Compose a literary analysis thesis paper that meets the guidelines for an academic thesis statement and for this particular assignment. Format your thesis statement as an MLA Word document and submit it using the assignment link. An example assignment has been posted in this week’s module. (Yes, the assignment is one sentence in MLA format.) As you plan, it’s important to be aware that you will be writing a scholarly literary analysis about the reading. Here are a few requirements to bear in mind:
The paper will require you to use material from the reading(s) to back up your thesis and main points, so it’s good that you listened in class and remembered to make notes as you read. You’ll need 2-3 citations directly from the story to back up each main point.
You will be required to use 1-2 scholarly sources about your context in the paper.
While there’s no required word count or page count, be aware that if you don’t have two full pages, you’re probably not going to get a very good grade as your paper will be poorly developed. (That’s a minimum; an A paper will be longer.)
You should use the proper professional language for a literary analysis, i.e. use some terms from the list of literary terminology. Several of these should make an appearance in your paper, likely in the main points.
You should do Google searches on key terms and people associated with or mentioned in your chosen reading/argument, and on the author of the work. Once you get that general background, do scholarly research on things that you know are likely to be included in your paper. Remember, of course, that you must cite all information that you use in your paper and that you must use scholarly sources.
Peter Pan (Peter and Wendy)
