METAMORPHOSIS+ARTICLES

1. Use the "Abstract Handout" to select a scholarly journal article to read for this assignment. 2. Select and download your scholarly literary journal article from the list below. 3. Complete all areas of the ** Step-by-step guide to reading a scholarly journal article ** section. These responses should be recorded on a Google Document and saved into your google folder.


 * [[file:THE ROACH'S COLD FEET.pdf]] || [[file:ALLUSIONS TO CHRIST.pdf]] ||
 * [[file:DEATH OF AN OUTCAST.pdf]] || [[file:GUILT FAMILY LOVEt.pdf]] ||
 * [[file:IMAGES OF DOORS PROVIDE MEANING IN THE METAMROPHOSIS.pdf]] || [[file:THE FATHER SON RELATIONSHIP.pdf]] ||
 * [[file:GREGOR SAMSA IS A PARASITE.pdf]] || [[file:The Impersonal Narrator.pdf]] ||
 * [[file:SELF ALIENATION IN METAMORPHOSIS.pdf]] || [[file:CONSCIOUS PRECONSCIOUS AND UNCON IN THE MET.pdf]] ||
 * [[file:REVOLT AGAINST THE DEHUMANIZED WORLD.pdf]] || [[file:THE MET IS AN ALLEGORICAL BEAST FABLE.pdf]] ||
 * [[file:EMPHASIZES A FEMININE MODE OF EXISTENCE.pdf]] || [[file:Kafka's Artistic Achievement in the Met.pdf]] ||


 * Step-by-step guide to reading a scholarly journal article **

I. Find the Claim:
1. What question does the author pose? This typically is implied rather than stated explicitly, so you might be searching for something that is not literally in the text. 2. Thesis/position/argument/claim
 * What is the primary argument made by the author?

II. Assess the strength/validity of the argument:
1. Evidence 2. Counter arguments 3. Effectiveness
 * What evidence does the author offer in support of the position put forth? (Identify all pieces of evidence you find.)
 * What arguments made in opposition to the author's views were described?
 * What were the strengths of the article?

link: DSM IV Diagnostic Criteria