Outline and Bibliography [Deadline: november 25, 2020]
Our final project is a research paper where you will compare Ray Bradbury’s short
story “There Will Come Soft Rains” with Sara Teasdale’s poem “There Will Come
Soft Rains”. A research is NEITHER a summary NOR a critical analysis through both
of those components are used in writing the research paper. In a research paper you
make an observation based on your understanding of the texts. This observation is
turned into a statement, called the thesis, which is specific, analytic and can be
acked up with references from the text/s.
For our assignment, you can come up with a thesis that addresses the question
1. How does the post apocalyptic world of the poem compare with that of the
post apocalyptic world of the short story
This project has TWO stages.
The first stage calls for an outline and a bibliography (MLA).
In the second stage, you will develop the essay based on your outline and
ibliography.
Outline and Bibliography: Once you have chosen one of the questions from the
options offered above, think about a statement that can answer the question raised
in your chosen option. Your answer would become your “working thesis”. For your
outline you will need a working thesis + topic sentences for each paragraphs +
quotations from both the poem and the short that you would be using to support your
claim/thesis/observation.
For the bibliography, you will create a Works Cited list that would include the
information for Sara Teasdale’s poem + Ray Bradbury’s short story+ three
secondary sources. Enclosed you would find a list of six secondary sources; you can
choose your three secondary sources from this list. Please remember to consult the
MLA style guide for the Works Cited page.
(https:
owl.purdue.edu/owl
esearch_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_sty
le_guide/m la_works_cited_page_basic_format.html
And a sample
(https:
owl.purdue.edu/owl
esearch_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_sty
le_guide/m la_sample_works_cited_page.html
Dr. Sabujkoli Bandopadhyay
Examples of Secondary Sources: Websites and Blogs:
a. https:
www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/there-will-come-soft-rains/
. https:
mfowler.edublogs.org/2011/03/03/august-2026-there-will-come-soft-rains/
Newspaper Article
c. “VISIONS OF THE FUTURE FROM THE PAST.” Financial Times, 2005, p. 12.
[Available through the li
ary]
Journal Article Available through the Li
ary
d. “Fiction That Gets Al Right.” MIT Technology Review, vol. 120, no. 6, 2017, pp.
64–65.
Journal Article on Sara Teasdale available through the li
ary
e. Monroe, Ha
iet. “Sara Teasdale.” Poetry, vol. 25, no. 5, 1925, pp. 262–268.
Article on Sara Teasdale’s position on war and its influence on humanity
f. Girard, Melissa. “‘How Autocratic Our Country Is Becoming’: the Sentimental
Poetess at War.” Journal of Modern Literature, vol. 32, no. 2, 2009, pp. 41–64.