Individual Final Papers

Individual Paper Summaries

The final task for this course (beyond your group presentation) is a 5-6 page summary and persuasive piece that will recommend a text for the next incarnation of English 110 based on the book your group chose to advocate. While 5-6 pages may seem daunting, please consider the structure of such a paper:

--You should spend at least three to four pages outlining the contents (ie., the plot) of the novel
--After relating the plot and contents of the novel, you should also provide a persuasive explanation of the text’s literary worth vis-à-vis the literary elements we have discussed in our class time together. Does the author employ a break with traditional conceptions of genre, narration or other conceptual literary devices? What makes this novel or text unique?

I will not ask you to include outside sources, but should you choose to include them, please cite them in MLA format. Your voice in the conversation and interpretation is what I am most interested in.