Literary Research Paper – Canterbury Tales

Write a 2000+ word literary research paper analyzing an aspect of the piece of literature that falls into the time periods we are reading this session. Samples
of literary essays include: character analysis, symbolism, setting, contrast-compare characters or setting or symbols, theme, as well as many other literary
devices to analyze. This is an analysis; this is NOT a book report. Please be creative and thorough in your analysis. This paper must adhere to MLA guidelines
(outline, paper, parenthetical citations, citation page), and it must have 5 (minimum) sources, including the (primary) piece of literature you will be analyzing
and a minimum of two academic/scholarly sources. You use PROQUEST or EBSCO for these sources (or Google Scholar) as well as other academic sources
in this paper. You will use the NC electronic search engines (inside the NC E-Library) to find these sources and your research paper must follow all MLA
guidelines, including a cover sheet, an outline, in-text documentation, and a sources cited page. Please refer to the powerpoint in CANVAS titled “Writing the
Research Paper” or refer to the Purdue OWL for full information on this if you do not know what this includes. THIS PAPER must be submitted in
safeassignment inside CANVAS. This paper must cover an academic topic. Please consult the handouts and powerpoints provided to you in CANVAS as well
as the textbook.The following criteria are essential to produce an effective argument • Be well informed about your topic, in order to add to your knowledge of
a topic, read thoroughly about it, using legitimate sources. Take notes. • Test your thesis. Your thesis, i.e., argument, must have two sides. It must be
debatable. If you can write down a thesis statement directly opposing your own, you will ensure that your own argument is debatable. • Disprove the
opposing argument. Understand the opposite viewpoint of your position and then counter it by providing contrasting evidence or by finding mistakes and
inconsistencies in the logic of the opposing argument. • Support your position with evidence. Remember that your evidence must appeal to reason.