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10 November 2007
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Procure a copy of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and closely read this novel; you may have already done so for a past assignment, and if so, please carefully review this work.
Note Twain's presentation of character, focus on humor, language, and idea. Select ONE of the topics from the list below as the focus of your source paper on Twain:
Posit a definition a full and substantive definition of the term, satire, noting its 18th century origins, as well as thinkers who excelled at the form. Also, examine the definition of the term irony.
Closely examine Mark Twain's use of the tool of satire in chapter 6, Pap Finn's (gov'ment speech), to present a close analysis of hypocrisy, racial bias, and irony.
Twain revolutionized American English by deliberately eschewing standard and polished forms associated with the British English of his day. Defend, using the evidence of the novel.
Define the critical term realism. Identify and analyze Twain's use of at least five instances of realism in the relevant chapters of this novel.
Procure a copy of Twain's "A True Story," a poignant tale told in dialect by a former slave about her separation from her husband and children and her fortuitous reunion with her youngest child. Closely read this work. Examine and explicate the emerging humanist writer in Twain that this first-person narrative presents, as this relates to the peculiar institution of slavery.
Seemingly at first a continuation of the earlier adventures of Tom and Huck--its early chapters were in the same light vein--it developed into a dark comedy, featuring characters such as Pap Finn, Huck's depraved poor white father, and the King and the Duke. But at the center of the novel is Huck's own struggle over slavery, or more precisely, over the bondage and freedom of a single slave, Jim, whjom he befriends. This novel is Twain's most probing treatment of race. In a closely reasoned and fully conceived discourse, plot or chronicle Hucks path from deformed conscience and his sound heart, as he sheds the racist ideology of his upbringing and climbs into manhood and selfhood via his experiences on the river with Jim.
STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION: Your discussion should be structured and organized, using these instructions:
1-2 para's that set forth Mark Twain's critical reputation as a writer, his place in American letters.
1/2 page, that briefly summarizes the contents of the novel, and conclude with a statement of thesis, or a controlling idea
4-6 pages of body, in which you make your case, using evidence from the novel, your research, as well as your own thoughtful thinking. Note that you must use both internal (in-text) as well as external documentation (works cited page), in this paper.
1/2 page, conclusion, in which you briefly summarize main points and forcefully restate your thesis statement, or controlling idea
Include the final page, the works cited page, an MLA listing of your ten sources
Exposition
Conducting research entails finding out as much as possible about an issue, finding good questions to ask, formulating one major research question, and then attempting to find answers to that question.
These are key stages in this process:
* Know the requirements, and set a realistic schedule.
* Establish your topic.
* Develop your research questions and thesis.
* Do a preliminary search for source material available on your topic, and be sure to include books, scholarly articles, and internet sources.
* Review this working bibliography, noting how relevant this material will be to your major research question.
* Take copious notes on the material. To do so, you must be familiar with the three ways to incorporate research material into your work:
Direct Quotes: use this tool only if the original source is relatively short, and is so eloquent that tampering with it will alter your aims. Use quotation marks for proper attribution, as well as the parenthetical in-text documentation.
Ex: “Ernest Hemingway asserted that “All modern American literature begins with a book called The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.”
Paraphrase: use this strategy when the original information is lengthy, and you are reasonably certain that you can capture the essence of the content by placing the material in your own words. Of course, you may also paraphrase short blurbs, as you wish. You must show proper attribution for this idea by placing the source in parentheses at the close of the information.
Ex: Many scholars in American literature agree with Hemingway’s claim that modern American fiction owes a debt to Mark Twain.
Summary: you may summarize source material which is far too long to include in the text of your paper. This information should be abbreviated, and should not employ the specific diction, or syntax of the original. The summary is typically shorter than the paraphrase.
Note: Please procure and read the relevant sections on preparation of the research paper in a modern mla (Modern Language Association), The Little, Brown Handbook, Part 9, 700--.
* Revisit your notes, and retool your thesis sentence, taking care that it argues what you actually want to argue.
* Write a first draft, in which you make your case, taking care to include all of the requisites segments of the research paper, including its structural elements, the in-text documentation, as well as the works cited page.
* Move through several drafts of this paper, until you are reasonably certain that you have spoken to content, audience, and purpose.
Writing style:
Your paper should be about 8 or so double-spaced and word-processed pages, excluding the works cited page. Obey mla guidelines
Referencing style:
Essential sources:
Requested sources:
* You should have five sources:
including one print source such as a book; Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
two internet articles
one interview (you must conduct a personal interview, from an adult expert in the field, not a personal friend who likes and enjoys Mark Twain; you may not use an online interview conducted by another writer or thinker),
and one media source, such as a documentary, video, or newscast, relevant to Twain, and the primary source
You may not use Wikipedia, SIRS, Cliff's or Monarch Notes, E-Notes, Explicator, or other less than substantive and standard source material for this paper.
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