.David Damrosch. Building on your work for Unit 3 Complete, you are to show how the historical/cultural information you have researched shapes your understanding of the selected text (poem or short-story). You do not need (and should not try) to read an entire historical period into the text; rather, select a significant practice, event, or other element significant to the text with which to support your thesis. You may discover that, after further research, the tentative thesis you have proposed as part of your previous assignment needs to be refocused and/or refined. : You must analyze the relationship between the historical/cultural information and the text, not just summarize each of them. To inform your literary argument, think beyond our course and use the expertise that you have been acquiring in the Criminal Justice and/or Emergency Management fields. Your literary thesis can certainly address a socio-political, socio-economic, or socio-cultural question concerning one or more of our course texts and bring in the theoretical expertise youve acquired in your profession or discipline. The researched essay must be in length and must include, at the very least, your primary source . Feel free to include more
sources. Your argument must include a minimum of 7-10 short, but significant, carefully selected details (key words, phrases, or short lines) from both the primary and scholarly sources. Remember not to let long quotes dominate argument. Always explain your evidence with regard to the point youre making and/or your thesis, as a whole. Your researched focus needs to be grounded in the work youre doing for this course. You may not reuse or rework a paper from previous course. You need to start fresh. Have fun with this endeavor! See where your scholarly pursuits lead you. : : You need to submit your essay in two places. First, please upload your Researched Essay into the . Second, you must submit your essay in by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, January 22. See syllabus for our Turnitin course ID and password. Paste a copy of the below at the end of your document (immediately following the References page/entries). Failure to do so will result in loss of points. For ease of pasting the grading rubric, a Word document of the storical/Cultural Analysis is located in the folder. The grading rubric, along with Turnitin tools, will allow Dr. Walker to provide you with extensive, detailed commentary on your writing.