Writing a Critical Analysis of a Literary Text
As the pathway below indicates, working on a thesis statement depends on a great deal of preceding work (and – in fact – it is often the case that students have difficulties with essay writing because they have not spent enough time on careful, analytical reading). However, the focus of this lesson is not textual analysis, but crafting a thesis statement. Thus, the analysis noted on the following slides should be considered the result of an earlier, crucial stage of the essay writing process.
