Essay II: Literature (Scholarship) Review
Your third essay is 3-page a literature review of recent (i.e., last 20–25 years) scholarship on a topic of your choice. Please address a minimum of three secondary sources that you have found on your own. Unlike the first essay, you do not need to have an argument/thesis for this paper. Rather, you need a research question that you will explore through scholarship. You may choose to follow-up on something that you’ve already explored (e.g., in your first essay), or address a new topic.
As usual, be sure use quotes/examples from the secondary sources and remember to correctly cite these in the text and in a bibliography. See the link below for MLA or Chicago citations and bibliographies.
★★★ Please make sure that your essay has a (creative and fitting) title as well as correct and consistent formatting:
12 pt. font
1-inch margins
Double-spaced
Page numbers (except on the first page)
This was my Thesis for my first paper: In 1960s West Germany, traditional family roles and conservative social norms, heavily influenced by post-war Christian values and economic pressures, increasingly clashed with the desires of women seeking independence and fulfillment outside the home, leading to a redefinition of family dynamics and gender expectations as illustrated by A Family Failure. So could you write a paper addressing “How the family structure changed during the time period of around the 70’s in Germany.” So you are to find three secondary sources that have been written in the last 25 years about the family life in Germany around the 1970’s. You will analyze the sources and not try to prove anything, but inform the audience what the articles try to say. Here is the rubric: Introduction- Introduction setting up what issue you will address, how, and to what end/why. Textual evidence/support- Explanations and writing of all sections supported with specific references to primary and secondary sources (i.e. quotations and parenthetical page references). Composition of clarity- Analysis: Consistency and clarity of writing. Conclusion- A conclusion that follows from your introduction and examples. Structure and Organization- Is there a logic to your paper that the reader can clearly follow; does your paper flow from one paragraph to another with the help of topic sentences. I.e., does each paragraph DO something to underscore your argument. Bibliography- Correctly Formatted bibliography and in-text citations (MLA or Chicago). DEDUCTIONS- Up to three points may be deducted for:
– faulty, unproofed work (including spelling, bad punctuation)
– improper paper formatting (name, date, title, page #s, etc.)
– inappropriate length.
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