Research Paper: Choose from one of the topics listed below and write a research paper ( 4-5 pages double spaced) , due April 15 by 11:59 pm..
You MUST use the MLALinks to an external site. system of parenthetical documentation and have a Works Cited page. If you are not familiar with the MLA system or if it has been awhile since you used it, you should make your appointment for the Writing Center now. You can also visit Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) which many students find helpful with documentation.
You need to incorporate at least 4 sources into your paper. Do not use wikipedia/cliffnotes, etc., as sources. Comments by our authors in our textbooks as well as the tales themselves do not count as required sources–these would be extra sources. You need to use serious scholarly books and articles available at the NYIT library and elsewhere for your source material. Peer-reviewed articlesare generally very good sources. I will be looking at the quality of your sources. Many students make an appointment with a reference librarian at NYIT for extra support and I HIGHLY recommend this course of action. You can make the appointment online.
Please consider visiting the Writing CenterLinks to an external site. with a draft of your paper before you submit it, especially to go over documentation. Remember there are no rewrites. Also make sure you submit your paper as a WORD document. If you have any questions about this paper, you can send me an e-mail.
Choose ONE of the following topics analyzing an aspect of children’s literature. Please note that these topics are VERY general and you will have to LIMIT them. You will need to refer to works not on our syllabus for some of these topics. Other topics may lend themselves to bringing some of the works from our syllabus into your discussion.
chosen topic: The Significance of Clothes in Fairy Tales
Use the following sources:
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/249608/summary
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=NGUxBwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA62&dq=role+of+fashion+in+children%27s+literature&ots=TIJIkHHdCM&sig=d4r9EzxavjJ2nHj9-DJDlP4ULtU#v=onepage&q=role%20of%20fashion%20in%20children’s%20literature&f=false
https://journals.openedition.org/strenae/6423
and one other citing from a credible source that supports your thesis
use the following examples:
Cinderella” by Charles Perrault
“The Emperor’s New Clothes” by Hans Christian Andersen
“The Twelve Dancing Princesses” by Brothers Grimm
“The Red Shoes” by Hans Christian Andersen
“The Little Mermaid” by Hans Christian Andersen
“Little Red Riding Hood” by Charles Perrault
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