Choose one of August Wilson’s plays: Gem of the Ocean (1900s), Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (1910s), The Piano Lesson (1930s), Seven Guitars (1940s), Two Trains Running (1960s), Jitney (1970s), King Hedley II (1980s), or Radio Golf (1990s). Then search for a SCHOLARLY ARTICLE or ESSAY that discusses the play chosen. You may use a critical article in a scholarly journal or scholarly periodical or a critical essay that has been published within a volume/book of critical essays on the play selected. You may NOT use a review of the play or a review of a film version of the play. In short, your source
must be a PUBLISHED piece of literary criticism.
For this assignment, write a 5 to 6 page, double-spaced paper in Microsoft Word where you:
1. Accurately summarize the scholarly argument advanced by the author of your article/essay; and
2. Critically comment on the argument advanced by the author of the article/essay based upon
your own critical reading of the play.
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