A final essay, minimum of 6-10 double-spaced pages in length for undergraduates and Eng 501 students. Students will quote all the assigned and optionally selected texts you have read in your comparative analysis of a theme you choose during the semester. Include at least one quote (with supporting evidence to your theme) from each of the required texts you’ve studied during the semester. As well as, three quotes for the exta credit text of your choice. A list “Works Cited” should be included at the end of the essay.
For the theme of my essay I have choosen:
“The dehumanization seen throughout all of the required text/extra credit text and how it lead African Americans to unsubconciously reinterate negative views of themselves amongst each other.”
IT IS NECESSARY TO INCLUDE CLEAR AND PERCISE SUPPORTING EVIDENCE FROM THE ASSIGNED TEXTS.
THIS IS NOT A BOOK REVIEW OR SUMMARY.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE STICK TO THE THEME.
Required Texts (I have included hyperlinks to access the texts):
- Equiano, Olaudah. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15399 (e-text) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/28756/28756_index.html (audio)
- Wilson, Harriet.Our Nig. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/584 (e-text)
- Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1938 https://www.loc.gov/collections/slave-narratives-from-the-federal-writers-project-1936-to-1938/about-this-collection/
- Woodson, Carter G. The Miseducation of the Negro. com/defcon1/misedne.html”>http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/misedne.html (e-text)
Extra Credit Text (I have included hyperlinks to access the text):
Johnson, James Weldon. The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11012 (e-text)
INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE PROFESSOR:
- MLA Format
- ***THEMATIC TITLE (Use a phrase that is appropriate to the theme of the essay that you’ve written in the text.)
- 1 Inch Margins
- Times New Roman
- 12 Pt Font
- Double Spaced
- Min of 1 Quote from EACH REQUIRED TEXT w/supporting evidence to your theme
- Min of 3 Quotes from the EXTRA CREDIT TEXT w/supporting evidence to your theme
- (PLEASE CORRECT IN TEXT CITATIONS)
- Works Cited
- 1st PERSON ONLY (STAY AWAY FROM THE WORDS… “YOU, KIDS, MOM, DAD, ETC…”
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