AWPE

Remember, your typed AWPE Essay is due on Friday 4/22 in class.

In Defense of Ignorance

According to Gardiner, why should ignorance be valued and celebrated? Do you think his message could benefit society? Explain your answer using specific examples from your own experience, your observation of others, or any of your reading.

With your partner, create an outline for a potential essay on this topic. Try to be specific enough so someone else knows what to expect from your final written product.

Literary Research Paper Reminder

Don't forget!!!

Submit your Wuthering Heights Research Paper to turnitin.com by 11:00 pm on Thursday 3/17

Bring in a hard copy of your Wuthering Heights Research Paper on Friday 3/18

Enjoy Spring Break!!!

Researching

Hello everyone. Sadly I am away today, but you can still look for good, credible sources for your research essay. You can search the databases again at the library site here. But also look for anything else on your topic. If you were not here on Monday, please talk to a neighbor about the databases we checked out and how they can be useful.

Literary Research Essay

Wuthering Heights is a novel rich with social, political, cultural, psychological, and historical connections. For this unit you will choose a topic of interest that connects with your book-club novel. As you read Wuthering Heights, try to understand the Bronte’s text through the lens of this topic.

You will then explore the background of this topic by reading secondary and primary source materials and reflect upon how you can organize these outside sources with your own analysis of the novel. After compiling your ideas and information from these sources, craft a thesis-driven research paper that connects your topic with the text of your Victorian-Era novel. 

This assignment is fairly open-ended and will require much thought on your part of how to organize your ideas and execute this written product. Remember that this is a Literary Research Paper, meaning that your topic must connect to the specifics of the text Wuthering Heights.  Due on Turnitin.com by 11:00pm on March 17^th.

Requirements:

·         4-6 Pages plus a Works Cited Page - all in MLA Format.

·         At least two scholarly outside sources. (You will probably want to use more sources than this)

·         Formal writing style. No I, me, you, or us.

·         Quotes of non-fiction sources should only be used if they are absolutely crucial to conveying your point. You cannot use more than two quotes from your non-fiction sources.  Most of the time you will want to rely on paraphrasing.

·         Citations: You must use MLA in-text citations for all quotes and paraphrasing that is done.

Mr. Achimore’s Advice:

·         Choose a topic that allows you to both examine outside sources thoroughly and analyze and discuss specific aspects of the text. That way, you will have plenty of information to talk about for four pages.

Potential Wuthering Heights Topics:

• ·   Examine Social Injustice (in Gender, Race, and/or Social Class) in Wuthering Heights and England during the 1800’s
• ·   Examine the Link between Nature and Spirituality within Wuthering Heights and England during the 1800’s (may also be researched through a psychological perspective independent of time period)
• ·         Research Thomas Hobbes’s Theory of the Social Contract or John Locke’s Theory of the Social Contract, Examine Whether Heathcliff’s Actions Are Justified in Relation to One of These Philosophical Perspectives
• ·         Examine masculinity and gender in the novel and how it reflects Victorian Era society.
• ·         Examine the portrayal of womanhood in Wuthering Heights and how it is in dialogue with dominant Victorian notions of femininity.
• ·         Examine the development of the Byronic Hero in literature and examine the existence of the Byronic Hero in Wuthering Heights
• ·         Identify and Examine the Dominant Romantic Style Elements within Wuthering Heights.
• ·         Explore the history of the Gothic Novel. Identify and Examine the Dominant Gothic Style Elements within Wuthering Heights
• ·         Examine the Existence of Freud’s Personality Types within Wuthering Heights (specifically the Id, Ego, and Superego)
• ·         Examine the Psychological Effects of Isolation and Its Relation to the Characters of Wuthering Heights
• ·         Examine Narcissism as a Psychological Concept and Its Existence in the Characters of Wuthering Heights
• ·         Examine Bi-Polar Disorder and Its Relevance to the Characters of Wuthering Heights
• ·         Examine Depression (as an Illness) and Its Relevance to the Characters of Wuthering Heights
• ·         Examine the Nature Versus Nurture Debate and Its Relevance to the Characters of Wuthering Heights

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Poetry Portfolio

Purpose: to assemble, organize, and present your analytical and written work of the poetry unit.

Requirements:

·         Cover page: name and poetry definition and anything else you deem worthy to be placed on your cover page (images are always welcomed).

·         Poetic Movie Trailer Assignments:

o   Haiku

o   A short write-up on the trailer and how certain techniques (images, sound, pacing, etc.) contribute to its overall mood or tone. The Haiku and write-up should be about a page in length.

·         Mock-Romantic Era Poem

·         Rewrite of Poetry Comparison Essay

·         Original Poetry Comparison Essay

Due Date: Friday 2/12