literary work

literary work

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The Assignment:
You are to choose four sources that are works of criticism (scholarly articles in professional journals found in subscription databases at the HCC Library such as JSTOR, Academic Search Complete, or ProQuest Direct), each presenting varying views about one literary work of a literary figure within the scope of the course. Your paper will present the content of the articles (quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing) and critique them (see the outline below). You do need to cite all quotations, paraphrases, and summaries in-text; your paper will require a works cited page (MLA method of documentation) and in-text citations.
If you need more information about MLA documentation, go to the OWL at Purdue website: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
Suggestions about topics:
1. Begin by choosing a literary work you enjoy,
2. Look for four articles in professional journals that are on some common topic (theme, symbols, characterization, etc.)
Examples of some typical topics:
• If you are fond of Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, you could develop a paper in which you present four articles analyzing the satire in Gulliver’s Travels.
• If you love Shakespeare’s play King Lear and are interested in how Shakespeare presents his women characters, you might look for four articles about Shakespeare’s women characters in King Lear.
• If you enjoyed reading Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, and you were intrigued with Chaucer’s portrayal of the clergy, you might look for articles on Chaucer and religion in The Canterbury Tales.
• If you are amazed by the artistry of Milton’s Paradise Lost, you might look for four articles that focus on Milton’s use of similes in Paradise Lost.
Finding Articles:
At the HCCS Library website, look at databases such as ProQuest, JSTOR, or Academic Search Complete. These are great databases in which to conduct a search for articles. Remember that you are looking for articles in FULL-TEXT or .PDF files.
In doing your search, type in something like:
Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels
Then begin browsing! Look at as many articles as possible. And remember that a title that is rather general may contain good information (such as “Satire in the Works of Jonathan Swift”); the title of the article does not have to mention the title of the literary work you are interested in.
Additionally, articles may be found in collections (bound as a book with an editor, and the title page reveals each section [article] of the book is by a different author).
Articles should come from journals such as Modern Language Quarterly, Philological Quarterly, Shakespeare Quarterly, Chaucer Review, and College English. You may not use sources such as encyclopedias, Cliff’s Notes, or series such as British Authors. Do NOT use any overviews of literary works.
Beginning the Writing Process:
• Once you have found your sources (and e-mail me a list of them for my approval), take notes and highlight important passages, write your rough draft (based on the outline below), and revise/edit/proofread. I will be glad to see your rough draft prior to the due date (on the Syllabus), provided you give me enough advance time (2-3 days before the due date), and if you are off track, I will let you know. I do not grade rough drafts—I check them for adherence to the assignment, documentation, and thesis statements.
• Your final draft should include a title page, the paper itself (numbered beginning with page 1), and a works cited page.
The Outline for the Paper:
I. Introduction–discuss the range of some of the criticism (are there trends?)
Thesis–mention the critical views you are going to present in your paper, and use the names of the critics (in other words, be able to state what each article is about in a very short phrase in your thesis)
II. Viewpoint(s) of critic #1 (article #1) (provide quotes, paraphrases, and summaries—which should be documented)
III. Viewpoint(s) of critic #2 (article #2)
IV. Viewpoint(s) of critic #3 (article #3)
V. Viewpoint(s) of critic #4 (article #4)
VI. Conclusion–summarize the body of your paper; point out similarities and differences amongst the critics, and present your viewpoint (about the articles you have read AND the work of literature being analyzed). This should not be a brief paragraph!
Editing: Make certain you proofread carefully! You will be graded on quality of sources, soundness of content, thoroughness of documentation, and grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
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