Topic: How can we see the life and faith of author Flannery O’Connor in her two short stories, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” and “Good Country People?”
Length: 900
Format: MLA
Key Elements:
Objectives: The student will read stories by one writer to see how one writer may have common elements of topic and style in stories and to see how biography may influence writing.
Read :
“A Good Man Is Hard to Find” pp.990 in Arguing about Literature
“Good Country People” (link to story in Blackboard).
View:
The biographical film “Flannery O’Connor.”
Find:
Two articles about Ms. O’Connor and her stories
Write:
A Documented, Argumentative Literary Analysis Essay in MLA format.
Topic: How can we see the life and faith of Flannery O’Connor in her short stories?
The research paper will focus on the two stories by O’Connor in this lesson.
You MUST use the (2) short stories and the (1) film, “Flannery O’Connor as sources for your paper.
In addition to these three sources, you will be responsible for (2) TWO additional sources that are from the PJC Database and provide Literary Criticism about the stories. YOU must locate, read, and select quotes from these sources in your essay as well.
You will have a total of (5) sources on your Works Cited page.
Your (2) outside sources should come from either the PJC database or books at the PJC library.
Internet sources from Google Searches are NOT ALLOWED!
The paper should be AT LEAST 1000 words in length (not including the Works Cited page.
The Essay must be an MS Word document submitted to PJC Blackboard and cleared for plagiarism verification.
This is a research paper, which must include documentation.
