Purposes: 1) to guide your audience to a place of deeper understanding of your literary work(s) as a whole; 2) to show why the work(s) still matter and have relevance in the 21st century and beyond

Audience: Students (peers) who have read your literary work(s) but need help with interpretation, context, and understanding contemporary relevance

Requirements for final essay: 6-8 MLA formatted content pages plus Works Cited page with 1-2 primary source(s) (the short-story/narrative/poem that you choose) and 4 secondary sources, all of which must be scholarly/ professional/peer reviewed (note that the sources need not all be directly supportive of your thesis; you may opt to refute them or take a “review of scholarship” approach)