Honors Composition (110) Fall 2011

Remembering the Holocaust: Representing Genocide in Memoir, Fiction, and Film

Project and Essay Guidelines

Mid-Term Essay

You will write 1 full-length, formal, research-based analytic essay. The Mid-Term Essay (15%) will analyze some aspect of Spiegelman's Maus, using outside scholarly sources to support and enhance your analysis of the two-volume memoir. You will write a complete draft of this essay, worth 20% of the final MT Essay grade. The peer editing of the drafts will be worth 10 formal assignment points. Please click on the following link for detailed guidelines.

• Mid-Term Essay

Projects

Over the final six weeks of the course, you will undertake two major projects. The Group Project (15%) will involve a group presentation on any genocidal conflict or issue that we do not cover in class. The Final Project (20%) will be a research project, utilizing outside sources, in which you explore another such ethnic, religious, or racial conflict (it need not be formally "genocide"): its history, available academic and primary sources, and its ongoing significance or status. As with the Mid-Term Essay, the Final Project will involve drafting and peer editing (both of which will be assessed). Please see the links for specific guidelines for each project.

• Group Project

• Final Project

 

Remember to review the Plagiarism Policies and Procedures, as discussed in class.