Paper must FOCUS on the assigned class readings
Paper must be 1200+ words (Works Cited list and quotations do NOT apply to word count)
Total articles: 4 (2 assigned class readings plus 2 outside sources)
Total quotations: 4 (2 from assigned class readings plus 1 from each research source)
NO encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Sparknotes, or very short sources may be used on Works Cited list; use the LASC campus library database to find articles (you have full access to these online). Always use the reading titles in your KEYWORD search first on Google, etc.
This paper will be a critical analysis of the concept of justice or the lack of justice from a feminist perspective. Feminist can translate loosely as a women-centered perspective, that is, seeing the world from a female perspective in a male-dominated society. Both men and women can write from a feminist perspective! You can expand your discussion to include race, class, and sexual preference in your paper as long as you relate it to the assigned readings.
Choose TWO articles from the required readings assigned below and, using the assigned article you choose below, write a detailed discussion about what justice from a feminist perspective means to you and also how it is understood by other scholars from a feminist perspective, based on your outside research sources. Be sure to do a focused critical analysis of how justice can be understood in the context of the assigned article you choose to write about.
Your paper must be grounded by a clear thesis statement and it MUST BE A DETAILED DISCUSSION OF THE ASSIGNED READINGS BELOW. Do NOT write a paper that does NOT focus on the assigned readings from this class.
You can use www.m-w.com (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. to look up (and help you to pronounce) words you are unfamiliar with. THIS MUST BE A FOCUSED DISCUSSION OF TWO OF THE ASSIGNED ARTICLES!!!
Article Choices:
Read Behind the Scenes by Elizabeth Keckley
Read “The Damnation of Women” by W.E.B. Du Bois
Read The Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin
**”Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid can be used as a 3rd class-assigned source, but not as one of the main two. You still need TWO additional outside RESEARCH sources if you use “Girl” as a third source.
Requirements:
1. Your essay must be 1200+ words and each paragraph is 5-8 sentences minimum, 12 point font, double-spaced with your name, class, and a title.
2. You must refer to TWO of the assigned readings throughout your paper. TWO quotations are required from the assigned articles, one from each reading.
3. You MUST do outside research and use TWO outside research sources with MLA formatting and a Works Cited list. Beyond the total FOUR quotations (2 from the assigned article you choose and 2 from your TWO outside sources) this paper must be in your own words. Quotations and Works Cited list does NOT apply to word count!
