Write a research-based essay of your choice, drawn from the readings/authors we have studied this semester. You may choose to write about a single work or author, or to write about multiple works in relation to each other. You may look at a single genre, or across genres. The primary works to be discussed are entirely up to you, as long as they are anchored in some way to the course material.
In addition to working with primary (that is, literary) texts, your paper must also have a research component in which you engage with that work’s critical context. To that end, you must cite AT LEAST three scholarly secondary essays in your paper. These scholarly works should be professional and appropriate for use in an academic context. Mainly, they should be drawn from the school’s library databases.
There are several preliminary tasks that each student will complete before turning in the final essay.
1)Via moodle, we will have a research tutorial during which I will teach you about the school’s databases and how they can be used for literary research. This will cover material you probably learned to a certain extent in Writing 101.
2)Each student will write a brief proposal outlining their topic, due Monday night 12/7.
3)For the week of class beginning 12/6, I will be available to meet with students who would like to discuss the final paper either via zoom or face to face. Please e-mail me to schedule a meeting if you are interested. This is optional, not mandatory.
The essay itself will be due on Dec 17 at 11:59 p.m.: EXTENSION WILL ONLY BE GRANTED IN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES!
Essay Topic:
I want to focus on the author Edgar Allan Poe and how he focuses his poetry based around
death, regret, and love. It will quote and include “The Cask of Amontillado”. Please use three scholarly secondary essays in your paper and other quotes from edgar fallen poe’s poems/writings
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