African American Literature
List of text options choose 3:
Scars
Alice Butler
Resurrection of the Errand Girl
in the year i loved your mother
CHOOSE
ONE QUESTION :
1.
Many
of these texts are about relationships with people or a place. Discuss using 3 texts,
two concepts associated with relationships from each text.
2.
In
each text there are several contradictions such as love and pain, freedom and
imprisonment, nurturing and neglect, trauma and self-care etc. Discuss using 3 texts, two contradictions from
each text.
3.
The
idea of freedom is central to some of these works. Discuss using 3 texts, two concepts
associated with freedom from each text.
4.
These
texts are about certain experiences of love- love for an individual, an ideal,
a place, community, freedom etc. Discuss
using 3 texts, two concepts of love from each text.
How
to Write Paper #2
1.
Paragraph 1: Introduction. State your
thesis and the 3 texts, and the concepts associated with each text. The thesis is already given in the question
you have chosen.
2.
For paragraphs 2 to 7: In each paragraph you are quoting 3 to 4
lines from the text, explaining these lines and relating the ideas raised in
these lines to your thesis. Make sure the paragraphs go into detail and are not
too short.
3.
Paragraph 8: Conclusion
4.
Your paper can be more than 8 paragraphs
5.
Check over Expression: sentence
construction, grammar, spelling, mechanics etc.
