The annotated bibliography is the next assignment due before the final paper and requires students to find a total of five sources:
In a rigorously researched 6–8-page essay, you will apply a major literary theory to a novel of your choice. Choose one of the major literary theories we’ve covered this term and compose a six to eight-page paper that contributes to a critical, ongoing academic conversation.
Your paper’s major claim and reasons must be supported with a carefully considered balance of original, compelling discussion and evidence gleaned from research. You are required to incorporate a minimum of four academic sources into your essay. At least one of these should be a peer-reviewed explication of the major literary theory you are applying to your chosen text. You will use the research you did for your Annotated Bibliography assignment to support your claims.
Do not drop the summaries from your Annotated Bibliography into your essay. They weren't designed for your audience. You are now making an argument supporting your claim, not merely summarizing.
Your audience for this piece is primarily comprised of scholars who are interested in your topic and who may be aware of the important texts, thinkers, and arguments frequently cited within your chosen conversation. However, while your audience may be familiar with some of the more influential voices that you will cite, they will expect you to remind them of key words and statements. These academic readers and thinkers like texts, and they respect well-read participants of the conversation, so you should use textual support as a way of establishing credibility as well.
Your audience, though, will not be reading your paper simply to “re-hear” authoritative voices; they want you to bring those voices into your argument, and they want you to prove that you have understood them, but they still expect your voice to predominate. Therefore, you must have something definite to contribute, even if it is only a revision, qualification, or correction of an existing belief or idea.
Verify all submissions before the July 22nd deadline. All submissions are final, and absolutely no late papers can be accepted for any reason.
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