Rhetoric Writing co-op 10 Writing/Literature assignment

[JodyI]

Co-op 10 will be a combined Lit/Writing session of The Death of Ivan Illych.

The assignment is CORRECT as listed on the syllabus, but I am posting here as well...

There is ONE LARGE CHANGE. The Ivan essay due for Writing is ROUGH DRAFT only.

Final, full and polished draft will be due co-op 11.

Literature:
Read the following in Poetics: (use actual page numbers on the document, not the Preview pages)

p. 252-253, no. 9. ("Westernizers, Slavophiles, and Russian Literature After the Crimean War")
p. 460 Leo Tolstoy, alphabetical author info section


Read The Death of Ivan Ilyich, by Leo Tolstoy.

Writing:
In a full-length essay (5-6 paragraphs or longer as needed, not to exceed 4-5 pages), create and defend a thesis developed from the following question:

How does Tolstoy use characters, setting, diction, and/or plot (and other as you would like to add...use at least three elements) to portray the theme of The Death of Ivan Ilych? Your knowledge of his life and this period of Russia's history should inform your observations (and may be worked into your thesis if you like).

ROUGH DRAFT only.