英美文学论文要求

Term Paper

Hey, buddy, you are supposed to write an essay of 1000 words. You should not exceed 2000 words. (1000-2000 wds) Your writing will be scored for content, organization, grammar and format.

And you will have to submit it in Word on 7th-17th June at the latest.

Choose a book or author that we have covered in the course, and define your topic:

•Make sure that it is related only to American literature.

• A discussion of Characters;

• A study of the Context (social, political, or economic) in which a work was written;

•An interpretation of the Message or Theme;

•An analysis of a specific Image occurring in several works;

•All text should be in 12-point Times New Roman font;

•Everything should be double-spaced;

•Use 5 paces at the beginning of every paragraph;

•Skip a line between the title and text;

•Type your Name, Class, and also your Student ID No. on a separate line;

•Center the title and type it in bold;

胡彭，6

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Topic:Sister Carrie: A Naturalistic Writing

Beginning:

One of Theodore Dreiser’s major works, Sister Carrie involves elements typical of writing labeled “Naturalistic.” In more than one way, this novel can be read and evaluated as a fine example of American Naturalism. Many critics, for instance, ….

Middle:

Naturally, one cannot ignore the role of personal experience and emotions played in formation of the story….

Ending:

No wonder that some may comment, when talking of the development of the Naturalistic writing, that Dreiser set an example of ….

•Sometimes, people regard acontinueto use the“researching methods”during writing—coping down, almost word for

word, everything on a subject in a book or magazine that

comes to their hands.

•If you intend to do a report in such a way, you are committing

a moral offense.

Plagiarism is intellectual theft.