- Write a Research Paper using one of the short stories assigned this semester that you have not analyzed in the Fiction Essay, and one of the following critical approaches for interpreting literature: Biographical, Cultural, Marxist, Psychological, Archetypal or Gender/Feminist. The two parts work together and should be pursued at once. For example, you may analyze how one aspect of an author's life affected his/her writing, analyze the short story in terms of that influence, then move on to the next aspect of the author's life, and so on.
- All parts of the final paper should be double spaced with the following in MLA format: title page, page numbers, In-Text Citations, and a Works Cited page.
- You should have at least 10 outside sources (at least half from the BCCC library databases or catalog), and your short story for your 11th source. Be sure to use each source at least once, or more, in your Final Research Paper.
- The paper should be 2500 words, not including the Works Cited page entries
In the final Research Paper, you should have about
- 75% of your own analysis, introducing and commenting on other sources, short story quotes
- 15% paraphrasing from the 10 sources
- 10% direct quoting from the 10 sources
MLA citation example: (remember to double space and tab all lines after the first line):
Callum, Morgan. "Isolation as Punishment in "'The Yellow Wallpaper.'" The Explicator, vol. 33, no. 1, 20 Oct 2021, pp. 106-113, 115. doi:10.1080/0049787049026719
