Date introduced: 1/29
Paper Proposal: 2/3
Structural Outline: 2/5
Complete draft due: 2/10-11
Final draft due: 2/23
Rubric: Grad Portfolio Literary Analysis.pdf
This essay will be a literary analysis on Dante’s Inferno, exploring a topic of your own choosing. There are only two parameters to your choice: it must be a topic that 1) you find interesting or compelling and 2) grapples with complexity.
(Of course, it is perfectly acceptable to use as a starting point the essay you wrote for the last semester exam, addressing the question of whether, and how, Dante has changed through the course of his journey through Hell.)
We will move through this essay in steps:
Due Tuesday 2/3
Your first step is to propose a paper topic. Fortunately, through your thesis log, you have been contemplating possible paper topics throughout your reading of the novel. Review your thesis log and make a decision on what you will write about. (Of course, it is fine to choose a topic that you did not address directly in your thesis log.)
In at least two healthy paragraphs, write a proposal for your paper in which you
The proposal must be typed or neatly handwritten. Be prepared to share this with the class in a read-around.
Due Thursday 2/5 for all blocks
In whatever format is most comfortable to you, sketch out a structural outline of your paper. Think of what your reader needs to understand the logic of your thinking on this topic. You can use roman numerals, bullet points, a sequence of topic sentences, visual diagrams, concept maps, whatever works best for you. Your outline does not need to give sentence-level detail, but it should provide an estimate of the order and sequence of your paragraphs. Your overall thesis should be apparent by this outline.
Due Monday 2/10-11
You’ve pondered your topic; you’ve drafted your outline. Now it’s time to write a paper that communicates your thinking on Inferno to another person—your reader.
Posted by Justin Wells : 01/29/2009