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1. First, identify the problem in a one- to two-page typed prospectus. To whom would your
problem matter? How? Why is it important enough to serve as your project’s focus? Thinking
back over your initial reading experience, how did this problem complicate your understanding of
the play as a whole? Please remember that your prospectus will have no “right” or “wrong”
answers; just be sure that your answers are thoughtful and thorough.
2. Second, compile a bibliography listing five to six journal articles or book chapters about the
play you have chosen for your research project, and annotate three of those articles and/or book
chapters. (For this exercise, you must clear with me any web-based articles that have not first
appeared in print.) Your annotations should provide standard bibliographical information and
summarize each article’s argument in one paragraph. Submit this bibliography with the
prospectus in a folder or envelope with your name on the outside. This folder of materials will
comprise ten percent of your final course grade.
3. Finally, join the critical conversation on which you “eavesdropped” while conducting your
bibliographical research. Briefly discuss other scholars’ and critics’ view of your play and its
problem, but establish your own argument (or thesis) about the problem’s solution, explaining
why your research matters. (While you will probably write your prospectus in the first person,
avoid using “I” in the final paper.) You will need to contextualize your problem, but please avoid
plot summary. Assume your reader is familiar with the text, and make only brief references to
events and situations rather than providing lengthy explanations. In writing this paper, introduce
the perspectives of at least two other critics, either to support your own argument or to anticipate
challenges to it. (At least one of the two should be a critic whose work you annotated in your
bibliography.)
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