Question.3161 - Brief description (the phrases in bold are amplified below): Choose three of the first six U.S. writers we have read. Describe and differentiate their strategies of appropriation vis-à-vis Cervantes’ text in a 3-5 page essay. Begin with some general consideration of questions of influence, appropriation, intertextuality, or whatever other term you wish to use for talking about how a novelist draws on an earlier work which has been widely read and discussed. Proceed to describe the strategies of appropriation of the three writers you have chosen, making sure to find at least one clear differentiating feature among them. Try in some way in closing to account for the differences in approach you have encountered among the different writers. There is no obligation to use additional sources, but if you do, you must acknowledge them in a list of works cited, even if this only means a website you checked for additional information about the writer. The first six U.S. writers: Tabitha Gilman Tenney, Female Quixotism Washington Irving, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Hermann Melville, White Jacket and Moby Dick F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby William Faulkner, “The Old Man” You do not have to read any more of any of these writers than I assigned for class to be able to attempt at least a speculative reconstruction of their strategies of appropriation of Don Quixote. If you do have familiarity with other relevant texts by any of them, you may certainly use them. You may refer to the two critical essays I have given you so far, on Melville and on Fitzgerald. I will also give you at least one other essay, by Montserrat Ginés, on Faulkner. Maybe also her chapter on Twain. You can read additional critical work or other secondary sources if you wish, but if you do you should cite them in your text, and include the reference in your list of works cited. Strategies of appropriation: I have chosen this as a general term to refer to the way a later writer situates his/her work in relation to that of an earlier one. Of course, it implies self-conscious, deliberate choice(s), by means the writer on the receiving end shapes the elements s/he adopts, by a complex process of selecting, changing, and recombining. There are many aspects of this process that can be the focus of the analysis of such a strategy. One can emphasize what was kept, what was not, how what was borrowed has been transformed, how it has not, how it has been recombined with the newer writer’s own creation. One can give importance to the role of the reader, especially with reference to the degree to which appears the reader is expected to notice the relation to the earlier text. Any of the “elements” we brought out in the first assignment in this course can be seen as part of this strategy: style, tone, narrative technique, character, setting, theme, motif, etc.For me, the term “strategy of appropriation” implies, above all, that the analysis strives to give a coherent pattern to the whole relationship between the two texts (and/or the two authors). Of course, this pattern implies that the appropriation is part of a larger strategy of communication with the reader’s active participation, of certain meanings. So in this way, hopefully, we begin to move beyond the mere cataloguing of borrowings as evidence of “influence,” towards an understanding of intertextuality as central to the way literary texts mean, and therefore, integral to any effort at interpretation. Differentiating features: While the strategies of appropriation you find in these texts may have certain features in common (such as the relative youth of the quixotic figures, as compared with Cervantes’ original), there will also be definite differences between and among them. Try to find one or more differences that make it possible to place the three strategies in a clearly contrastive relation with one another. In other words, try to give a high profile to an aspect that makes it possible to clearly differentiate these as three distinct strategies, such that where one author makes a certain strategic choice, another author makes, in some sense, the opposite choice. Ideally, two differentiating features could serve to work out a systematic set of contrasts between the three: if you had, say, feature X vs. not-X and feature Y vs. not-Y, you would end up with four possibilities, X-Y, X-not Y, not X-Y, and not X-not Y. Three of the four would be manifested in the writers under consideration. (Obviously, the features might not simply come down to presence vs. absence, there could be variations. But I have expressed it this way in order to offer a simple model.) 3-5 page essay: Just to remind you that it should be well-written in standard English, with a well-organized, coherent argument, and supported by convincing, well-chosen examples from the texts. Do not forget Cervantes! This is about how these writers appropriated Don Quixote, but that means we are still engaging Cervantes’ text, too, in order to understand the original material that is being incorporated.
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the xxxx Tenney x character xxxxxxxxx is xxxxxxx in xxxxxxxxxx to xxx Quixote x character xx terms xx being xxxx book xxxxxxx Both xxxx a xxx of xxxxx experiences xxxx the xxxxxxxx works xxxx read xx the xxxxxx Ardila xxxx derive x major xxxxxxxxxxx in xxxxx actions xx the xxxxx of xxx adventures xxxx come xxxxxx in xxx texts xxxx had xxxx The xxxxxxxxxx of xxx plot xx Dorcasina x novel-mania xx the xxxx striking xxxxxxxx with xxx Quixote xxxxxxxx amp xxxxxxx Carrying xx the xxxxxxxxxx between xxx work xx Tabitha x Female xxxxxxxxx and xxx Quixote xx the xxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxx and xxx companion xxxxx who xxx modeled xx match xxx characters xx Don xxxxxxx and xxx servant xxxxxx Plaza xxx characters xx Tenney x Betty xxxxxxxxxxxx Sancho xxxx similarity xx terms xx being xxxxxxxxxxxxx practical xxx having xxxxxx sense xxxx Sancho xxxxx Betty xx initially xxx voice xx reason xxx common xxxxx against xxxxxxxxx s xxxxxxxx delusions xxxxxxxx amp xxxxxxx The xxxxxxxxxx between xxx characters xx the xxxxxx s xxxx with xxxxxxxxx novel xx very xxxxxxxx Washington xxxxxx The xxxxxx of xxxxxx Hollow xxx Legend xx Sleepy xxxxxx is x magical xxxxx by xxxxxxxxxx Irving xxxx highlights x dreamy xxxx that xxxxxxxx resistance xx enlightenment xxxxxxxx It xx created xx a xxxx of xxxxxxxxxxx where xxxxxxxxxxx rules xxx reason xxxxx Carns xxxx unreal xxxxx provides x suitable xxxxxxxx for xxxxxxxxxxxx between xxx strategies xx appropriation xxxx the xxxx of xxxxxxxxx Strategies xx appropriation xx Washington xxxxxx The xxxxxx of xxxxxx Hollow xxx main xxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxx Irving x The xxxxxx of xxxxxx Hollow xx the xxxxxxxxxxx of xxx character xxxxxxx Crane xxxx Don xxxxxxx s xxxxxxxxx He xxx been xxxxx character xxxxxxxxxx of x book-lover xxx fails xx the xxxxxxxxxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxx in xxx practical xxxxx Irving xxxxxxxx him x touch xxx Quixote x character xxxx he xxxxx a xxxxxxxxxxx plough xxxxx Carns xxxxx s xxxxxxxxx has xxxx merged xxxx certain xxxxxx of xxxxxxxxx which xx similar xx Don xxxxxxx s xxxxxxxxx The xxxx of xxxxx for xxxxxxxx is xxxxxxx striking xxxxxxxxxx to xxxxxxxxx Quixote xxxxxx mentions xxxx his xxxxxxxx for xxx marvelous xxx his xxxxxx of xxxxxxxxx it xxx equally xxxxxxxxxxxxx No xxxx was xxx gross xx monstrous xxx his xxxxxxxxx swallow xxxxx There xx a xxxxxx presence xx Quixote x character xx Irving x Crane xx the xxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxxxx Both xxx book-loving xxx idealistic xxxxxxxxxx who xxxx towards xxx levels xx absurdity x Scott xxxxxxxxxx The xxxxx GatsbyF xxxxx Fitzgerald x The xxxxx Gatsby xxxxxxxx picture xx the xxxxxxx of xxx American xxxxx which xxxx prevalent xx the xxxxxx systems xx the x The xxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxx between xxxxxxx social xxxxxxx in xxxx focused xxxxx highlighting xxx role xx past xx the xxxxxx of xxx future xxxxxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxxxxx of x Scott xxxxxxxxxx The xxxxx Gatsby xxx character xx Gatsby xx focused xx living xxx a xxxxx which xxxxx the xxxxxxxxxx In xxxx context xxxxxxxxxx has xxxxx handsome xxxxxxxxx from xxx Quixote xxxx the xxxxxxxxxx have x charm xx live x larger xxxx reality xxxxxxxxx which xxxxxx be xxxxxxxxx with xxxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxx purpose xxxx as xxx Quixote xxxxxx to xx a xxxxxx Gatsby xxxxx desperately xx be x gentleman xxxxxx Extending xxx influence xx Don xxxxxxx Fitzgerald xxxxxxxxx Gatsby xx Daisy xx order xx regain xxxxxxxx was xxxx which xx similar xx manner xx which xxx Quixote xxxx up xxx mission xx change xxx life xx a xxxxxx peasant xxxxxxxx For xxx preposterous xxx often xxxxxxxxxx way xx doing xxxxxx Fitzgerald x Gatsby xx American xxxxxxxxxx s xxxx own xxx Quixote xxxxxx Having x striking xxxxxxxxxxx to xxx character xx The xxxxx Gatsby xxxxxxxxxx has xxxxx a xxx of xxxxxxxxxxx from xxx Quixote x character xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx featuresThe xxxxx novels xxxx a xxxxxxxx distinguishing xxxxxxx with xxx work xx Miguel xx Cervantes xxx Quixote xxx treatment xx idealism xx Don xxxxxxx is xxxxxxxxx from xxx characters xx Tenney x Dorcasina xxxxxxxxxx Irving x Crane xxx Fitzgerald x Gatsby xxxxxxx adventures xxxx an xxxxx element xxxxxxxxxx attached xx them xx comparison xx other xxxxxxxxxx The xxxxxxxxxx purpose xx Quixote xx different xxxx the xxxx and xx the xxxxx of xxxxxxx differs xxxxxxx these xxxxxxxxxx While xxx these xxxxxxx characters xxxx had x significant xxxxxxxx cord xxx they xxxxxx starkly xx their xxxxxxxxx of xxx narrative xxxxxxxxx Don xxxxxxx has xxxxxxxx the xxxxx of xxxxx novelists xxx they xxxx been xxxx to xxxxxxxx their xxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxxxxxx inspite xx obvious xxxxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxxxxx between xxxx ReferencesArdila x G xxx Cervantean xxxxxxxx reception xxx influence xx Cervantes xx Britain xxxx Publications xxxxx L xxxxxxxxxx Irving x Sleepy xxxxxx Where xxxxxx Fears xx Tread xxxxxxxxx from xxxx ayjw xxx articles xxx id xxxxxxxxxx Online xxxxxxxxx in xxx English-Speaking xxxxx New xxxxxx Retrieved xxxx http xxx h-net xxx cervant xxx articf xxxxxx pdfLang x Scratching 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