Advance work for the term paper. A new topic - not an expansion of work you have already done. Two parts.

First, a properly-formatted MLA-style works cited page, including the primary source(s) you plan to examine, as well as at least four academic sources.

Second, a sample thesis paragraph, followed by at least two quotations in support of your thesis, and two quotations that form an opposing or alternative argument. (If you can't find credible evidence against your thesis, then your thesis probably doesn't need any defense, and is thus not worth presenting in an academic paper).

Topic

You may choose any work or works we have discussed this term. You are welcome to bring in additional works that we have not discussed in class, but you need to tell me what they are in advance so I'll have time to read them.

Rather than "Adolescence in 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair," I'm looking for a topic that includes a critical literary approach, such as "Entereprenurial Adolescence in 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair'" (which might do a Marxist/Capitalist reading of how Marjorie and Bernice use their assets to vie for social status), or "The Necessary Distortion of Innocence in 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair'" (which might be a psychological reading of Marjorie as an insecure tyrant who seduces Bernice, due to Bernice's strong desire for sisterly affection), or "'Music, Mayhem, and Mutilation: Adolescent Rites of Passage in 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair' ' (which might take a mythic/symbolic/ritualistic approach).

We've addressesd many of these issues in class, and Foster introduces many more in his book. I realize that you might not know how to categorize whatever approach you plan to take, but a good resource to consult is Introduction to Modern Literary Theory (which is actually an assigned text for April 21).