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Analysis Paper
TOPIC: Moliere's Tartuffe. Select a point to argue or analyze. You may argue that a character is a hero, that the gods play a major role, that the animal symbolism is significant, that the character's harmatia is arrogance, that the women are treated as objects, that irony pervades the literary work, etc.
PURPOSE: To analyze a piece of literature from a perspective of your choice. This perspective becomes your argument, your thesis statement.
THESIS STATEMENT: The paper will have a clear succinct thesis statement, and it will prove the thesis with quotations from the literary text and explanations of how each quotation supports the thesis.
QUOTATIONS: When quoting from the text to prove your point, you must use the textbook for The Norton Anthology of World Literature, 4th editionand indicate the page number of the quotation in parentheses. You must use a minimum of 8 quotations from the literature to support your thesis.
After each quotation, place in parentheses the author's last name and the page number from The Norton Anthology of World Literature, 4th ed., from which you took the quotation. For example, (Swift 334). Note: there is NO comma between the author's name and the page #.
RESEARCH: The Short Analysis Paper is not a research paper; it is your analysis of one aspect of one piece of literature we have studied in the course.
NAME: Be sure to put your name-LAST NAME FIRST-- on the paper AND on the file name.
PAGE NUMBERS: Inserting page numbers into your document is a requirement.
LENGTH OF PAPER: The Short Analysis Paper should be about 4-5 double-spaced pages long and have a minimum of 8 quotations from the literature to support your thesis. No outside Sources should be used.
WORKS CITED: There is only one entry on your Works Cited page-Use the proper MLA citation for a work in an anthology.
SUBSECTIONS
A. INTRODUCTION:
The introduction should be lively-grab the reader's attention! example series of questions, famous quotation, dialogue, opposing viewpoint, vivid example, startling fact or statistic, anecdote, analogy, lyric from a song, line from a poem, etc.
B. THESIS STATEMENT:
1. Thesis should be written as the last sentence in your introduction.
2. Thesis should argue something. The thesis should have three parts: a topic, a viewpoint, and a plan (often the subtopics or reasons)
Sample Thesis #1 for Short Analysis Paper: In the Narrative of the Life of Frederic Douglass: An American Slave, Frederick Douglass is a hero who overcomes many seemingly insurmountable obstacles: he overcomes his illiteracy; he overcomes his physical imprisonment as a slave; he overcomes the psychological imprisonment of his mind as a slave, and he shares the wisdom he gained with other slaves and with those sympathetic with the abolition of slavery.
Dissecting the Above Thesis:
A. Topic: Frederic Douglass
B. Viewpoint: he is a hero
C. Plan (subtopics/reasons):
Do not begin your topic sentences with quotations from the text or by telling about an event in the literature. Do begin with a sentence like the ones below, which all refer to the thesis statement and the subtopic.
D. Possible Topic Sentences-these indicate the plan of your paper
1) One of the reasons that Frederick Douglass is a hero is that he tenaciously surmounts the problem of illiteracy.
2) Being imprisoned as a slave has many physical consequences; however, Frederick Douglass overcomes these problems.
3) Frederick Douglass not only surmounts the physical consequences of being a slave but the psychological imprisonment of his mind as well.
4) A generous and courageous hero, Frederick Douglass shares his wisdom with other slaves and those sympathetic to abolition.
BODY OF THE PAPER
1. Using the plan specified in your thesis, prove your thesis by using ample evidence from the text. You should have a minimum of 8 quotations from the literary text to prove your thesis points.
2. Be sure to introduce and explain each quotation; otherwise, the paper will be just a string of quotations. Explain how the quotation proves your point; do not assume that the reader will understand how the quotation proves your point. It is your job as the writer to explain how the quotation proves your point.
3. After each quotation, place in parentheses the author's last name and the page number from The Norton Anthology of World Literature, 4th ed., from which you took the quotation. For example, (Swift 334). Note: there is NO comma between the author's name and the page #.
4. You must use the text we are using for the course: The Norton Anthology of World Literature, 4th edition, Volumes D, E, and F.
5. The conclusion should be thoughtful, thought-provoking, and summarize your major points.
REFLECTIVE COMPONENT
After your conclusion at the end of the paper, write a two-paragraph reflection.
1- In the first paragraph, write an analysis of how your chosen topic is relevant to your life or your major and/or how the content explored deepened your understanding of or connection to concepts that you need in your life or career and/or how writing this paper helped you to acknowledge perspectives that are different from your own.
2- In the second paragraph, reflect on the skills or concepts you have learned through writing this paper. You may want to include a discussion of which parts of your paper are particularly successful and which parts you may want to change if you were given the opportunity to revise.