USE THE ATTACHED FILE AS JUMPING OFF POINT, THAT WAS THE FIRST PART OF THIS WHOLE ASSIGNMENT
Summary: Utilizing the research and writing you have completed thus far, formulate a thesis addressing the artist’s or movement’s body of work you have been researching and writing about. In this case, a thesis is an argument, a proposed way of looking at, understanding, or contextualizing the work that you have been researching. You are then going to argue why the work should be understood in this way. You must integrate biographical, historical, cultural, and art historical/art analytical information together to argue your point. The aim of the essay is to synthesize what you have learned towards a complex question you wish to prove (argue) through the essay.
Basics:
5-7 pages of text for the body of the essay (1250 to 1750 words, double spaced, not including the bibliography or footnootes). 12 pt text, double spaced.
Create a title page for the essay and include your name.
You must include and discuss at least 3 visual examples in the course of your essay. Please label and cite the images as figures.
You must use at least 4 sources in your paper from your research. Utilize citations, footnotes, and include a bibliography in Chicago style.
Turn in online as a single file, multipage pdf. AI detection software will be used in grading the essay. Your are required to write this essay in your own voice.
Advice:
Don’t be overwhelmed, identifying a thesis is the toughest part. Next, outline a 5 paragraph essay (intro with thesis followed by three arguements supporting the thesis, followed by a conclusion) as a starting point and then expand to greater complexity as needed
Don’t use AI, hammer this one out yourself and use what you have gathered together as research. Or, after you hammer out your outline, write the essay as a first draft quickly, in one sitting. Only then, use AI to draft out another version of the essay. Compare, and see where you are. (Note: asking AI to draft out your essay can be tricky if you don’t know how to get it to acknowledge your resources and draw from your bibliography; still it can be helpful to see if AI points you in directions you had not understood you could take). Remember, AI is not here to do your thinking for you, but a tool to help your thinking.
Write in successive drafts. Aim to have a full second draft ready for proofing and reworking no later than a week before the final paper is due. Then, work to redraft and finalize.
Completing a draft sooner than later and sharing it with trusted colleagues in your groups for proofing and feedback is always a good idea.
Don’t turn in an AI generated paper, Canvas’ AI detector will single it out. Write in your own words and translate information from AI into your own language and argumentation.
