PAPER #1 DUE THURSDAY MARCH 19th.
1. A topic of your choice that you have had approved IN ADVANCE of the due date, by me. For approval you must present a written thesis statement.
2. What is memory's role in “The Waste Land” and Waiting for Godot? How does each artist use references to it, lack of it, mistakes from it, etc. to help him make a point? Discuss: Similarities, differences, EXAMPLES.
3. Explain how “The Waste Land” and Waiting for Godot both could be considered to be “hopeful” texts.
4. Explain how “The Waste Land” and Waiting for Godot each approach the issue of deconstruction of their texts differently. One seems to require it, the other seems immune to it. Why? What larger point is each artist trying to say about the world, knowledge in general, the specific work of art?
Important Info:
I will suggest stylistic and subject matter changes, improvements, etc. for your rewrites but I WILL NOT CHECK PAPERS FOR GRAMMAR AND SPELLING ERRORS. As a member of an advanced, college prep literature class it is simply your responsibility to have yourself or someone else edit those problems. If you hand in a paper with too many of these errors, I will hand it back without comment except to say to find and fix those errors before handing it in again.
From the Syllabus:
All papers must be typed, using standard margins and fonts and meet MLA formatting and style guidelines.... Always print up two copies: one for me and one for you to have just in case. Always make sure to save a copy of your paper to a disc, back up hard drive or even something like Google Docs. All papers turned in after the due date will be penalized with 10% off the final grade for each school day they are late. All papers are due at the START of the class on the day they are due. The instructor reserves the right to suggest or REQUIRE A RE-WRITE. If a re-write is assigned the student and instructor will agree upon a new due date with the same late penalties as before. Suggested or required re-writes will earn new (usually better!) grades if the work improves.
PLAGIARIZED PAPERS WILL RESULT IN A ZERO WITH NO CHANCE FOR A RE-WRITE.
