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1、BASICSTEPSINWRITINGALITERATUREPAPERDr.TinaL.HanlonAssociateProfessorofEnglishFerrumCollegeSeethehandoutdistributedinclassfortopicsforPaper1,dueFeb.2,2001.Pre-WritingSuggestionsItmaybehelpfulfirsttosubmitajournalentrywithashortdiscussionofyourpotentialtopic,ora
2、"brainstorming"listofideasanddetailsthatcouldbeusedinapaperonatopicyouareexploring. Orusetheworksheetgivenbelowtogetfeedbackonyourtopicbeforewritingthepaper.Rereadtheliterarywork,orrelevantportionsofitifitislong,andmakenotesonalldetailsrelatingtoyourtopicthaty
3、oumightaddtoyourpaper.Youwillbeexpectedtoprovidemoresupportingdetailsforeachpointofanalysisthanarerequiredininformaljournalentries.DevelopaThesisYoumayhavedevelopedagoodcentralpointofanalysisinyourpre-writingactivitiesthatwillprovideathesis,oryoumayhavetodevel
4、opanewoneappropriateforyourrevisedfocus. Ifyoustartwithajournalentrythatwasbasedprimarilyonfactsaboutplotoronpersonalreactions,itwillbeessentialtodevelopaninterpretivethesis—aprecisestatementaboutthetopic. Ifyouchangeyourmindlaterabouttheopinionorpointofinterp
5、retationstatedinyourthesis(sinceweoftendiscovernewinsightsaswewrite),reworditandrevisetherestoftheessayaccordingly.SampleThesisStatementsabouttheshortstory“AWornPath”byEudoraWelty:·Oncharacter: In“AWornPath,”PhoenixJacksonisafrailoldwomanwithphysicalandmentalw
6、eaknesses,butsheappearsasastrongheroiccharacterbytheendofthestory.Sheusescommonsense,wit,andcouragetoovercometheobstaclessheencounters.·Onplot: In“AWornPath,”PhoenixJackson’swalkthroughthefieldsandwoodsbecomesaheroicquestassheovercomesaseriesofobstaclesbravely
7、,determinedtoreachhergoalandobtainmedicineforhersickgrandson.·Ontheme: Likemanyfolktales,“AWornPath”showsthatapoor,physicallyweakcountrywomancanbecomeaheroifsheusescourageandwittoachievehergoals.·Onsymbolism: PhoenixJacksonencountersaseriesofphysical,psycholog
8、icalandsocialobstaclesthatrepresentthehero’sstrugglesagainstdeath,fear,andprejudiceinherquesttoachievehergoal.·Comparingfolktaleandmodernshortstory: “AWornPath”byEudoraWeltyfollows
