A Raisin in the Sun

“A Raisin in the Sun” drama the obstacles the character Topic: you will develop your drama paper into a research paper by supplementing the support you have already provided from the play itself with support from research. –Follow the guidelines for thesis development, identification and support that are outlined in the essay guidelines. Be sure to underline or bold your thesis. –6-8 pages, not including title, heading, documentation, or extremely long or numerous quotations. — About 50% of your documentation should be from your play and about 50% from research. Yet, the overall concept and the bulk of the ideas in the paper should be your own. About 60-70% of the paper should be your own writing, and about 30-40% should be from sources. Reminder- the purpose of these sources is not just to share information but to support your thesis. –You should have at least 6 sources: 5 SECONDARY sources, and one primary source (the play) including: No more than one from a WEB site or an encyclopedia, a Cliff?s Notes or Sparknotes or other ?soft? source. By WEB site, I do not mean an article that was previously published in a reputable source and is now available on the internet. You may have as many of these as you wish. By WEB site, I mean that the WEB site is the only place you can find the information/work. See ?sources, evaluation of? in MLA book if you have concerns about what a credible source is. Each source must be used at least once throughout the text. You may draw from the following four types of sources: 1) ?Regular? research on topics such as war, child neglect, etc. This will be a type you might use if your topic is something like theme. For instance, if you want to argue that your character made a poor economic decision, you might want to research the economic condition of the state or country your character was living in at the time he/she made the decision. This research should always point back to your assertions about your play. 2) Generalized literary research over things like theme, genre, imagery, etc. For instance, if you want to talk about your character as a tragic hero, you may want a much more in-depth discussion of the nature of the tragic hero than what is provided in our book. You could then research the qualities of a tragic hero and use that research to support your assertion that your character is a tragic hero. This research should also always point back to your assertions about your play. 3) Specific literary research over specific works. These are articles that critics have written about your specific play. –Follow MLA documentation guidelines. –Use at least one paraphrase. –Use at least one block quote –Use at least one ?regular quote? –Use at least one summary of a SECONDARY source. Do not summarize your play. You will do that in your power point/presentation. –You may (and are encouraged to) use personal anecdotes, news stories, movies, songs or anything else you think will help convey your ideas, but these less formal contributions will supplement, not replace, the five source requirement. Although this is a formal assignment, creativity is appreciated wherever possible. –These will be available for the class to view. The idea is that since we cannot read as many plays as poems and short stories, you can learn from each other about plays that you didn?t have time to read for yourselves.