Benchmark – Modernist Themes in Literature Research Essay
In 1,500-2,000 words, demonstrate your knowledge of the Modernist theme that you selected in the Research Proposal by using two literary texts and scholarly research to convince readers how and why your chosen theme is representative of Modernism.
Your essay must be an argument with significant literary analysis and well-integrated scholarly sources.
Your essays will include:
An effective introduction about the period and the theme, which ends in a clear thesis that is fully supported by the rest of your paper
A brief biographical sketch of the writers and some discussion of how they and their work are Modern
Textual evidence from the selected works to explain your analysis
Secondary sources to support your analysis
A conclusion that neither repeats nor summarizes your essay but, rather, provides commentary on the larger issues you’ve raised and perhaps responds to the postmodern period that reacted against what the Moderns were doing
