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    ENGL 3060

    Short paper 6

    Due: Friday 13 April 2012

    Worth: 10% of final mark

    You must complete either this paperORshort paper 5

    PromptInFantasy Fiction: An Introduction, Lucie Armitt writes:

    What is it about literary realism that endows it with this innate privilege over fantasy? In

    essence, the advantage seems to reside in the perceived proximity between realism andthe real. The very term mimesis (describing the imitative representation of nature

    or human behavior) implies a documentary relationship between the world and itsfictions, in the process endowing fiction with a false sense of truth. And yet, as

    specialists in literary realism remind us, there is no more a genuinely direct connectionbetween realism and the real than there is between fantasy fiction and the real; fiction is

    fiction is fiction.

    Choose two of our texts (by different writers) and discuss the manner in which they deal with the issueof realism and the real. Do these texts attempt to portray their fictions in a realist manner? Do they do

    something else? Address 1) the manner in which your chosen texts present themselves, as realist orotherwise, and 2) how the style of their presentation interacts with their themes.

    Requirements

    Papers should be a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 4 pages long.

    Papers should be printed out in a normal typeface (preferably Times New Roman and NOT

    Courier). 12 pt font. Normal (MS Word standard) margins. They should be double-spaced.

    They should be stapled or paperclipped. I will not accept papers that are not bound in some

    mechanical fashion. Origami does not count. Please indicate on your paper whether you are turning in your first, second, or third

    response.

    Do not consult any outside works.

    Do not quote the entire passage from the prompt.

    Do not draw your entire paper from class discussions. Discuss a different aspect of the texts,address a different scene.

    Include a title. The title should not be Title, Response paper, or Crash.

    You mustprovide textual evidence from the text(s) you discuss. You should briefly quote

    relevant passages and explain those quotes.

    Keep summary to a minimum.

    You do not need to include a works cited page or parenthetical citations so long as it's clearfrom the context what text you are citing.

    Edit. Proofread. These are not the same things. You should also spellcheck, which is a thirdtask. You should also, of course, practice good writing, best usage, etc.

    As with anything having to do with this class: if you don't know, ask