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Final Paper Outlines: OK

Final Paper Outlines: OK. Thesis Statement: The characters in The Great Divorce do X because of A and B Body Section 1: The characters do X because of A Proof: Examples; quotations; reasons Body Section 2: The characters do X because of B Proof: Examples; quotations; reasons

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Final Paper Outlines: OK

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  1. Final Paper Outlines: OK • Thesis Statement: The characters in The Great Divorce do X because of A and B • Body Section 1: The characters do X because of A • Proof: Examples; quotations; reasons • Body Section 2: The characters do X because of B • Proof: Examples; quotations; reasons • Conclusion: X is important for understanding The Great Divorce

  2. What I’m worried about: Two types of ‘Shoveling”

  3. Shoveling A: Papers which describe but have no argument What the outline is In this paper I want to discuss Hermione in Harry Potter Part 1: What Hermione does Part 2: What other people think of Hermione Conclusion What the outline looks like to the professor “In this paper I want to discuss some stuff and then talk about other things and then write some more about more subjects and stuff.”

  4. Shoveling A: Papers which describe but have no argument • What is Tom Sawyer about, you ask? Well, basically, the book Tom Sawyer is about the olden days, back in the days of Huckleberry Finn. Back then, many people were so poor, they had no shoes and often wore only overalls with no shirt. The main character, whose name is Tom, was so poor he had to paint something to earn money. Which is tough work, as I know, because I once had to paint a garage, and it took a long time. It's too bad times were so tough when the Sawyers were around, but it's important to keep in mind that this was the olden days. I would say things have certainly changed since the book took place, what with TV and movies and all. We can now say with pride that because of fine books like Tom Sawyer and because of wonderful teachers like Dr. Eckert that we are now a better nation.

  5. Shoveling B: Papers which are really about Korea What the outline is In this paper I want to compare schools in Harry Potter to ones in Korea Part 1: Schools in Harry Potter Part 2: Schools in Korea Conclusion What the outline looks like to the professor “In this paper I want to compare schools in Harry Potter to ones in Korea.”

  6. Shoveling A: Papers which are really about Korea • In Harry Potter, Harry and Ron have noses. Koreans also have noses. Do you know Korea? Korea is becoming an economic powerhouse as its IT industry is conquering the world as a global leader. Do you know Samsung and LG? These companies are dominating markets everywhere with passion as they incorporate super-advanced technologies, including their award-winning series of smart phones with the newest and hottest smart features. For this reason Korea is increasingly known as a famous world glocal leader in business and cultural innovation. Do you know k-pop? Many people now listen to…

  7. Make sure your paper is about the novel or the poem! • “I am going to discuss x in this book” is not a thesis argument. What is your position about it? • Evidence. Provide examples and quotations from the text and from books or websites about the text. • MLA style • Be clear. Korean is a high-context language; English is a low context language. 배고파요: “stomach empty?” 포도가 맛있어요: “grape delicious is?”

  8. English 1057 Postmodern Lit

  9. Postmodernism in literature If our own experience of reality is incomplete, and there isn’t any actual truth anyway, how can stories be written? • Postmodern narrators (first or third person) can be unclear or contradictory (A Pale View of Hills) or dishonest (The Satanic Verses); there may be unclear or multiple endings (Crying of Lot 49) • Magical realism (A Hundred Years of Solitude, Pedro Paramo), where the magical/impossible is treated as routine • Intertextuality: The text may refer to other texts, admit itself as a text, or move between genres • Temporal distortion: The text may jump between time or present a fragmented and incomplete version of chronology

  10. Hybridity • One recurring motif in postmodern (contemporary) British literature is hybridity– often new literature incorporates different genres, styles, and themes. • White Teeth, featuring an Englishman who marries a Jamaican girl, an Indian immigrant, a new-age Christian, terrorists, and a genetically-modified mouse, is a story of competing ethnicities and identities—until everything is resolved in hybridity.

  11. Postmodern Lit & the Internet • Web pages are not linear. Could literature become more like websites? • Remember that literature in the pre-book era, on scrolls, was also periodic and less linear. • The challenge for literature from competing media (TV, movies, video games)

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