Lopez, Cord Missimer


Shakespeare's Brave New World: October 11
Josh Grelewicz, Gabriel Hament, JoJo Houston




Voltaire and Enlightenment Satire: October 25
Tom Anderson, Ashira Morris, Amanda Schaerer, Joe Sullivan



Peasant Utopias: November 1
Conor Munro


Karl Marx and the Workers' Utopia: November 8
Aaron Kalafarski, Rachel MacDonald, Alyson Samach



Edward Bellamy--An American Utopia: November 15
Austin Dailey, Matt Dorn, Dana Edwards


Karel Čapek and Dystopic Visions: November 22
Genevieve Comeau, Joseph DiBella, Oliver Stewart


Research Paper
Pam Carey