Poet Julia Alvarez – Cheap Research Essays

Poet Julia Alvarez
Paper instructions:
Purpose:

To write an essay that incorporates outside research to support your argument about one of the poets from the chapter “An Album of World Literature” from The Bedford Introduction to Literature (pgs. 1325-1338). In addition to outside research, you must support your argument with significant textual evidence from the poem; in other words, your close reading notes / explication (about language, form, lines, word choice, sound, etc.) need to be used for support.

In the process of writing and researching this essay, you will have the opportunity to read a diverse collection of poets. You have twelve poets (& twelve countries) to chose from: Anna Akhmatova, Claribel Alegría, Yehuda Amichai, Fazil Hüsnü Daglarca, Kishwar Naheed, Marne L. Kilates, Taslima Nasrin, Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz, Yousif al-Sa’igh, Shu Ting, Tomas Tranströmer.

Topics:

Research the biographical material of one of the poets in “An Album of World Literature” in order to write an essay in which you make a case for how the life and experiences of a poet have influenced the writing, and how the writing reflects those experiences. (Factors that influence the writing can include the political climate of the country the poet lives in, education, family, and personal history—think of how what we read about Julia Alvarez influenced our understanding of her work.) In your essay, you will need to make an argument about how a certain aspect of the poet’s life has influenced the work and support this with close discussion of passages from three poems by the poet.

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Your argument needs to be focused: for instance, to argue that a poet has experienced war and writes about war is not enough of an argument. You could, however, focus on that writer’s use of figurative language, and discuss what that reveals about his or her experience.

Research will involve: finding two poems to discuss in addition to the poem in our anthology (for a total of three poems); reading biographical material, critical studies and commentary, and interviews if you can find them. The topic for this essay is fairly broad; you may need to read a number of poems before you find the right ones to help support your argument. If you do not find enough information to satisfy what you think you need for a strong argument, you may need to focus on a different poet—this is all part of the research process for this essay…

**** At least 2/3 of the essay should consist of explication “close readings” of the poems. You are not writing an encyclopedia entry of facts about the poet’s life. You are analyzing an aspect of the work.
Documentation:

Please use MLA style format for documentation: including in-text citations and the Works Cited page. A link to MLA guidelines can be found in Unit 1 Fiction, Module 4. Be sure you understand the right format for quoting poetry.

Your grade will be lowered if you do not correctly acknowledge your sources using MLA style.

Using Outside Research Sources:

When you are using outside sources, be sure to evaluate their worthiness; use the most reliable sources for a strong essay..