Canterbury tales
FICTION: Novelists or playwrights normally will not advance a clear thesis. However, you can [1] identify and defend your notion of the author’s reason [apart from making money] for writing the novel or play[s]. You must then [2] provide an overview of the work’s plot, [3] profile [at least] 3-4 of the work’s principal characters and situate them historically [explain how they do or do not accurately reflect actual historical personalities or types], [4] assess the overall value of the work both as literature and as evocations of an historical era, and indicate whether or not you recommend the book and why you have reached your conclusion. If you review fiction you must center the work’s historicity, this requires both critiquing the work’s historical accuracy, and evaluating any relevant historical circumstances that may have led the author to write the work. As with the non-fiction, you can cite page numbers by simply bracketing them within your text, e.g. [29-31].
5.) Trends and Recommendations
-How cold the law be more effective?
-Is it generally gaining or losing support over time?
-What are some of the lessons learned after it passed (or did it pass)?
