Comparative Textual Alanysis

Introduction: The comparative analysis is part classification, as its purpose is to identify the defining elements of each discipline. Being able to identify the specific focus, audience, language, style, structure, and purpose of various texts allows one to better understand the use of conventions, and how to use these conventions to reach specific discourse communities. 

Reading articles from the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences will increase literacy in these specific areas and help one acquire the needed language skills to approach each discipline. It will increase knowledge of disciplinespecific language and reinforce effective reading strategies to process, comprehend, and critically analyze a wide range of texts. 

Assignment: This assignment will include three articles, each from a different discipline. You will read all three articles and determine which article belongs to the humanities, social sciences, or natural sciences. You will then produce a two page essay wherein you discuss and compare the language, style, and format for each article. Consider the following questions: Minus journal titles, what indicates each article’s discipline? How is the overall paper organized? What writing strategies are being used? 

Requirements Two full pages MLA style and documentation  Double-spaced  Times New Roman, 12- point font  MLA citation page and corresponding parenthetical citations.

** **Articles: Elizabeth N. Hopton: Anorexia Nervosa in Adolescent Girls: A Culture-Bound Disorder of Western Society? (Social Cosmos) Randi Hutter Epstein: When Eating Disorders Strike in Midlife (The New York Times) Debra K. Katzman, MD: Medical Complications in Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa (Updates and New Directions in Research). ****