Faculty of Arts,
Chulalongkorn University
Final Paper and Presentation Guidelines
Final Paper
The final paper (3–5
pp.; MLA
format) is a way for you to present your examination of work we have
read and discussed this semester and to bring together skills in reading,
critical thinking, and writing that we have worked on these past few
months. Submit your paper by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 on Turnitin.com.
If you have never created an account on Turnitin.com,
here is information for initial login:
- On the Turnitin.com
homepage, click "Create Account" at the top right hand corner
- On the Create a User Profile page, at the Create a New Account
heading, click "student"
- On the Create a New Student Account page, type in the following class
ID and password, then provide the user information (Chula recommends
using your Chula e-mail account) and set up your account password, check
that you are over 13 years old, and click "I agree--create profile"
- If you are in section 1,
- Enrollment Password: farm1
- If you
are in section 3,
- Class
ID: 12684334
- Enrollment
Password: farm3
- If you
are in section 4,
- Class
ID: 12669834
- Enrollment
Password: farm4
- If you
are in section 5,
- Class
ID: 12656460
- Enrollment
Password: farm5
- You are now ready to submit your final paper.
Suggested Paper Topics
Choose to explore an aspect of one or more works we have read this semester.
These suggestions are general topics for analysis that need to be further
defined and refined into a suitable thesis. In the process of developing
your argument, aside from revisiting and close reading the text(s), you may
need to consult and cite other resources, such as the Oxford
English Dictionary (OED),
the Bible,
print and/or online concordances to the Bible
and to works by Milton,
Shakespeare,
Dickinson,
or Eliot,
maps, images, performances, interviews, history, letters, biographies,
manuscripts, commentaries, criticism, various dictionaries ex. dictionaries
of etymology, literary and rhetorical terms, myths, and symbols. Some of the
study questions in the works' study guide pages can also be used as prompts
for the final paper.
- Trace an idea in a work and examine how it is represented and played
out through the work. Note how it figures in the work's structure,
development, and language. Some concepts or ideas to consider:
- owning, ownership, possession, property
- rules, law, regulation
- youth, being young, being a child, children, childhood
- Analyze circumlocution in one work or more. What does indirection
achieve? What contents tend to be presented slantways?
- Analyze a scene in which there is a clash between two or more ideas.
Consider what is at stake, how the clash develops, and the implications
of the result.
- Examine the throwing away of a valuable thing. What values does the
object have? What compels the object to be discarded? How is it disposed
of? What are the implications of its riddance?
- The series of instructions in "Girl" involve verbs in normal and
negative forms. Compare the instances of negatively constructed verb
formations against the unnegated forms. How do they stack up against
each other, for example, in terms of frequency, content, progression,
and meaning?
- Examine connections and disruptions in Misreadings.
What kinds of connections and disruptions occur in the play? Compare
connections and disruptions initiated by Ruth and by Simone.
- Explore means of communication in Misreadings.
What manners or methods of expression are used to convey meaning or
message? What kind of reading (looking, listening, etc.) is needed for
each type or form of communication?
- Milton's "Sonnet 19," famous for its concern about inaction, has a
preponderance of verbs. Trace and analyze the development of verbs in
the sonnet. How does the progression of verbs reflect the mental
processes being described, or correspond to the argument being advanced?
- Analyze the relationship between the verbal and the nonverbal in
Heaney's poems.
- Compare and contrast the youth and adult worlds in Rattawut
Lapcharoensap's "Priscilla the Cambodian." What characteristics
differentiate the children's relationships and experiences from that of
the grownups'? What defines their worlds? What limitations and
advantages does each have?
Section 1
Final Paper Consultation Schedule
At a time slot below, sign up to discuss your plans for the final paper with
me.
Monday, April 4, 2016
8:00–8:10 a.m.
8:10–8:20 a.m.
8:20–8:30 a.m.
8:30–8:40 a.m.
8:40–8:50 a.m.
8:50–9:00 a.m.
9:00–9:10 a.m.
9:10–9:20 a.m.
9:20–9:30 a.m.
9:30–9:40 a.m. Natta
9:40–9:50 a.m.
9:50–10:00 a.m.
4:00–4:10 p.m.
4:10–4:20 p.m.
4:20–4:30 p.m. Sumitra
4:30–4:40 p.m.
4:40–4:50 p.m.
4:50–5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
8:00–8:10 a.m.
8:10–8:20 a.m.
8:20–8:30 a.m.
8:30–8:40 a.m. Wethita
8:40–8:50 a.m.
8:50–9:00 a.m. Pimpith
9:00–9:10 a.m. Sadanun
9:10–9:20 a.m. Thananya
9:20–9:30 a.m. Apisorn
9:30–9:40 a.m. Kornrawee
9:40–9:50 a.m. Supitsara
9:50–10:00 a.m. Naruchon
4:00–4:10 p.m. Wannakarn
4:10–4:20 p.m. Tanaporn
4:20–4:30 p.m. Jitratiwat
4:30–4:40 p.m. Auttasit
4:40–4:50 p.m.
4:50–5:00 p.m.
Friday, April 8, 2016
8:00–8:10 a.m.
8:10–8:20 a.m.
8:20–8:30 a.m.
8:30–8:40 a.m.
8:40–8:50 a.m. Kornrawee
8:50–9:00 a.m. Pimpith
9:00–9:10 a.m. Sadanun
9:10–9:20 a.m. Thananya
9:20–9:30 a.m. Apisorn
9:30–9:40 a.m.
9:40–9:50 a.m. Supitsara
9:50–10:00 a.m. Naruchon
Revision
Rewrite
to fix problems regarding the argument, support, prose, organization,
mechanics, and style to make your paper more effective. Some things
to keep in mind as you proofread and edit your work:
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Does my title show that I have a point to make?
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Is my thesis sound, clear, and interesting?
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Have I supported my thesis with compelling evidence?
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Is the organization of my paper logical and appropriate
to the arguments I am making?
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Is my language clear, consistent, and suited to the
subject matter?
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Do each of my paragraphs have a clear point and
coherence?
- Have I incorporated quotations smoothly into my own prose?
- Do I provide balanced analysis of the quotes I cite?
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Are my sentences varied, interesting, and effective?
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Do my verbs agree with their subjects? Pronouns with
their nouns?
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Is my paper free of spelling mistakes?
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Have I cited my sources properly?
Final Presentation
Presentation of your final paper is in week 17 of class:
Monday, April 25 and Thursday, April 28, 2016. Each panel of three or four
papers will have fifteen minutes to present their study of texts we have
read in this course. This will be followed by a ten-minute question and
answer session. A moderator will be presiding over the presentations and
discussion session of each panel, introducing the speakers, mediating the
questions and responses, and making sure things stay on schedule.
Practice reading your presentation aloud with visual aid if
you have any, and edit for speakability, clarity, and time.
Respondents give constructive comments on the panelists'
talk, indicating illuminating and effective points made, pointing out
problems to fix ex. content, logic, substantiation, organization,
clarification, delivery, and giving further commentary and opinions on the
issues being discussed. Respondents assigned to a panel are responsible
for giving feedback to any and all of the speakers on that panel but are
free to comment on papers of different panels as well.
You will be graded both for your performance in giving your talk and in
responding to your classmates' presentations, how you present your own
ideas and how you show that you know how to listen to, think about, and
discuss ideas that others propose.
A program of the final presentation schedule will be posted
on our detailed
schedule page once panel and paper titles, speakers and moderators
are finalized. You are responsible for e-mailing me any revisions to your
presentation title by Friday, April 22, 2016.
Please inform me of any special equipment needs, otherwise
our in-class computer (which uses Microsoft Office 2007) and LCD projector
is provided.
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