Personal evaluation of the works based on research as well as your own analysis1. Discuss its merits
2. Discuss its weaknesses
E. ConclusionIV. School of Writing Paper (to be used with short stories, plays, poetry or novels)
A. Biographical information on your author and the relationship of the work to the school of writing based on research
B. Societal/philosophical influences leading to the authors adoption of this particular school of writing based on research
C. Personal interpretation of the work based on supportable research of the literary elements using the particular school of writing.1. Setting
2. Mood
3. Characters
4. Conflicts
5. Point of View
6. Irony
7. Symbolism
8. ThemesD. Personal evaluation of the work based on research as well as your own analysis1. Discuss its merits2. Discuss its weaknessesE. ConclusionNovel You must read one full-length novelDrama You must read two full-length plays by the same authorPoetry You must pick 5 poems with COMMON literary elements by the same author (you may have to read as many as 30 poems to find the 5 you want) Do NOT pick random poems!Short Stories -You must pick 5 short stories with COMMON literary elements by the same author (you may have to read as many as 20 stories to find the 5 you want) Do NOT pick random stories!SCHOOLS OF WRITING In your research you may find that your author is associated with a particular school of writing. You must research to find out what characteristics this school of writing has and what it means to the work or works you are reading. How does your author utilize these philosophies in his/her work? An explanation of this school of writing must be included in your paper. The following are some of the more famous schools of writing:Realism Existentialism RomanticismNaturalism Surrealism Transcendentalism Neo-Classicism Gothic Romanticism Post-Modernism ModernismSPECIFIC GENRES Literature is often classified by what type it is. The following are words that you may come across in your research that define what type of literature you are reading. You must look up the definition of the type of literature under which your work falls and incorporate this into your paper. You will want to know the characteristics of the genres (and there may be more than one) that apply to your literary work and how your author utilizes these genres.Science Fiction Picaresque Fantasy Feminist Metafiction Bildungsroman Regional Yellow Journalism Muckraking Mystery Gothic Feminist Utopian Romance Hard-Boiled Detective War