creative and reflection paper

Creative Response Assignment:

Demonstrate both your analytical and aesthetic understanding of one of the readings by writing a creative response to it

in the same approximate format as the original. For instance, write your own humorous “epilogue scene” between Tartuffe and the King (does Tartuffe convince the King that he’s changed his ways or was simply misunderstood?); follow Madeline and Porphyro (from “The Eve of St. Agnes”) after they flee into the storm; allow the narrator of The Kreutzer Sonata additional reflections about what Pozdnyshev tells him; write your own folktale in the style of Italo Calvino, etc.

The length of your creative piece will vary, depending on whether you’re writing a poem, a story, or a dramatic scene. Prose pieces should be at least two to three pages. Following your creative piece, you’ll also write a two-page explanation (approximately 750 words) about how your piece fits with the style and content of the original.

Evaluation: the creative response will be evaluated on how well it demonstrates awareness of the style, tone, and content of the original work. For instance, if the poem you’re responding to makes eerie references to a supernatural being and employs a rhyme scheme, yours should, too; if the drama-in-verse includes tragic events and a demon, yours should, too; you may add to details presented in the original narrative but not change basic characterization or plot elements (for instance, Pozdnyshev [in The Kreutzer Sonata] may not be an easygoing fellow who reconciles with his wife in your version). Your two-page explanation should clarify the relationship of your work to the one that inspired it.