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Juanita Student
ENG 109, Prof. C. Agatucci
Final Discussion Paper
12 June 2003

ENG 109 Final Discussion Paper Directions
Worth 25 % of course grade (see ENG 109 Syllabus):

DEADLINES – See  ENG 109 Course Plan
NOTE WELL: Final Project is due during Finals Week, so NO LATE Final papers will be accepted and NO REVISION OPTION will be offered. 

SUGGESTED LENGTH: The Final has two parts, each designed to help you achieve designated course learning outcomes specified below.  Total suggested length for the Final Discussion Paper (Parts I & II combined) is 4-to-5 typed / wordprocessed double-spaced pages (or about 800-to-1000 words).
[The suggested length for each part, therefore, is about 2 typed/wordprocessed double-spaced pages or about 400-to-500 words.]

You must address both Part I and Part II Topics,
and make a good faith effort to follow Citation Guidelines given in previous handouts.

PART I:  Continuity and Change in Western World Literature
As twentieth-century writers create ways to express contemporary experiences, they respond to past literary traditions--whether these authors choose to continue, break from, recombine or adapt the literary practices of past writers and literary-historical movements.
Part I TOPIC:  Compare/contrast at least one assigned 20th-century literary work since Week #6 (i.e. see Eng 109 Course Plan Weeks #7-10 reading assignments) to at least one assigned pre-20th century literary work that we have studied together this term.  Use your comparison/contrast analysis to identify and explain significant continuity (similarity) and/or change (difference) over time in the development of Western world literature.  In your discussion, be sure to . . .

	Illustrate and support your points by citing and analyzing specific passages from the literary works under discussion;
	Avoid plagiarism by following citation models when you quote, paraphrase, summarize from primary and secondary sources; and
	Explain how/why your points of similarity and/or difference represent significant continuity and/or change.

Key Learning Outcomes/Course Objectives:
4. Trace major developments in Western literature over time, identifying elements of continuity and change in selected works from different Western literary-historical periods.
Your Part I Discussion will also be evaluated based on demonstration that you have achieved other relevant ENG 109 learning outcomes, including #1, #2, #3, & #6 (see ENG 109 Syllabus).

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PART II:  Why Study Western World Literature?
Part II TOPIC:  Write a response to this leading Part II question, focusing your discussion on one or two assigned literary works that we have studied together this term.  Choose literary work/s that you can recommend as particularly important or valuable example/s that make study of Western world literature worth while.  To support your recommendation, identify and apply sound critical evaluation criteria to evaluate the literary work/s in question - use John Lye's handouts to help you select evaluation criteria. In your discussion, be sure to . . .

	Demonstrate how the literary work/s satisfy each of your evaluation criteria;
	Illustrate and support your points by citing and analyzing specific passages from the literary works under discussion;
	Avoid plagiarism by following citation models when you quote, paraphrase, summarize from primary and secondary sources; and
	Use your discussion to answer the Part II title question.

Key Learning Outcomes/Course Objectives:
5. Apply literary critical methods, comparative analysis, and defensible criteria appropriate to the literary-historical context, to . . . evaluate [literary] texts.
Your Part II Discussion will also be evaluated based on demonstration that you have achieved other relevant ENG 109 learning outcomes, including #6 & #7 (see ENG 109 Syllabus).

John Lye’s Online Handouts:
The Grounds of Evaluation of Fiction
URL: http://www.brocku.ca/english/courses/1F95/evalfictn.html
Depth, Complexity, Quality
URL: http://www.brocku.ca/english/courses/1F95/depth-etc.html
On the Uses of Studying Literature
URL: http://www.brocku.ca/english/jlye/uses.html