The Short Story and Nineteenth Century Romanticism

Choose at least three assigned short stories from the Topic 2 Readings and attempt to develop a narrow, assertive thesis statement for each story (for a total of three thesis statements).

For each story chosen, do the following:

  State your chosen topic (see The Story and Its Writer, Appendix 4). Explain the story’s theme (see The Story and Its Writer, Appendix 4). Write one paragraph in which you analyze the relationship between the stated topic and the stated theme (see The Story and Its Writer, Appendix 4). Develop your final thesis statement for the story, based on your analysis of the topic and theme. Review The Story and Its Writer “Writing about Short Stories” and the Topic 2 Lecture to make sure that your thesis is sufficiently narrow, assertive, and unique.

Writing can be done on the following:

 

 

Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Young Goodman Brown.”

 

Herman Melville, “Blackness in Hawthorne’s ‘Young Goodman Brown.'”

Edgar Allen Poe, “The Cask of Amontillado.”

Edgar Allan Poe, “Ligeia.”