Fences (Literary Analysis of August Wilson's play)

What is literary scholarship? If you are asked to write a literary research paper for a college literature class, what does your professor want you to do? How does a college English paper differ from the kinds of papers you wrote in high school?

See also "Close Reading: Introduction to a College English Skill"

[drybowser]

I find the interpretation that Troy believed an ideology he knew to be flawed very interesting. I wonder if that partially contributed to his feelings of helplessness throughout the play. Neat insight!

[reschonav]

Amazing analysis Dennis! I am working on my research paper on Fences right now and coincidentally I am also using Walking Around the Fences as one of my sources. You also did a great job at expressing what the differences are between writing about literature in college compared to high-school with that frog/science class analogy. Honestly I am super thankful for this video, you seem like an excellent teacher!

[kevingarywilkes]

Great discussion. I’m teaching Fences in a high school, and this is helpful for me to brainstorm some ideas to help my students wade into the text.