Assignment:
Neoclassicism and the Eighteenth Century
• For your initial discussion post, you should:
o select one of the questions below:
- How do works of literature during this era demonstrate connections to classic literature?
- What is the power of satire during this era?
- How are cultural norms demonstrated or challenged during this era?
- How are shifts in power driven by religion, politics, new knowledge, and culture evidenced in these works?
o write a well developed paragraph around 250 to 300 words that answers the question and includes:
- a clearly defined topic sentence
- at least one MLA formatted quotation from the assigned readings of literature for this module
- three or more sentences that explain how the quotation supports the topic sentence
o Be careful not to confuse editorial sections of the assigned readings with the literature (poems, stories, sermons, speeches, essays, etc.)