Topic: Spousal Abuse/Domestic Violence
Primary Source: “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston
Secondary Source 1: Article- What Goes Around
Comes Around
https://www-jstor-org.lsua.idm.oclc.org/stable/26434443
Source 2 Article: Fraternal Fractures:
Marriage, Masculinity, and Malicious Menfolk
https://doi-org.lsua.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/00497878.2021.1874802
https://content.ebscohost.com/cds/retrieve?content=AQICAHiylJ_bvOB56hI8UzTN6Ryruh7a0kiIBN_ANwtaWYjmxwGtf1jIGCdsJ88fmjAQ4sGCAAAA4zCB4AYJKoZIhvcNAQcGoIHSMIHPAgEAMIHJBgkqhkiG9w0BBwEwHgYJYIZIAWUDBAEuMBEEDBM3cpEao8g0XYKDmwIBEICBm3gOneM6vHwj4fzIifEGPAYkQuDpRyL_l9jicjgv_yN30z3pgWkM-oOJIZGOkmqSLpcaS0NrvUf09raQV0MCV_HAHb6n1_r6xnGrqZeDE77DObyjXbuSIH5uI3wXdNP3ZDHVxh7AZCgOphwDDKOLN7wPia73jeKfNqRFTlf3HLh5Y1EygQGdyjUTkJXcdaibVWFMkc8h6rOWklTy
Source 3 Article: Husbands Who Harm:
Predicting Spouse Violence by Men
https://doi-org.lsua.idm.oclc.org/10.1007/BF00994663
https://content.ebscohost.com/cds/retrieve?content=AQICAHiylJ_bvOB56hI8UzTN6Ryruh7a0kiIBN_ANwtaWYjmxwE9-uY_y-1HDARTUTYWCOoYAAAA4jCB3wYJKoZIhvcNAQcGoIHRMIHOAgEAMIHIBgkqhkiG9w0BBwEwHgYJYIZIAWUDBAEuMBEEDOH2wM1rXIDRl8Za7gIBEICBmnnBMXJoTj-G8ZSBq4FuOIRL3siI85Ir8aprcyzNkHP5-viz1GH5s1BTYjmhGIyJc9ltGDgOh0MEO4X1o4fp7aZfB_fZMopyJYuO-WDdGs1FYnglhqX2kSf17ZxhziBN5gIFi9-miq3GTrJmMxqhmfxTwx6lIe2AV-uDlv90Y0StxV3Ap8JX2Xq30FZ5jbYwhCJ1kuG4HdI0V5o=
Research Paper Guidelines:
Overview:
You will write an expository research paper of at least five, double-spaced
pages (this does not include the Works Cited page). The paper will include
support from both the primary text in addition to support from scholarly
secondary sources obtained through School catalog and databases. Over the next
three weeks, you will complete graded research assignments aimed at keeping you
on track.
Purpose:
Your paper will examine a real-world issue through the lens of one or more of
the short works we read in this class this term. The expository nature of the
paper means you are looking closely at a topic and explaining it to readers.
This should not be an argumentative essay where you attempt to persuade
readers or call them to action (for example, avoid saying what “should” happen
or what readers “need to do”). In addition, this is not a review essay
wherein you would evaluate a source (for example, avoid praising or criticizing
the literary work: Hurston masterfully wrote “Sweat”).
The
information you include should be detailed and specific as opposed to a general
overview or summary. While your own writing should constitute the bulk of the
paper, you will need to incorporate support through direct quotes and
paraphrases from both primary and secondary sources. Finally, you must
demonstrate an ability to properly document these sources with MLA in-text
citations and a corresponding Works Cited page-MLA format.
In
text Citations: In text citations are needed every time you provide a
direct quote or paraphrased writing. If you are proposing a point or displaying
(in your own writing) how Hurston is showing something through the text, then
you do not need a citation.
In text citations are as follows:
(Author last name pg #)
(Hurston 1)
Topic:
Any topic is appropriate as long as it is present in at least one of the short
works we read and you can consider how a reading of the short work offers
insight into the chosen topic. An obvious choice for a topic is the idea of
revenge that we have been examining this term. We have explored at least two
questions regarding revenge: what forces motivate people to extreme
action? Why do people in contemporary
Western culture enjoy revenge themes in entertainment but hold contrasting
views of it in real life? Beyond the revenge theme, other approaches are
possible. For example, you could consider power abuse and corruption as seen in
“Saboteur” or marital relationships or domestic violence as seen in “Sweat.”
You could consider the psychological aspects of human motivation in any of our
texts, including “The Cask of Amontillado,” or you could do something totally
different, such a historical or social or political examination of
post-Cultural Revolution China or the Deep South in the early 20th
century.
Guidelines:
·
Minimum length requirement is five
double-spaced pages with no extra spaces included
·
Include an introduction paragraph that
clearly identifies the literary work(s) you are using and gives a brief
overview of your topic and offers context and background information. Your
thesis should be a statement that addresses how a reading of text reveals
insight into a real-world issue (see sample questions in the next point. Your
thesis would be an answer to such questions)
·
Making a connection to a real-world
issue is important. You are not to simply write a five-page essay exclusively
on a story we read. For instance, you might consider what does reading “Sweat”
reveal about victim mentality in abusive relationships? Or what does reading
“Sweat” reveal about the role religious faith plays in coping with difficulty?)
·
Some targeted summary of the
text is necessary, but avoid excessive summary or including aspects of the
story not relevant to your focus
·
The organization of the body of your
essay is up to you, but remember it should always support your thesis, the
central idea of the paper. Also, keep paragraphs to reasonable
lengths—generally, a paragraph longer than half to three quarters of a page should
probably be broken up. No one wants to read a page-long paragraph.
·
Incorporate direct quotes and
paraphrases from your primary source(s). Do not simply “drop” the quotes in
your essay—they need to be connected to your writing. A standard method to
introduce quotes is through signal phrases. Similarly, don’t include a quote
without then going on to explain its relevance or significance to a point you
are making. Quotes should not exceed four lines on the page—three or fewer is
even better. Recall that you can break a quote into smaller pieces.
·
Incorporate a minimum of three scholarly secondary sources obtained through
LSUA’s Library databases (EBSCOHOST, Gale Literature Resource Center, JSTOR,
etc.) These should be books, journal articles, or book chapters. Do not use
reviews or brief sources of an encyclopedic nature. A source does not count
unless you actually paraphrase or directly quote from it.
·
Do not include secondary sources from
websites unless you have already included your 3 minimum scholarly sources.
Even then, ensure the web source is credible and not an overly general or
unreliable source.
·
Write in a formal, academic style
·
Avoid 1st and 2nd
person perspective (I, we, you, you all, etc.)
·
Use MLA format (pay special attention
to punctuation associated with quoting and citing)
·
Include a works cited page listing the
literary text(s) and your scholarly secondary sources. Purdue OWL is a good
resource to help you compile this. Also, basic citation information for your
secondary sources can easily be obtained by clicking the “cite” button—just
check to make sure it is correct (journal titles and databases should be
italicized, author’s name should be listed last name, first name, etc.)
·
Submit a Word document (.docx) to a
Turnitin link I will provide on Moodle
Special note: please re-read my policies on
plagiarism and AI use found in our syllabus. Specifically, do not use any
editing software such as Grammarly. This paper should demonstrate your
writing capabilities and not those of software or programs.
*Attached Rough Draft*
