Classic English Literature

: The Twentieth Century and After. All readin" rel="nofollow">ing selections must come from the textbook. If you don't have the textbook, here is a lin" rel="nofollow">ink to the table of contents: http://media.wwnorton.com/cms/contents/NAEL9_v2_TOC.pdf • Before writin" rel="nofollow">ing your essay, please read either the in" rel="nofollow">introduction to Volume F or the briefer onlin" rel="nofollow">ine in" rel="nofollow">introduction: Introduction to Volume F: http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael9/section/volF/overview.aspx • In your essay (750-1000 words or more), you will trace one of these general ideas (listed below) through at least four pieces of literature by different writers from this time period. • In other words, you will be discussin" rel="nofollow">ing the work of four writers; you may in" rel="nofollow">include more than one work by each of the four writers. (Please do not merely repeat what you wrote in" rel="nofollow">in your readin" rel="nofollow">ing responses if you use the same works.) • The paper should be in" rel="nofollow">in essay form with an in" rel="nofollow">introduction, a thesis, body paragraphs, and a conclusion rather than a collection of readin" rel="nofollow">ing responses. Please do not use sub-headin" rel="nofollow">ings. • You must use more than one quotation from each of the the readin" rel="nofollow">ing selections as support for your general ideas. This is very important. • Please do not choose long readin" rel="nofollow">ing selections for this paper. • If you have questions or need suggestions, please let me know. The fin" rel="nofollow">inal should show me that you have read selections from various parts of Volume F (The Twentieth Century and After). Here are some possible ways to group the readin" rel="nofollow">ing selections (choose ONE topic). You must discuss four readin" rel="nofollow">ing selections by four different authors for support. 1. Discuss four readin" rel="nofollow">ing selections that show the in" rel="nofollow">increasin" rel="nofollow">ing diversity in" rel="nofollow">in English literature durin" rel="nofollow">ing this time period, especially as it relates to the demise of the British empire. The topic "Nation, Race, and Language" (2718) may help you choose readin" rel="nofollow">ing selections. 2. Discuss four readin" rel="nofollow">ing selections that show how writers responded to both World War I and World War II in" rel="nofollow">in poetry and fiction. You may wish to contrast the way that poets responded to these two wars, usin" rel="nofollow">ing evidence from the textbook sections ("Voices from World War I" [2016]; "Voices from World War II [2704]). Note: There are very few poems from World War II. It's acceptable to use only the poets from World War I. 3. Discuss four readin" rel="nofollow">ing selections that reveal the in" rel="nofollow">influence of the modernist movement (early 20th century through 1930s) on poets and fiction writers. Writers who are considered parts of the modernist movement in" rel="nofollow">include Yeats, Woolf, Joyce, Lawrence, Eliot, etc. This website may be useful: http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/20century/topic_2_05/welcome.htm. ) (You will fin" rel="nofollow">ind a discussion of modernism in" rel="nofollow">in the in" rel="nofollow">instructions for Readin" rel="nofollow">ing Response 4. There is also a section called Modernist Manifestos in" rel="nofollow">in the textbook [2056 ff.].) 4. Discuss four readin" rel="nofollow">ing selections that you believe are still relevant in" rel="nofollow">in today's world. You must be very specific about how these selections relate to current issues, and you must quote from the readin" rel="nofollow">ing selections. 5. Discuss four readin" rel="nofollow">ing selections that relate to the role of women durin" rel="nofollow">ing the 20th century. You may wish to consider the followin" rel="nofollow">ing authors: Virgin" rel="nofollow">inia Woolf, Katherin" rel="nofollow">ine Mansfield, Stevie Smith, Doris Lessin" rel="nofollow">ing, Margaret Atwood, Evan Boland, Jean Rhys. It is also acceptable to choose male authors who wrote about women and their roles. This is a test of your ability to use critical thin" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">ing skills as you discuss the stories and poems, so you should use sources sparin" rel="nofollow">ingly. Also, if you are quotin" rel="nofollow">ing, even from the textbook, please use quotation marks or block (in" rel="nofollow">indent 10 spaces from the left margin" rel="nofollow">in) quotations of more than three lin" rel="nofollow">ines. As always, you should follow MLA format. If you don't use secondary sources (sources other than the textbook), you do not need a works cited page. If you use the textbook as your only source, just in" rel="nofollow">include page numbers. Do not repeat the authors' names over and over in" rel="nofollow">in parentheses. The authors' names should be in" rel="nofollow">in sentences in" rel="nofollow">in the text of the paper, not in" rel="nofollow">in parentheses. Only page numbers should be in" rel="nofollow">in parentheses. Here are several lin" rel="nofollow">inks that may be useful: Introduction to Volume F: http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael9/section/volF/overview.aspx Timelin" rel="nofollow">ine: The Twentieth Century and After: http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael9/section/volF/timelin" rel="nofollow">ine.aspx Norton Topics Onlin" rel="nofollow">ine: http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/20century/welcome.htm