WQNarrative

How to analyze a literary work such as[| __Pedro Paramo__] or __The Feather Pillow__ (using MLA formatting conventions) >>>>> (Make sure you cite your sources so that your readers know that you are credible)
 * 1) Introduce a literary movement to which the literary work belongs.
 * 2) For __Pedro Paramo__, the appropriate literary movement is: Magical Realism. For __The Feather Pillow__ it might be the Gothic movement.
 * 3) To find out about [|Magical Realism]/[|Gothic,] you need to do a little research so that you can write down in your introduction its major characteristics:
 * 4) Magical Realism/Gothic Characteristics are :
 * 5) Characteristic 1
 * 6) Characteristic 2
 * 7) Characteristic 3
 * 8) Characteristic 4
 * 1) Introduce the literary work: author, date, place. Short summary of the whole work/the parts you are examining
 * 2) Show how the literary work is an example of Magical Realism/Gothic by selecting pieces of the text to include as short descriptions or quotations from the literary work.
 * 3) __Pedro Paramo__ event/process/character on pg X matches Characteristic 1
 * 4)  __Pedro__ __Paramo__ event/process/character on pg Y matches Characteristic 2
 * 5) etc – perhaps 3 or 4 examples are sufficient to show that the literary work conforms to the literary movement you have previously described.
 * 6) Conclusion: confirm that the literary work belongs to the literary movement described, and explain how you have shown this. Point out any departures/uniqueness/special significance.