Directions: Develop an original argument about the text(s) you have chosen to discuss. You must use between one and three (max) secondary sources (critical or theoretical). These sources must be credible (journal articles, academic books/book chapters. etc.), which means that I do NOT want you to rely heavily on internet searches unless it is through a database for scholarly resources. Sources should be literary criticism or theoretical (rather than historical, sociological, etc.).
Your secondary source(s) should help build your argument—you might use them because they support your ideas, or you might disagree with all or part of their claims. and thus frame all or part of your argument in response to them. If another writer offered a particular kind of reading, or a particular theoretical framework, you might find it useful to reference their ideas as a way of preparing the reader for what you will say in your reading that is new, and why it is necessary. You should thus present and summarize other critics ideas in a way that sets the stage for your own analysis. Your interpretation will then either add to or modify their argument, illustrate their theory, or enter into a disagreement with their conclusions. If you are referencing a theoretical text, you can also use it as the framework through which you want to interpret your primary text.
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