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Major Assignment

Learning History through literature

The purpose of this assignment is to have you read a work of prose fiction (or a novel) for more than entertainment. The novel used for this assignment is Bernard Cornwell's Fool and Mortals.

A textual analysis requires you to think critically as you read. "Thinking critically" does not mean deciding whether or not you liked the book or thought it was a "good" or "bad" book. It means asking analytical questions as you read the text. It requires you to "think outside the box" and not simply to accept the text at face value. A textual analysis requires you to be aware not only of what is happening in the story but also to question the writer's ideas, values, assumptions, and sources of knowledge and to be aware of how those are expressed in the book. A good book and a good critical analysis should also require you to question your own ideas, values, assumptions, and sources of knowledge.

Bernard Cornwell (Fools and Mortals)

What sort of research in which academic disciplines did the author draw upon in creating the story idea as well as its setting and characters and how are those sources or academic disciplines reflected in the novel?

(In addition to reading the novel, a successful analysis requires you to gather evidence from the novel that supports your answer.)

References from book Bernard Cornwell's Fool and Mortals.