Please remember to bring your evolving research papers to class on Tuesday for a “lab” in which you will engage in a “peer review” and, afterward, a class discussion of selected papers. Below is a copy of the written exercise which we will be using during the peer review. I thought it would be helpful to post it for those of you who wish to complete it before class.
With the exception of the first question, write a two to three sentence response to each of the following questions.
1. Write a headline for your research paper as it would appear in a magazine or scholarly journal.
2. What is the one “big idea” that you wish to discuss in your research paper?
3. Did you arrive at this idea when you originally read the text (either “Bluebeard” or “The Bloody Chamber”) or after you read your sources? If the idea is derived from your reading, name the source, and write about how it illuminated the text(s) for you.
4. Why are you interested in this idea?
5. In what context is the topic you have chosen used by the authors of “Bluebeard” and “The Bloody Chamber”? In other words, explain how your thesis is related to the ideas expressed in these texts.
6. Does your point of view align with those of the authors and your sources? In other words, will your paper argue against or for the viewpoints of the authors and scholarly sources? Why? Provide an example.
7. What is it that you want to convince the reader of in writing this paper?