You have two options.

1. FINAL PAPER (due Wednesday, May 8):

An essay or research paper of 2100-2400 words (about 7-8 pages).

The paper can be on a topic of your choice within the parameters of this course.

Your essay must:

• devote substantial attention to at least one author or long work we have read this semester that has NOT the subject of one of your earlier essays

• engage with and cite scholarship and/or criticism pertinent to your topic —research must be from academic journals not from student study guides or non-peer reviewed websites

•  Please include a title and works cited page

• Please double space and number your pages

Due on Wednesday, May 8 on Sakai (pdf or .doc/x) and as an edublogs post. Please email me a copy (martharojas@uri.edu) in case of problems with Sakai.

2. CREATIVE PROJECT (due May 8):

All written/print components of the final project are due in Sakai and edublogs on Wednesday, May 8. Please email me a copy (martharojas@uri.edu) in case of problems with Sakai. Let me know if we there are components that can not be uploaded — we will arrange to meet on the 8th or at some other time.

Directions

Please select one of the options below.

In addition to your creative project, you must also submit a critical preface (also known as an artist’s statement) that explains your thought process, your goals for the project, and how your creative artifact reflects your engagement with the literary texts we have read this semester and if relevant one or more of the critical texts from the course syllabus.  This essay may (but need not) include research preferably from academic journals, art journals, exhibit catalogs, etc and not from student study guides or non-peer reviewed websites. This written component of the project should be about 5 pages and is due May 8.

All texts used, including original texts for imitation, parody, interpretation, and inspiration must be cited in a Works Cited page.

Video/Film.  Make a short film that recounts or parodies one of the texts we read this semester.

Graphic Novel.  Create a graphic novel by hand or on the computer that adapts, interprets, elaborates, parodies, or otherwise engages a text we read this semester.

Original Music. Create an original composition that reflects the form/thematics of one of the texts we read this semester. Please record.

Art.  Create an original piece of art that reflects the form/thematics of one of the texts we read this semester.

Art Criticism.  Find a painting relevant to our course.  Write a close analysis of this painting, describing how it is representative of its cultural context and/or how it relates to one of the texts we have read in the second half of the semester.  You should consider how it engages aesthetically with our readings.  Does it challenge, exemplify, interpret, alter, or reinforce themes discussed in class?  This text will be 2100-2400 words long (about 7-8 pages).

Fiction.  Write an imitation or parody of a text we have read this semester.

Self-Defined Project.  You may come up with yet another creative alternative that demonstrates your knowledge and invention concerning the material covered in this seminar, but you must get an O.K. from me before pursuing it.

Please post your creative project and or artist statement on edublogs as well as uploading to Sakai by Wednesday, May 8.