Prof. Lucas Kwong

In this video for ENG 3407 (Gothic Literature and Visual Culture), I recap class discussion of the H.P. Lovecraft story “At The Mountains of Madness” and guide students through how to construct a sample analysis paragraph. The video includes discussion of how to integrate paraphrase + direct quoting with analysis and connection to the main thesis. The video also concludes with a visual framework for moving from close reading, to identifying genre conventions, to commenting on broader cultural and social themes.

This video can be adapted for specific discussion of “At The Mountains of Madness,” or used as the basis for an in-class discussion of how to structure literary analysis in a single paragraph.