The books are: Sinclair Ross “As For Me and My House” and Margaret Laurence “The Stone Angel”
Other sources: A NORTH AMERICAN CONNECTION: WOMEN IN PRAIRIE NOVELS on JSTOR and
Sinclair Ross’s As for me and my house : five decades of criticism (on archive.org)
The essay must include an argumentative thesis statement that demonstrates how connections surface in the fiction under analysis and why these connections matter. Provide an argument demonstrating the significant connection between the early Canadian
text and the contemporary text. This connection must be established through:
1. In-depth literary analysis of the primary texts: Using the critical language learned
in class, provide original close readings of both texts.
2. Academic research: Relying on sources shared by the professor in-class lectures or
new scholarly texts, provide context for the themes under analysis and/or evidence of
the connections for which you argue.
