The readings of the novel should pay attention to the social and political context of the play, the literary form of the novel, and the political issues addressed in the novel. Students will not be given a list of topics to write about, nor will they be given a rubric. Rather, students will be asked to use the introduction to explain what they plan to discuss, how their discussion is building on a key idea form the class lectures, and what narrow, debatable, and provable point they wish to make about the text. Students, moreover, are encouraged not to deal with entire novel, since these topics can be too big for a small paper to cover adequately, Thus, students should pick a particular major or minor theme, a formal element, or a section of the novel and discuss why it is important. Students will be expected to have a clear title for their paper that gives the name of the author being discussed, the name of the play being discussed, and the key term of the essay. A key term is a centr
