French Book review on Ourika Claire de duras
FRE 301: Culture and Interpretation:
Traveling to, from and around Paris, and beyond
Due dates: 1st draft due at 12 noon on 10 February 2021. Please send it as an email attachment to me: mckinnm@miamioh.edu.
2nd draft due by 12 noon on 3 March 2021. Please send it as an email attachment to me: mckinnm@miamioh.edu
All drafts must be in Word or Rich Text Format (RTF).
Length: each of the two drafts must be 900--1200 words long, excluding notes, any list of works cited (or bibliography) and prefatory material (names, course title, etc.). The drafts must be typed, double-spaced, with normal margins, and in Times New Roman, 12-point type.
Language: in grammatically correct, standard French.
Sujet: de quel point de vue sociologique le roman présente-t-il la contestation sociale (la Révolution française; la révolte à Saint-Domingue), ses causes et ses conséquences, et pourquoi?
Thesis, thesis statement, and argument: please ensure that you have a clear thesis statement in your introduction, and please indicate clearly to me what your thesis is. A thesis is not self-evident; instead, it needs to be proven across the length of your paper, through a well-crafted argument supported by textual evidence.
Outside references or readings: this is *not* a research paper. I would prefer that you not refer to any other texts, web pages, etc. Instead, your paper should consist solely of close analysis of the novel itself, drawing on our class discussion and your own thinking about the novel.
External references or comparisons in opening paragraphs, etc.: please refrain from lengthy references to any other texts, phenomena, etc. I usually see this kind of thing in opening paragraphs, as a way of launching the argument. It rarely works well. Instead please use the short space you have to develop your argument solely about the problem at hand: your analysis of this particular novel.
Quotations: quotations from the text may not be lengthy, either individually (one long quotation) or cumulatively across the length of your paper. I know the novel pretty well, so there's no need to give me large chunks of it to show me what it's about or to prove your point. I count lines of text in student papers when I feel that there is too much textual citation, and take points off for excessive quotation. What's most important is your own argument, properly and judiciously supported by textual references and, if necessary, by quotes that are reasonable in length and number. In a three-page, double-spaced paper, there should probably be no more than one third of one page total in amount of direction quotation from the text.
References: please give me page numbers in parentheses for any textual references, as in the following: (p. 30).
Grades: the first draft will not be graded unless you make an egregious error, such as failing to write a paper (and of at least 900 words), writing any part of your analysis in a language other than French, failing to meet with me in order to receive feedback on your first draft, etc. The second draft will be graded. Half of your grade on the second draft will be for grammatical correctness; the other half of the grade will be for ideas and organization.
Grading scale, for the second draft of the composition and for the course: 93--100 = A; 90--2 = A-; 87--9 = B+; 83--6 = B; 80--2 = B-; 77--9 = C+; 73--6 = C; 70--2 = C-; 67--9 = D+; 63--6 = D; 60--2 = D-; 0--59 = F.
Late assignments may be marked down or refused (with a zero assigned and no make-up possible). Assignments are always due at the beginning of the class for which they are assigned unless otherwise indicated by me. You are responsible for making up all missed work on days that you are absent: you should begin by asking other students to provide you with their class notes for that day.
Department policy on academic integrity, cheating and plagiarism:
Any academic misconduct will be prosecuted. Every assignment turned in must be the result of your own work and in your own words.
If you use one or more words by someone else, put them in quotation marks ("…") and clearly cite their source in your document, so that your borrowing is clearly attributed to your source.
Never use someone else’s ideas without properly citing your sources.
No outside assistance is permitted on any work submitted for a grade (including help from a friend, instructor, parent, tutor, etc.), except from the French department tutor assigned to this course [FRE 301].
Use of internet or online translation services is not allowed for any graded work and constitutes academic misconduct.
If you are unsure about how to use a source, please consult with the course instructor before submitting your work for a grade.
Suspected Dishonesty:
Any suspected instances of academic dishonesty will be handled under Miami University’s Academic Integrity policy found in Part 1, Chapter 5 of the Student Handbook (http://miamioh.edu/policy-library/students/undergraduate/academic-regulations/academic-integrity.html). It is a student’s responsibility to read this policy. Please note that lack of knowledge or understanding of the appropriate academic conduct is not an excuse for committing academic dishonesty.
Students who are found responsible for committing academic dishonesty will receive a sanction that ranges from a zero on the assignment to an F in the course, which could contain the AD transcript notation. Students who are found responsible for committing two acts of dishonesty (academic or Code of Student Conduct section 102 (Dishonesty)) automatically will be suspended from Miami University