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ENG 114 Research Paper Assignment

You must turn in a Research Paper in order to pass ENG 114.

Specs The Research Paper must contain no fewer than 1200 typed words. This word count does not include

cited/quoted material or the Works Cited List.

 

Sources  You may use one or two Primary Sources (Fiction). You must use at least three Secondary Sources. A

Secondary Source can be 1] an essay or article written about a story/novel you have chosen to work

with (such essays can be found in books, in academic journals, and online); 2] a book written about a

story/novel; 3] a review of a short story/novel.

Citations  Your paper must contain at least five (in-text) citations.

 

Thesis  Your Paper must be an informed, thesis-based analysis of Fiction assigned for class during the 2018

semester, and, if you wish, an additional work by one of our authors. (See me.)

 

MLA Style  The Research Paper (including the Works Cited List) must be presented in MLA Editorial/Docu-

mentation Style. Papers that do not adhere to MLA style will receive a grade no higher than D.

 

Plagiarism A plagiarized Research Paper will be given a grade of F; the student who turns in a plagiarized

Research Paper will receive a grade of F for his/her final course grade.

 

Due Dates You may hand your Research Paper to me on/by Tuesday, 15 May (last day of class;) OR: You may

email your paper to me by Saturday, 19 May 11:59 PM, if you’d like to have it returned at the Final

Exam; OR: You may email your paper to me by Sunday, 27 May, 11:59 PM.

 

 

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Suggested Topics

 

  1. Illusion/Disillusion/Despairas presented in stories/novels read for class this semester

Suggested texts:  “Araby,” “A Little Cloud”; James Joyce

Ethan Frome; Edith Wharton

The Great Gatsby; F. Scott Fitzgerald

“The Yellow Wall-Paper”; Charlotte Perkins Gilman

 

Rough, Working Thesis, Topic 1

James Joyce’s “A Little Cloud,” and Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome present protagonists who live unhappily—but

safely— each with a desire and with the illusion that fate prevents him from reaching his desire; in reality, neither

Little Chandler nor Frome can act toward fulfilling his dream for fear of failure should he try.

 

 

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  1. Gender Expectations/Gender Stereotypesas presented in stories/novels read this semester

Suggested texts:  The Great Gatsby; F. Scott Fitzgerald

Sula; Toni Morrison

The House on Mango Street; Sandra Cisneros

“The Yellow Wall-Paper”; Charlotte Perkins Gilman

“A Jury of Her Peers”; Susan Glaspell

 

 

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  1. Sexual Tabooas presented in short stories/novels read for class this semester

Suggested texts: The Great Gatsby; F. Scott Fitzgerald

Sula; Toni Morrison

The House on Mango Street; Sandra Cisneros

 

Rough, Working Thesis, Topics 2 and 3 overlap

In both The House on Mango Street and Sula, female characters are largely defined by gender expectations (due to

gender stereotyping) and societal sexual taboo.

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Male-Female Relationshipsas presented in  stories/novels read for class this semester

Suggested texts: The Great Gatsby; F. Scott Fitzgerald

Sula; Toni Morrison

The House on Mango Street; Sandra Cisneros

“The Yellow Wall-Paper”; Charlotte Perkins Gilman

“A Jury of Her Peers”; Susan Glaspell

Rough, Working Thesis, Topic 4

From an Existentialist perspective, which dictates that a human being is ultimately defined by nothing more (and

nothing less) than the sum total of his/her actions, the Peace women (Eva, Hannah, and Sula) in Toni Morrison’s

           Sula must finally be defined, in no small measure, by their [sexual] relationships with men.

 

 

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  1. Human Reaction to Unexpected Eventsas presented in stories/novels read this semester

Suggested texts:  “A Perfect Day for Bananafish,” “For Esmé—with Love and Squalor,”

[“Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut”]; J.D. Salinger

Sula; Toni Morrison

Rough, Working Thesis, Topic 5

Seymour Glass (“Bananafish”), the Narrator/Sergeant X (“Esmé”), and Shadrack (Sula) are examples of

characters in 20th-century American Literature who do not come through war “with all their faculties intact.”

 

 

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  1. Socio-Historic Commentaryas presented in stories/novels read this semester

Suggested text:  The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

Rough, Working Thesis, Topic 6

The overall/general excoriation of the reckless, idle-rich in 1920’s America provides, at the same time, the catalyst

for Gatsby’s personal downfall.

 

 

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General Notes

You must create and present a Thesis Statement. [This is not optional]

 

Your Thesis Statement should appear as the first or final sentence of your Introductory Paragraph.

 

Clearly delineated, unified body paragraphs of your essay must elucidate and support your thesis.

 

Show clear connections from one idea to the next; between quoted material and your analysis of it.

 

Use the grammatical present tense to discuss what occurs/is said in the present tense of a novel. [This is not optional]

 

Titles/Author Names/Character Names must be presented/spelled/capitalized correctly.

 

Quote directly from the novel to support your thesis/analysis. Direct citation supports your interpretive claims.

 

You must explain and use for your analysis everything you quote. Do not let quoted material speak for itself.

 

Do not quote more than is necessary to your analysis. Do not quote material that is irrelevant to your analysis.

 

Do not misquote or misrepresent a text.

 

Use quotation marks as necessary and appropriate.

 

Introduce quoted material. Run quoted material smoothly into your own sentence structure (or use block quotation style).

 

Avoid simply “retelling” what is written in a novel or story. (Retelling does not constitute analysis.)

 

Avoid repetition; avoid redundancy. Avoid clichés. Do not use slang. Do not be vague.

 

Avoid using the following pronouns in your written analysis: I/Me/My/You.

 

You must adhere to the rules of Standard Written English regarding the following: Subject-Verb Agreement; Tense; Sentence Structure; Pronouns;

Punctuation; Word Usage; Word Endings; Spelling; Possessives; Plural vs Singular Nouns; Capital vs lower-case letters.

 

 

 

 

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