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ACCELERATED ENGLISH 12Research Paper Overview

WHAT IS IT?

3 – 5 Page Critical Research Paper (Literary Analysis)

Covers one or more of the following works with a minimum of four (4) supporting topics. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Things Fall Apart No Exit Hamlet A Comparative Analysis of two works from above

(Grad Project Option)

WHAT IS IT? (CONTINUED)

MLA Formatted Throughout Demonstrations consultation of a minimum

of four (4) secondary critical resources Acceptable sources (Library sources)

Databases Periodicals Essays

Unacceptable sources Spark Notes (and the like) things you “googled”

WHAT IT ISN’T.

A book report Tell me why this work is worthy of your analysis,

not what the book is about… Trust me, I’ve read it already… many times.

Something you can write in one night. Failure to turn in the steps of the paper = I will

not accept the paper itself (and may God have mercy on your soul).

Something you download from the internet Why pay $50 to get a zero?

Your friend’s work Yes, I check with my colleagues.

WHEN IS IT DUE?Assignment Deadline / Date Location Points

Thesis Statement  

03/05/15 Library 10

Annotated Bibliography Due(Typed)(Minimum 4 Secondary Sources)

03/11/15 Library 40

Rough Draft Due(Typed)(Minimum 4 Secondary & 4 Primary Citations)(Works Cited Page) Two Peer Edits (10 points Each)

03/20/15      

03/23/15

Library      

Library

50      

20

Total Pre-Write Points = 120 

Final Draft Due(TYPED!)

03/26/15 127 East 250* 

* 25% of your 3rd Marking Period Grade

TURN-IN POLICY

All pre-writing assignments are due on the dates listed. For each day you submit the pre-writing assignments late, ½ of the

total points will be deducted. Please note: you cannot submit the final draft of this paper

without having previously submitted all pre-writing assignments.

This means, even if you have received a zero on your rough draft, for example, you still must submit a rough draft prior to the final draft’s deadline.

Any final draft handed in late will be penalized according to standard classroom policy. I.E., one letter grade will be deducted for each day’s lateness.

Even if you are absent on the due date of the final draft, your paper is still due – there is no lateness.

Computer issues will not be a sufficient reason for missing deadlines.

Failure to submit this paper may result in failure for the 3rd marking period.

WHERE DO I FIND MY RESOURCES?

Library Databases Literature Resource Center Gale Student Resources Access Power Library EBSCO Host ProQuest Resources Etc…

Library Catalogue North BCCC Bucks County

HOW DO I START?

The following ideas will help you choose a specific focus for your analysis and help you to develop a thesis:

Four elements are involved in the process which produces art: the artist the universe which provides the subject for

the work of art the audience or the reader the work itself, the product of the process

FOCUS ON THE ARTIST

BIOGRAPHICAL CRITICISM

Examines the writer’s life and makes connections and contrasts between his/her life and the writing. Broader historical studies explore social and intellectual currents that show links between an author’s work and the ideas events, and institutions of that period. The work reflects the events, specific experiences, prejudices, and "truths" of the author’s personal life. Often literature written in the first person is interpreted as autobiographical.

FOCUS ON THE ARTIST

PSYCHOLOGICAL CRITICISM

For Example: The work reflects the psychological state of the artist and is a manifestat ion of his/her expressed or repressed needs, desires, ambitions, frustrations, etc.

FOCUS ON THE UNIVERSE SOCIOLOGICAL CRITICISM  Marxist - an umbrella term for a number of

critical approaches to literature that draw inspiration from the social and economic theories of Karl Marx. Marx maintained that material production, or economics, ultimately determines the course of history, and in turn influences social structures. These social structures, Marx argued, are held in place by the dominant ideology, which serves to reinforce the interests of the ruling class. Marxist criticism approaches literature as a struggle with social realities and ideologies.

 

FOCUS ON THE UNIVERSE SOCIOLOGICAL CRITICISM (Continued)  Feminist - explores the just and unjust treatment of

women as well as the effect of gender on language, reading, and the literary canon; an umbrella term for a number of different critical approaches that seek to distinguish the human experience from the male experience. Feminist critics draw attention to the ways in which patriarchal social structures have marginalized women and male authors have exploited women in their portrayal of them.

Minority - the critic interested in race and ethnic identity explores similar issues, with the focus shifted to a specific cultural group

FOCUS ON THE UNIVERSE

HISTORICAL CRITICISM

How does the literary work represent the author’s particular time, place, society or culture?

Sample typical question:Which 1960s ideals are reflected in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest?

FOCUS ON THE UNIVERSE

MORALISTIC/DIDACTIC CRITICISM

Literature reflects (or should reflect) a higher truth, an ethical perspective; it teaches the reader how to live and behave. This approach evaluates works of art in terms of moral, ethical, or political messages that are conveyed. Rooted in religious studies and ethics, this approach explores the moral dilemmas literary works raise.

FOCUS ON THE UNIVERSE

ARCHETYPAL APPROACH: Archetypal critics or myth critics are strongly influenced by

the belief that primitive man is yet within us and that myth, ritual, and poetry – found in the beginnings of every culture – have the power to make us aware of the collective experiences of the race.

The archetypal critic is concerned with enduring patterns and motifs and how they are reflected in literature.

Archetypal criticism examines those events, images, symbols, types that have existed throughout our recorded stories such as “The Hero’s Journey,” the manifestations of the “Mother Goddess,” and many others.

FOCUS ON THE UNIVERSE

PSYCHOANALYTIC APPROACH:

Some critics apply psychological theories to literary works by exploring dreams, symbolic associations, and motivation.

In approaching a piece of literature psychologically, we tend to focus on the work of Sigmund Freud or Carl Jung. To survey their work/ideas here would be impossible. Critics employing this approach may apply Freud’s work on the Oedipal Complex, the components of personality (id, ego, superego), sex, or dream analysis or discuss Jung’s collective unconscious in analyzing a work of literature.

FOCUS ON THE AUDIENCE

READER-RESPONSE CRITICISM 

The focus is on the “transaction” between the text & reader, who sees the text not as an object to be analyzed but as an experience which is different for each reader. The work is recreated each time by its reader and can only mean what the individual reader or a community of readers brings to bear on its interpreta tion. This transaction process will result in an ongoing refinement of meaning, meaning-in-process. There is no interpretation which every reader can share in at any point in the process.

FOCUS ON THE WORK/TEXT

PHILOSOPHICAL CRITICISM

The work is strongly influenced by the philosophy of the author or by a prominent philosophical idea.

FOCUS ON THE WORK/TEXT

LINGUISTIC CRITICISM  Literature is a process of

communication. Consequently, we must study the resources of language, the meanings of individual words and their syntactical pat terns, in order to better understand the communicated message.

FOCUS ON THE WORK/TEXT

FORMALIST CRITICISM  This approach emphasizes the structure of a work and

the rules of its genre are crucial to its meaning. It determines how various elements (plot, character, language, etc.) reinforce the meaning & unify the work. Literature is an artful arrangement of language characterized by formal ele ments which separate it from the language of ordinary (grammatical) or even persua sive (rhetorical) discourse. It is necessary to analyze it in terms of how (technique) the language is given shape, how the formal elements result in an aesthetic effect.

FOCUS ON THE WORK/TEXT

FORMALIST CRITICISM (Continued)

Characterization Plot Setting Theme Style

THE PROCESS Select a work Select a mode of analysis Research, research, research Read, highlight, and annotate sources Develop preliminary Thesis Statement Compile Annotated Bibliography Verify a minimum of 4 acceptable secondary

critical resources Draft, Draft, Draft Revise, Revise, Revise Peer Edit Teacher Conference Publish

CONCLUSION

I will offer instruction throughout the process

Thesis Statement: 03/03/15 Annotated Bibliography: 03/06/15 Converting Annotated Bib to Works Cited:

03/11/15 Introduction: 03/12/15 Body Paragraphs: 03/16/15 Formatting Quotations: 03/17/15 Conclusion: 03/18/15

QUESTIONS?

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