Find 2 or 3 critical essays (see complete instructions below) and skim through them. Note: you do not have to read the entire article–just read the abstract, if there is one, and read the first page or so to get a sense of the overall arguments that the respective critics are making. Did reading them make you change your mind about anything? Do you disagree with the critics at any point? Then:
Write a brief paragraph detailing why you think these articles are relevant to your paper, (feel free to use a quotation from each article, if necessary).
Be sure to correctly cite the article and the text.
Scroll to the bottom of the articles to see their MLA 8th edition source citations.
Copy and paste the citations below your paragraph and format them per MLA style (12 pt. font, double-spaced, etc.).
Instructions for Finding Critical Essays: For this assignment, you will find at least two (no more than 3) critical essays about the text you have chosen to write about for Formal Essay 3. Use the Essex County College library’s databases, such as Literature Online (ProQuest). You will need to use key word searching to search for critical essays that are: (1) specifically about the text and/or author; (2) scholarly and peer-reviewed. See the PDF on “Steps to Finding Scholarly Critical Articles Using Literary Databases” right below.
DO NOT USE SUMMARIES OR OVERVIEWS OR THEATER REVIEWS.
Again, these must be scholarly, critical articles–go to the Essex County College electronic databases. You will need to use key word searching.
Try typing in the title of your text and its author (EX: Kafka The Metamorphosis) as search terms. Articles will come up. Read the abstracts (usually a one or two sentence summary at the beginning of the article) or the first page or two to ensure that the articles are relevant to your chosen theme.
DO NOT USE SUMMARIES OR OVERVIEWS.
IMPORTANT: Make sure that you include the signal phrase (title of text and author) in your brief paragraph.
NOTE: If you are writing about a novel, you must italicize its title. Do not use quotation marks, and do not use bold type. For critical essays, you must use quotation marks around the essay’s full title–only italicize the portion that contains the novel’s title, if applicable. For example: “Character Development in Kafka’s The Metamorphosis.”
See the PDF on “MLA In-text Citation Style” to ensure that you use the proper formatting.
IMPORTANT: Make sure that you include the signal phrase (title of text and full name of author) in your opening paragraph, and that you directly reference the text with at least one quote, properly formatted for MLA.
DRAW SPECIFICALLY FROM THE TEXT. DO NOT PLAGIARIZE. DO NOT REFERENCE OUTSIDE SOURCES (Google, Wikipedia, student guides, encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc.) FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT.
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