High Fidelity, by Nick Hornby
Obasan, by Joy Kogawa
Accordion Crimes, by Annie Proulx
Anthony Burgess, the 20th century English writer, defined the novel as “an invented prose narrative of considerable length and a certain complexity that deals imaginatively with human experience, usually through a connected sequence of events involving a group of persons in a specific setting.” Taking a cue from Burgess, you will present, discuss, and analyze the extent to which three (3) works that we have read are able to “deal imaginatively with human experience.
In this project, you will discuss a common theme or topic that runs across the novels that you have chosen to examine. You may choose any theme or topic and how this theme or topic, as presented in the novels, reflect the human experience and/or what it tells us about being human.
Must interweave the novels you are discussing so that the essay does not read like three mini essays loosely attached together.
Must incorporate a minimum of five (5) external secondary sources that are academic/peer-reviewed and published within the last ten (10) years. (The novels do not count as peer-reviewed or secondary sources)
Sources should provide a balanced approach to your support of the various aspects or elements of your chosen topic. Sources should not merely be a summary of the plot. you should also have those that also support your discussion of the topic or theme, or the ways this topic or theme relates to the broader human experience.
This essay must be argument driven. This means that it will not simply point out the instances when the topic or theme manifests in the works you have chosen but argue for what the works themselves says about it, especially in relation to broader experience of being human.
Demonstrate your ability to develop a focused expository academic essay interweaving three novels over the length of the paper.
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