World literature – Research project proposal
READ THESE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY– YOUR GRADE DEPENDS ON IT.
For a test grade, you will need to pick a job for your Final – Research Project. The Research Project itself will be a 1,000-2,000 words (1,000-word minimum) researched critical/literary analysis. You may choose something we have read this semester, or you may venture into the unknown. If you choose to research something we’ve read and discussed as a class, you must find a different focus. That is one that the discussion or essay did not cover. The essay must reference at least three secondary sources and should include primary source quotes.
Topic choices:
The Iliad Homer
Oedipus the King Sophocles
From Ancient India:
The Bhagavad-Gita
From the Middle Ages:
The Tale of Genji Murasaki Shikibu
Beowulf
The Book of the City of Ladies Christine de Pizan
From the Renaissance:
The Prince (Machiavelli)
INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR PROPOSAL
You will submit this assignment as an attachment (as with other essay assignments). Please include the following:
1) A solid paragraph (or two) that indicates which text you have chosen. Give an explanation as to why you would like to read that selection and justify your decision by discussing how you want to research the work.
2) Include at least two preliminary secondary resources that you might use in the final project. Only one of these may come from the general internet (and it cannot be Wikipedia or another unreliable source like answers.com or Sparknotes). To show me what you intend to use as research material, you must create an “annotated bibliography.”
An annotated bibliography should be formatted as follows:
Center the words “Annotated Bibliography” following your typed and double-spaced paragraph.
Each source must be cited as you would cite it in a Works Cited page. Following the citation, provide a brief summary of the contents of the document or article. You cannot copy and paste a summary from the abstract in the Online Resources of the Vaughn library. You must show me that you have at least skimmed and understood the contents of the article.
The grade I give you (which counts as a test grade) for your proposal is final. However, if I think that you need to do some re-thinking about your project, I will indicate that to you in the comments when I submit your grade.
Requirements: n/a
o the resources are required to come from the school database and I have attached the link here –> https://libguides.tjc.edu/ …..if you will scroll and select English 2332 literature then scroll to the middle of the screen to where it says “Suggested Literary databases” there you can select an outlet to use for research. If you have any questions just let me know and thank you for your help!
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