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Assignments for
Out-of-Class Papers: Fall and Spring Only


For Summer, see Assignment details on Blackboard
ENGL 103

SUBJECT WORKS WILL BE CHOSEN FROM A LIST IN WEEK 1. You will develop a complex research paper on that topic for the semester. The two drafts will be called Paper 1 and Final Paper.

ASPECTS REQUIRED OF EACH PAPER

  • Double space
  • Use legible 10-12 point font (Arial, Verdana)...no italicized or script fonts
  • You must use quoted text from primary source (the work under analysis) in every body paragraph in each work you produce in this class
  • You must also use secondary sources, directly quoted, in each body paragraph of all works you produce in this class
  • See Quoting Your Sources
  • See general formatting rules in What I Expect on Out of Class Papers
  • See Secondary Sources

PAPER 1

  • Analyze the work you have chosen, using 2 critical perspectives, either biographical, historical, gender, cultural, feminist or Marxist. Choose what's approriate for your primary source, based on your research.
  • One primary source
  • Several secondary sources
  • 3-5 pages
  • Works cited page

FINAL PAPER

  • Elaborate on the work from paper 1, ADDING more critical perspectives for a total of no less than 4 critical perspectives, the two original critical perspectives included.
  • 5 to 7 secondary sources
  • 8-12 pages of text
  • Works Cited page

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