Purpose: The research paper assignment for this course is due at the end of week 7. The skills required in the successful completion of this assignment are the concluding step in the GMC ENG 101/ENG 102 sequence, effectively displaying your skills as a writer, researcher, and critical thinker. Research Paper Instructions: Your research paper should be an argumentative essay that makes a specific claim about some aspects) of 2-3 of the literary works assigned in class. The claim should incorporate some specific school of literary theory discussed in class. Support this claim and argument in a coherent, developed, and organized essay of at least 1200-1500 words minimum (not counting the works cited page) and must also successfully use at least 3 critical secondary sources accessed through the relevant GMC Library databases. The bulleted list below provides general options for paper topics. The entirety of the class reading assignments can be found in the Course Syllabus, under “Course Schedule.” The list below provides general options for paper topics: • A topic focusing on multiple texts (but no more than 2) by different authors. At least one of these texts must come from class-assigned literature. • A topic focusing on multiple texts (but no more than 3) by the same author. At least one of these texts must come from class-assigned literature. I have inserted an Example in files also.
