Essay #3: Due Thursday, January 14, 2010
Historical Criticism / Character
Paper Guidelines:
*8.5x11-inch paper
*1-inch margins
*typed, double-spaced, Cambria 12 font
*minimum three (3) pages, maximum four (4) pages
*minimum of three (3) primary sources, cited in MLA format; attach the list to your essay on a separate piece of paper
Left-hand corner of paper, single spaced:
FIRST AND LAST NAME
January 14, 2010
Professor Melinda Roberts
Short Story: Wintersession 2010
Centered Title (all caps and bolded):
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
- IMPORTANT REMINDER: Papers that do not meet the guidelines will not be accepted and will be given a score of zero (0).
- IMPORTANT REMINDER: Papers are due at the start of class, i.e., 9:30 AM, on January 14, 2010. Late papers will not be accepted and will be given a score of zero (0).
Essay topic:
Use the Historical Criticism on pages 685-689 of our text. Choose a story from the list below and analyze the protagonist. Discuss the historical context of the story; how does this context impact upon the protagonist's character? What techniques has the writer used to create, reveal, or develop the character? What motivation(s) (either explicit and/or implicit) does the writer provide for the character's actions? Discuss how the character changed or how his/her full personality was revealed. What does a reader in 2010 need to understand historically about the piece to fully appreciate the exact meaning and impact it had on its original audience? Come up with a thesis sentence, and back up your argument with specific observations about the text. Incorporate at least five quotations, and document them, as explained in the writing chapters at the end of the book.
Use the Historical Criticism on pages 685-689 of our text. Choose a story from the list below and analyze the protagonist. Discuss the historical context of the story; how does this context impact upon the protagonist's character? What techniques has the writer used to create, reveal, or develop the character? What motivation(s) (either explicit and/or implicit) does the writer provide for the character's actions? Discuss how the character changed or how his/her full personality was revealed. What does a reader in 2010 need to understand historically about the piece to fully appreciate the exact meaning and impact it had on its original audience? Come up with a thesis sentence, and back up your argument with specific observations about the text. Incorporate at least five quotations, and document them, as explained in the writing chapters at the end of the book.
- A Worn Path (Phoenix Jackson)
- A Good Man is Hard to Find (the grandmother)
- The Rocking-Horse Winner (Paul)
- The Birthmark (Aylmer)
- The Birthmark (Georgianna)
- The Things They Carried (Lieutenant Jimmy Cross)
- An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Peyton Farquhar)
- The Lottery (Tessie Hutchinson)
- IMPORTANT NOTE: Be sure to incorporate all parts of the essay topic into the essay to receive full points.
- This essay has a value of 75 points. The essay topic has four (4) parts; each part is assigned 25% of the total points.
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