GASC20H3F: Enacting Nationalism Through Youthful Mobilities

GASB20H3F Critical Analysis Guidelines › 2 Critical Analysis Assignments x 7.5% = 15% › 1st critical analysis due: 29 September 2016 › 2nd critical analysis due: 27 October 2016 › 3 – 4 pages › Full citation of the article and page numbers throughout if you are quoting/paraphrasing › No outside or additional sources are needed for this assignment The critical analysis is much more than a simple summary; it is a review and evaluation of a course reading. Writing a good critical analysis requires that you understand the material, and that you know how to analyze that material using appropriate criteria. An analysis comments on the work in light of specific issues and theoretical concerns learned throughout the Gender and Social Institutions in Asia course. Writing an effective critical analysis Reading Skim the whole text to determine the overall thesis, structure and methodology. This will help you better understand how the different elements fit together once you begin reading carefully. Read critically. It is not enough to simply understand what the author is saying; it is essential to challenge it. Examine how the article is structured, the types of reasons or evidence used to support the conclusions, and whether the author is reliant on underlying assumptions or theoretical frameworks. Take lots of notes that reflect what the text means AND what you think about it. Analyzing Examine all elements. All aspects of the text—the structure, the methods, the reasons and evidence, the conclusions, and, especially, the logical connections between all of these—should be considered.