ENGLISH 112-035 Final Essay: Analysis of a Play Your Final Essay requires you to provide an analysis of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. Develop an Assertion, a Formal Outline, and write a six-page essay that fully argues your view using evidence from your primary source (the play) and TWO or more scholarly journal articles OR books. A bibliography of possible sources is attached to this assignment. You are required to come to class and submit the following in your Writing Folder: • • • • • Your six-page Essay with Works Cited (page 7) Your Draft of at least 2-3 pages Your Formal Outline Your Sources Your Questions for Act I, Act II, Act III TOPIC Question you are to write about 1. The play ends with Nora’s famous rebellion against the husband and the Victorian society that have reduced her to a plaything. Discuss at least three ways Nora rebels against her world before her final departure. Use support for your position from the play and your secondary sources. Additional Requirements and Information • Write to an informed audience familiar with the play, so do not provide plot summary. • Include a Works Cited page with 1 primary and 2 secondary sources. • Give your essay a title that indicates the focus of your discussion. • Introduce the play and playwright in your introductory paragraph. The first time you name Ibsen, use his full name, but in subsequent references, you may use his last name. • Use the present tense when referring to the playwright and characters (Ibsen suggests; Torvald’s actions demonstrate; Torvald and Dr. Rank represent; Nora’s rebellion reveals; Nora and Mrs. Linde illustrate). • Write in third person, not first person (“I”) or second person (“you”). Do not use contractions, clichés, slang or other forms of informal language. • Use quotations that clearly support your ideas and incorporate quotations into your prose. Use MLA format. No long quotes are permitted for this assignment. ENGLISH 112 Formal Outline Format for Final Essay Write a Formal Outline by using this format as a guideline for your Essay of the play. I. Introduction A. Hook (Opening statement or quote to engage reader) B. Bridge Sentences (Introduce play, playwright, character and topic in two or three sentences) C. Assertion that presents your argument, UNDERLINED II. Topic Sentence for Point #1 (Should be Several Paragraphs) A. Evidence from Secondary Source B. Evidence from Primary Source C. Evidence from Primary Source III. Topic Sentence for Point #2 (Should be Several Paragraphs) A. Evidence from Primary Source B. Evidence from Secondary Source C. Evidence from Primary Source D. Evidence from Secondary Source IV. Topic Sentence for Point #3 (Should be Several Paragraphs) A. Evidence from Primary Source B. Evidence from Primary Source C. Evidence from Secondary Source V. Present Opposing Argument and Refutation (Should be Several Paragraphs) A. Identify author and title of opposing argument and state and discuss opposing argument B. State your position and present evidence that refutes opposing argument VI. Conclusion A. Restate Assertion in Different Words B. Make Final Statement to Conclude Essay NOTE: You can have more than THREE points. This is simply a Format that you can use to organize your ideas, so adjust each section of your plan to provide structure, order, and coherence to the argument you will make on the topic you select. Also, after each point you make, make sure you insert your own comments of your explanation, thoughts, feelings, ect. to argue your claim to each point and put into your own ideas without paraphrasing. Also avoid plagiarism when quoting. First time you quote Ibsen use his full name and after that use (Ibsen and the page number you found your quote on). IN ADDITION: your essay with work cited pages should be presented in a Times New Roman with a 12-point font and double spaced along with your Formal Outline to. Don’t forget to underline your assertion. ENGLISH 112 Bibliography for Drama Essay of A Doll’s House Use this list for your Secondary resources only and indicate the secondary resources you use both in your writing and in the cite worked page. Akerholt, May-Brit. “Playbird or featherbrain? Forum for World Literature Studies, vol. 2, no 1, 2010, p. 117+. Literature Resource Center, ezprozy.aacc.edu/,login? August, Eugene R. “Modern Men,” or, Men’s Studies in the 80s.” College English, Vol. 44, No. 6 (Oct., 1982), pp. 583-597. National Council of Teachers of English. http://www.jstor.org. Brunnemer, Kirstin. “Sexuality in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House.” In Bloom, Harold. Ed. Human Sexuality. Bloom’s Literary Themes. New York: Chelsea House Publishing, 2009. Bloom’s Literary Reference Online. Facts on File, Inc. http://0-www,fofweb.com. Farfan, Penny.” Reading, Writing, and Authority in Ibsen’s ‘Women’s Plays.’” Modern Drama, Vol. 45, No. 1, Spring 2002, pp. 1-8, Published by University of Toronto Press, doi: https://doi.org. Forward, Stephanie. “A New World for Women? Stephanie Forward Considers Nora’s Dramatic Exit from Ibsen’s A Doll’s House.” The English Review, Vol., No. 4, 2009, p. 24+ Student Resources in Context.galegroup.com. Ganz, Arthur. “Miracle and Vine Leaves: An Ibsen Play Rewrought.” PMLA, Vol. 94. No. 1 (Jan., 1979), pp. 9-21. Gelber, Michael Worth and Joan Templeton. “Ibsen and Feminism.” PMLA, Vol. 104, No. 3 (May, 1989) pp. 360-362. Published by Modern Language Association. http://www.jstor.org. Hartmann, Ellen. “Ibsen’s Motherless Women.” Ibsen Studies, Vol. 4, 2004, Issue 1. Pages 80-91. Published online: May 17, 2006. http.//dx.doi.org. Hooti, Noorbakhsh, and Pouria Torkamaneh. “Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House: A Postmodernist Study.” Theory and Practice in Language Studies, Vol. 1, No. 9, pp. 1103-1110, September 2011. Academy Publisher. Doi:10.4304/tpls.1.9.1103-110. Hrybyk, Catherine R. “Nora Helmer on Trial.” The English Journal, Vol. 72, No. 3 (Mar., 1983), pp. 42-45. National Council of Teachers of English. http://www.jstor.org. Kaufmann, F. W. “Ibsen’s Search for the Authentic Self.” Monatshefte. Vol. 45. No. 4 (Apr.May, 1953), pp. 232- 239. University of Wisconsin Press. http://www.jstor.org. Kelly, Kate. “Reviewed Works: A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen.” Theatre Journal. Vol. 33. No. 4 (Dec, 1981), pp. 546-548. Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press, http://www.jstor.org. Mahaffey, Vicki. “Portal to Forgiveness: A Tribute to Ibsen’s Nora.” South Central Review, Vol. 27, No. 3, Forgiveness (Fall 2010), pp. 54-73. Johns Hopkins University Press on behalf of The South Central Modern Language Association. http://www.jstor.org. Peacock, Ronald. “Public and Private Problems in Modern Drama.” The Tulane Drama Review, Vol. 3, No. 3 (March, 1959), pp. 58-72. http://www.jstor.org. Salome, Lou. “Article by Lou Salome.” Translated by Siegfried Mandel. Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, edited by Paula Kepos, Vol. 37, Gale, 1991. 20th Century Literature Criticism Online, ezproxy. aacc.edu. Soloski, A. “’The Great Imitator’: Staging Syphilis in A Doll’s House and Ghosts.” Modern Drama, Vol. 56. No. 3, 2013, pp. 287-305. Project Muse, muse. jhu.edu/article/52. Templeton, Joan. Ibsen’s Women. Boston: Cambridge University Press, 2001. - - -.“The Doll House Backlash: Criticism, Feminism, and Ibsen.” PMLA, Vol. 104, No. 1 (Jan., 1989), pp. 28-40. Modern Language Association. http://www.jstor.org. Tufts, Carol Strongin. “Recasting A Doll’s House: Narcissism as Character Motivation in Ibsen’s Play.” Comparative Drama, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Summer 1986), pp. 140-59. http://www.jstor.org. Yuehua, Guo. “Gender Struggle Over Idealogical Power in Ibsen’s A Doll’s House.” Canadian Social Science. Vol. 5, No. 1. February 2009. NOTE: You may also check the book catalog for print books and/or ebooks on Ibsen, the play, and criticism. Remember that you cannot use a review. NOTE: This bibliography is single-spaced for reasons of length. Bibliographies and Works Cited are double-spaced.
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