For today’s assignment we will focus on The Day They Burned The Books text by Jean Rhys. Purpose: Examine a text from the course and defend an interpretive claim about it that is grounded in the text and also engages with existing scholarship.

The Day They Burned The Books

 Essential Information Length: 3-5 pages, not including Works Cited Purpose: Examine a text from the course and defend an interpretive claim about it that is grounded in the text and also engages with existing scholarship. Audience: Scholars in the humanities Citation Style: MLA Rhetorical Purpose Combining your close reading and research skills, you will write a paper making an argumentative claim about an interpretation of one of the texts on our syllabus.

The Day They Burned The Books

The claim should be grounded in evidence from the text, and you can either push against or show support for scholarly arguments similar to yours. For this paper, you should choose a text other than the one you used for your close reading assignment. Research and Evidence · You need to cite at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed sources for this paper. You are also welcome to cite additional sources that aren’t scholarly, but these will not count toward the two you are required to cite.

The Day They Burned The Books

The biographical information from the book can be used as a supplementary source, but it does not count as one of your peer-reviewed sources. · All evidence should be appropriately acknowledged in the paper, be it paraphrased or quoted. You’ll want to cite the literary text heavily to bolster your argument. · All evidence should be cited using MLA citation style. For future reference, you can find details about MLA on the Purdue OWL website.

The Day They Burned The Books

Logic and Argument · Your paper should include a clear introduction, a number of body paragraphs that support your argument, and a conclusion that emphasizes the significance of your argument. · Your introduction should follow organizational conventions in the humanities. First, a hook will draw the reader into the conversation. Next, your introduction will provide the necessary context for the reader to understand your argument and the source text.

The Day They Burned The Books

Finally, a thesis statement will provide an argumentative claim about the text and roadmap the support you will use to support that claim. · Your body paragraphs should follow a specific paragraph format, beginning with argumentative topic sentences and ending with transition sentences that help your argument flow from one paragraph to the next. Evidence from your chosen text should be paired with your original analysis. Remember, evidence never speaks for itself; we must explain how the evidence we provide supports the claims we are making.

The Day They Burned The Books

Finally, your conclusion should reiterate your main argument, remind readers how you’ve supported that argument, and remind your audience why your argument matters. Formal and Stylistic Conventions · Because you are writing to an audience of scholars in the humanities, it is not necessary to define or explain humanities-specific jargon. · You can also assume that your readers have read the text you are discussing, so there is no need for prolonged summary of the text. Focus instead on bringing in evidence from the text that supports your claims about it. 

The Day They Burned The Books

Scholars in the humanities view texts as products, so creative titles and figurative are encouraged. · Overall, you should tailor your language to make your argument as clear as possible to your intended audience, and adopt a fairly formal style that avoids using first-person and referring to the readers directly. Focus your discussion the text and what it means. · The research paper should include an MLA-style Works Cited page with bibliographic citations for all sources used, including your chosen literary text.  https://youtu.be/By2n5m8AFOk

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