scholarly essay

EN 160 Spring 21 Schmidt

Essay #3: Joining the Scholarly Conversation 200 points

Due April 5 to turnitin.com

In this essay, you will integrate research and close reading in order to argue for your own interpretation of a ​character​, ​scene​, or ​place​ in a text we have read as a class. Directions: 1) Choose a text (a poem, essay, play, or short story) that we have read or will read in EN 160. 2) Using the library resources available to you, find a scholarly (peer reviewed) article or book chapter that makes a claim about that text that you disagree with.

a. Find the thesis statement/main argument of the article/chapter b. Find two quotations that you could potentially disagree with c. ​Use this to complete the pre-writing worksheet (due in conference with the first draft)

3) Using close reading of one or more passages from the primary text, ​argue why the article you found is wrong in its reading of the text, and why your interpretation of that character or place is a better one​.

a. Choose two or three quotations from the text that you can interpret in a way that creates a different understanding of the character or place than the article you chose.

Your essay will be 3-4 pages, double-spaced, in Times New Roman font, with 1-inch margins, and correct MLA citations.