Viewing Fight Club
through Multiple Critical Lenses: Group Summaries of Hypothetical Interpretive
Essays
Points possible:
7 (A =7;
B = 6; C = 5; D = 4) When I evaluate
your work, I’ll take into consideration the relative difficulty of your
assigned theory.
Due date: no later than 6pm,
Mon., Nov. 13th, by Word email attachment.
Instructions: each
group will be assigned one of the critical theories we’ve studied so far. Your
group should meet at their chosen time and place (we have IACC 128 reserved
during our class time), and do the following:
- Discuss/review
the theory you’ve been assigned.
- Brainstorm/discuss
how that theory can be applied to Fight Club.
- Write
up a 1-2 page, typed summary (in Microsoft Word) of a possible critical
essay which interprets Fight Club through the assigned lens.
- Include
names of group members.
- Edit
and proofread your work for clarity and mechanical correctness.
- Email
me your work as a Word attachment. Don’t use Works or WordPerfect.
Your summary should include the following:
- A
title which makes evident what theory you are applying and to what work.
- A
comprehensive thesis statement; the central or “umbrella” assertion which
everything in the essay supports or points to.
- Clear
claims in support of that thesis.
- Ample
grounds (details—summarized—in support of your claims).