Paper #2: Spanish/Filipino-American War & Progressive Era     You have three historical themes that your paper could cover when writing on the Spanish-American War: Reconciliation, Spanish/Filipino-American War, Progressive era

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Paper #2: Spanish/Filipino-American War & Progressive Era

You have three historical themes that your paper could cover when writing on the Spanish-American War: Reconciliation, Spanish/Filipino-American War, Progressive era. Consider all three; however, your focus will likely be on one of these periods within this era.

For this essay, you may examine any of the novels, short stories, or poetry we discussed in class in addition to any other works of literature that are relevant to the conflicts of that time. These will have to be justified and approved by us. You may use the poetry in conjunction with the novels if you have found an original way to connect the them.

Your paper will be a hybrid of Formalist and New Historicist approaches. One aspect of New Historicist Criticism is the idea that a work of literature is inevitably shaped by the social and historical context in which it is written. One aspect of the Formalist approach is that the various literary/poetic features of a poem or narrative work together to create meaning (theme(s).

· 4 pages (minimum), double-spaced, MLA format

· 4 outside sources (minimum)

· (at least one primary source that is NOT the poetic/literary work(s) under scrutiny)

· Could be from class reading or research

· Scholarly secondary sources (these can come from peer-reviewed journal articles or books on literary criticism and history)

· At least one historical

· At least one literary criticism