Article Analysis Two In the Literary criticism of Alice Sebold's writing, the criticism spoke of Sebold's reoccurring themes in her novels. The works share similar themes of rape, and the harshness on the lives of these women and their families. It is stated that she is praised for handling such dark material in honest, true, and easy ways to imagine without overdoing it. The structure of the argument is consistent and explains why her themes are so positive, even though the views brought upon are very deep and unpleasant. The focus stays on topic throughout the article, critiquing her thematic ways. In this article, in my opinion, there is not enough evidence to back up the opinions given. There are merely only statements from the author of the critique. One example would be, "Still, much of the literary world embraced The Lovely Bones as a lyrical and emotionally wrenching work." There needs to be more examples from the work, to understand the opinions given. Conclusions reached by the author are that no matter the opinion, themes of rape and overcoming hardships are what Sebold tends to write about, and the controlled graphic point of view given by Alice Sebold helps explain her understanding on her own ideas. The author's implicit assumptions about Sebold's writing are that she views it as a positive outbreak. The author believes that it is a great way for something so traumatic and horrible to be brought about, and viewed as something positive, to overcome the hardships. Some explicit assumptions stated are that Sebold's writing techniques are "unique, [and] untraditional, written with "originality of insight and expression."
started by Alissa Jones on 21 Jan 11
In the Literary criticism of Alice Sebold's writing, the criticism spoke of Sebold's reoccurring themes in her novels. The works share similar themes of rape, and the harshness on the lives of these women and their families. It is stated that she is praised for handling such dark material in honest, true, and easy ways to imagine without overdoing it.
The structure of the argument is consistent and explains why her themes are so positive, even though the views brought upon are very deep and unpleasant. The focus stays on topic throughout the article, critiquing her thematic ways.
In this article, in my opinion, there is not enough evidence to back up the opinions given. There are merely only statements from the author of the critique. One example would be, "Still, much of the literary world embraced The Lovely Bones as a lyrical and emotionally wrenching work." There needs to be more examples from the work, to understand the opinions given.
Conclusions reached by the author are that no matter the opinion, themes of rape and overcoming hardships are what Sebold tends to write about, and the controlled graphic point of view given by Alice Sebold helps explain her understanding on her own ideas.
The author's implicit assumptions about Sebold's writing are that she views it as a positive outbreak. The author believes that it is a great way for something so traumatic and horrible to be brought about, and viewed as something positive, to overcome the hardships. Some explicit assumptions stated are that Sebold's writing techniques are "unique, [and] untraditional, written with "originality of insight and expression."