Purpose: One of the aspects of research that can help you in your understanding of the subject is to look at the career of an expert in the field. For this paper, you will select one of the authors that we have or will read in this paper and do an in-depth analysis of their work through information that you compile on their career, life, and criticism. You will be expected to examine sources that cover the biography of the author, their major works, and analysis of both their works and life. Your choices for this paper are:

Kate Chopin

Alice Walker

Neil Gaiman

Richard Wright

Ernest Hemingway

Sherman Alexie

Langston Hughes

Edgar Allen Poe

Susan Glaspell

Emily Dickinson

Format: Paper 1 will be a minimum of 3 full pages, in MLA format, following all MLA guidelines for style and citations. Students will be expected to weave in short quotations and paraphrases from the author’s texts and the sources, citing them accurately and correctly. A Works Cited including the author’s text and outside source(s) will be necessary. Font should be 12pt. Times New Roman with one-inch margins, and the paper should be double spaced. The first four lines of the paper should be your name, the instructor’s name, the course, and the date (formatted day month year, e.g. 13 August 2013). The fifth line should be the title of the paper (not the assignment) centered. See any of the sample essays in the book.

Guidelines: What does looking at the author and his or her life shed on the work? How does knowing this information affect your reading of their work?