The primary source is Chopin, Kate. “The Story of an Hour”

 The primary source is Chopin, Kate. “The Story of an Hour”

Choose one of the PRIMARY SOURCES= original works

Chopin, Kate. “The Story of an Hour”
Hemingway, “Hills Like White Elephants
Poe, Edgar Allan. “The Masque of the Red Death”
Poe, Edgar Allan. “The Raven” (read ahead on your own)
Walker, Alice. “Everyday Use”
2) Research a SECONDARY SOURCE (= this will be an essay about the PRIMARY source work you have chosen). So if you choose to write about “Story of an Hour,” you will research and read a SECONDARY source critical essay ON “Story of an Hour.”)

Go to the Library Choose “A-Z Databases.”
Use these databases: Bloom’s Literature, Literary Reference Center Plus, or Proquest.
Search on the title of the story (= PRIMARY SOURCE).
Choose one critical essay (LITERARY CRITICISM), that has a thesis about the primary source you chose. This is the SECONDARY SOURCE.
NOTE: The critical essay (=secondary source) should have an author, and MUST EXPRESS A THESIS about the PRIMARY SOURCE you have chosen.

 

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