In this blog I will discuss the web article Notes On Love And marriage By Michael Vance. I will be discussing Michael Vance's analysis of The Importance Of Being Earnest. Michael Vance was able to explain the importance of love and marriage and make it interesting as well. The way that Vance used a large amount of quotes from The Importance of Being Earnest was a good way to pronounce The highlighted moments of the book for those who have not read it. I found it humorous when Vance was talking about Marriage and he said " As uncertainty is the basis for romance, once marriage is proposed, romance ends" i found that statement very humorous. I personally don't know how true it is due to the fact that i have never been married. I have always been told marriage will only make a relationship stronger. He also discussed a little bit about Oscar Wilde and how he was able to write such a prestigious book. There are two key terms that catch my eye. One of the key terms are Satire. The other key term is Pity, those two words Satire and Pity to me are the key terms of this article. Satire in my own words is means the use of humor, irony and even exaggeration, which is why it dials to be such a important term in "The Importance Of Being Earnest" and in this article. Pity in my own words means being sympathetic towards one another. I hope my Evaluation of the article Notes On Love And Marriage by Michael Vance was helpful to you.
Vance, Michael. "Notes on Love and Marriage:Perspectives from Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest Analysis." Notes on Love and Marriage:Perspectives from Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest Analysis. N.p., May 2000. Web. 03 July 2012. http://kamus3.homestead.com/wilde.html
Hey Nick, Codey here. I'm also currently a student of Professor Cooper's (ENG 260: The Novel), and I will be critiquing your blog.
ReplyDeleteSo, it's clear to see that you "[found and] read" Vance's reaction article, seeing as you provided a summary of it. However, I'm not seeing too much of an "evaluation," or, "reaction," on your end. In mentioning the "key terms" of the article, it would have been more effectual to cite where these terms are apparent, and furthermore, to provide your own take on Wilde's use of satire and pity in the play. Also, when directly citing Vance within the text, or any author for that matter, you MUST be sure to in-text cite; for example: following another person's/text's statement, i.e. "Hey, I'm Oscar Wilde" (Wilde 1786).
All in all, I would say you just need to work on expanding, both the author's ideas and opinions and your own, and offer (in-text) proof for them. It's clear that you can grasp and maneuver such writing tasks, you just need to sharpen your performance. Other than that, just proofread and touch up wherever necessary (i.e. unnecessary/misplaced capitalization), and you're on the way.
Nick,
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I believe that you wrote a complete and well-composed blog based on Professor Rogers-Cooper’s assignment. However, I also feel that you could have been more critical in your analysis of Vance’s article (quick note- when you are quoting someone else’s work, I’ve been told that it’s more professional to use the source’s last name as apposed to, in this instance “Michael”). For example, when you mention that “those two words Satire and Pity to me are the key terms of this article,” you could tell us why they are “key” to you, and perhaps even define them in your own words. One more note would be that you did good work quoting and citing Vance in your blog, just remember to use “in-citation” as well (in this instance, since you mention the author in the same sentence you may cite after the quote [“Notes on Love and Marriage”]). To conclude, you’ve written a well composed blog that could just use some tweaking.