In her book ‘Ethnic Modernisms: Anzia Yezierska, Zora Neale Hurston, Jean Rhys, and the Aesthetics of Dislocation’, the author, Delia Caparoso Konzett argues about Jean Rhys’s work:
In Rhys’s work it is no longer the moral failure of a dominant white European culture alone that creates the social and cultural inadequacies of colonial and racial oppression. Instead, the very notion of Western humanism and morality, as Rhys attempts to show, contains within its liberal discourses of emancipation the structural elements of social oppression. (133)
Reflecting on Konzett’s argument and analyzing “The Insect World” and/or “Sleep It Off Lady,” please discuss the extent to which you agree and or disagree with Konzett’s statement.
Papers should have an introduction and a conclusion and propose and defend a substantial thesis by giving ample textual support. Your paper should be typed and be virtually flawless in terms of grammar and mechanics. INCLUDE TWO PEER REVIEWED SECONDARY SOURCES, incorporate references into the text, and append a list of works cited at the end of your paper.
Key Features:
An introduction that leads gracefully to the thesis. Maybe define relevant terms (Oxford English Dictionary) and put them in the context of the play you are going to analyze.
Please include relevant historical context and or research.
Maybe discuss two opposing viewpoints from your peer-reviewed research articles concerning the topic you are going to write about. What is the shared context, and what is the problem in that your paper is going to resolve?
Please make sure that your “friction-intense” thesis will answer the central question you have asked about your play. To what extent does the thesis answer the question you have asked about your play? Does your thesis present an argument about your topic and say in a nutshell what you wish to emphasize – your central idea, the point you want to make about your topic. Your thesis should be as specific as possible and foreshadow the body paragraphs. Maybe include a core argument, a counterargument, reasons, and the larger picture in your thesis.
The body should elaborate your thesis, providing evidence in form of textual support. The body paragraphs should be appropriately organized, including use of clear topic sentences and your analysis of the play should reinforce your topic sentences. The paragraphs should be in logical order and use transitions to show links between ideas. Bear in mind that the body paragraphs should develop, complicate, and advance your argument. Maybe consider a counterargument and refute it?
Analysis and interpretation that is supported with specific textual evidence from our short stories and poems. Please document your source by using our MLA format (compare Rules for Writers or our MLA style guide on Canvas).
Don’t forget to develop, complicate, and advance your argument by maybe considering a counterargument and a refutation.
Two references (parenthetical in-text citation) to secondary literature (2 articles from our online database or print sources) in MLA style.
A conclusion that provides closure to the essay and considers the implication of your argument.
MLA Style (heading, margins, title, line spacing, page numbering, parenthetical citation, and a Works Cited Page).
Observance of the conventions of standard written English.
“The Insect World” …. [file:///Users/owner/Downloads/Jean%20Rhys_%20The%20Insect%20World.pdf]
“Sleep it Off Lady”…. [file:///Users/owner/Downloads/Rhys_Sleep%20it%20off%20Lady_.pdf]
DO NOT PLAGARIZE PLEASE!!
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