Essay on The Master and Margarita
general article writing
Description
Essay on "The Master and Margarita" should be 4-6 pages, typed, double-spaced and should include a brief introduction with a clear thesis statement, body paragraphs beginning with clear topic sentences that let me know the main point of the paragraph, specific and detailed examples from the novel including page citations, and a brief conclusion. NO PLAGIARISM!!! Please don’t include a plot summary. You should also include works cited a page that includes your edition of the novel and the websites you consulted. These citations should follow MLA format. Use in-text Citation. You can find a guide on owl.english.purdue.edu (MLA Formatting and Style Guide).
Give an example from each one of the three narrative types in "The Master and Margarita" (the Moscow chapters, the Pontius Pilate chapters, and the Master and Margarita chapters) to illustrate ways in which Bulgakov defies socialist realism, the mandated literary style in Russia during the period Bulgakov composed the novel. You can find explanations of socialist realism online; please visit several sites so that you have more information. In rejecting socialist realism, what does Bulgakov regard as the purpose of literature?
EXAMPLE FROM TEACHER
As an example of what you could do, I chose socialist realism's optimism (presenting Soviet society as the ideal) and then suggested Bulgakov's critique by looking at various images of domestic spaces in each section of the novel: the Master and Margarita's basement apartment and their eternal refuge (idealized spaces), the Moscow apartment Woland appropriate (an anxiety-inducing space for visitors), and the lack of a settled place or home-like environment in the Pilate chapters (to convey Pilate's guilt and Yeshua's restlessness and dissatisfaction with the status quo). I considered unifying the essay through one main feature of socialist realism, which I commented on with one particular image from the novel, but you don't have to follow this approach. You can choose multiple aspects of socialist realism followed by different kinds of examples.
