Introduction to Academic Writing and Literary Analysis ENGL 1000

ENGL 1000-009/1A

Essay #2 Topic Sheet

Due-date: April 3 (in-class) or April 8 (midnight/online) 2025

Length: 3-4 pp (825-1100 words)

Worth: 20% final grade

Write an argumentative essay/interpretation with a comprehensive thesis statement on one of the following topics, based on your own close reading of the primary text, also relying on one *viable secondary source. You must form your argument from (or on) the primary text in question and in relation to the secondary source.

This essay will be graded on the strength of your analysis and argument, the appropriate uses of your source materials (including adequate signalling and integration of all quotations, summaries, or paraphrases, and proper citations), and the quality of your writing, including style and proper organization of the essay. Essays must conform to MLA guidelines and include in-text citations and a works cited page.

A good guideline is to include at least one direct quotation (properly cited!) in every body paragraph and avoid overly long block quotations when discussing the work. Ensure that all quotations are properly analyzed. Remember: All essays that do not quote directly from the primary text and secondary source will receive an automatic grade of zero.

Please follow other assignment expectations for the course, and turn the essay in in hard-copy format at the start of class on the due-date. Staple your pages in the upper, left-corner. If you are handing in your paper by April 8, email it to k.cameron@uwinnipeg.ca by midnight,

*Viable Research/Secondary Sources:

For the purposes of this essay, scholarly sources include peer-reviewed journal articles and books or book sections found within the U of W's library collection. While you can draw inspiration from other sources and possibly incorporate certain factual information (i.e.. "common knowledge" or information that does not need to be cited) from various places, Wikipedia, encyclopedias, dictionaries, study-guides, websites, or personal blogs, etc. do not count as valid research sources. Please email me if you are in doubt about the validity of your source, or for research guidance.

Viable Databases via Google Scholar/U of W library: Project Muse, JSTOR

Please familiarize yourself with tenets of plagiarism, including a definition found here in Section 8a: https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/academics/calendar/docs/regulationsandpolicies.pd. that accidental plagiarism does not count as an excuse and may result in academic penalty. Note

There is a strict NO Al use policy in this class!

1. What critical situation does the second Mrs. de Winter face in Alfred Hitchcock's film, Rebecca, primarily related to marriage? Is this situation related to a significant life passage? Discuss what confines the character. Rely on a viable secondary source to enrich and bolster your claim.
2. In Waubgeshig Rice's novel, Moon of the Crusted Snow, the character Aileen is critical of the concept of an Indigenous Apocalypse (148-50). What does she mean? In your answer, you might consider the question: How do Evan and Nicole confront the situation of apocalypse? Discuss your topic relying on Lee Maracle's My Conversations withCanadians as a secondary source.
3. Choose one dream (or pair dreams) from the four significant dreams in the novel Moon of the Crusted Snow, and make an argument about the importance of the symbolism related to one of Rice's major themes in the work. Ensure that you rely on a secondary source to enrich and bolster your claim. Dreams to Choose from: Danp. 25; Nicole - p. 69; Evan pp. 120-23 and 186-87
4. Develop an independent argument about a text on the syllabus. Relay on a viable secondary source to enrich and bolster your claim. Ensure that you see me about your argument prior to writing the essay.

Ensure that whatever topic you choose, you write a focused, specific argument! Use my topic options as guidelines in the development of your own tightly focused thesis statement/argument.