Form a research question using a “lens” (Eco Chapter) to ask about What the Tapster Saw and form a Thesis statement.

Form a research question using a “lens” (Eco Chapter) to ask about What the Tapster Saw and form a Thesis statement.

Paper details:

What the Tapster Saw.
Use a theoretical “lens” (Eco chapter from An Introduction to literature, criticism, and theory (Bennet & Royle 2009). To ask a research question about What the Tapster Saw and form a thesis statement.
Start by asking a research question, when formulating the research question, use the theory to help you, use the theory as a “lens” (Eco) that can help you ask a complex question.
The essay should not present the research question, but the thesis that is my “answer” to the research question. Place the thesis at the end of the first or second paragraph. Spend the rest of the text explaining the thesis, how can I make this statement?
Persuade through argumentation.

First half of essay – to outline the theoretical approach – think about how it will be used as a “lens” through which I can view my literary text. How can it be used to discover interesting/new aspects of the literary text? What kind of informed questions can you ask with the help of your lens?

Try to avoid block quotations, chooses 2-3 passages to close-read in order to explain the thesis statement.

Sources to use:
• Roy, Arundhati. “For the Greater Common Good” at http://www.narmada.org/gcg/gcg.html
• Higgan&Tiffin, “Green Postcolonialism,” at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13698010601173783
• Bennet&Royle, “Eco,”
• Culler, “What is Literature and Does it Matter?”