Assignment task: American Literature Research Paper
Paper Overview:
This research paper assignment tasks you with exploring the life and literary impact of one of the authors we have studied in this course. Through researching and identifying credible sources, your essay should comprehensively cover the author's background, their influence on American literature as a whole, and why their work personally intrigued you.
Be sure to:
- Write about the author's life.
- Tell why this author/work in particular interested you.
- Summarize the work of literature we read for class. Why was it in particular an important piece in the American Literary Canon?
- How did this author impact American Literature overall?
- Explain if this author's work is part of a larger literary movement.
Specific Requirements:
- Formatted in APA
- Length: three pages, total (not including your cover or reference page)
- Include SHORT quotes from the work of literature to illustrate your points.
- Use at least three credible outside sources-be sure to site your source in proper APA format (both in-text citations and a reference page).