World Literature Paper
COMPARATIVE, IMAGINATIVE
AND DETAILED STUDY
World Literature Paper I
 Assignment 1 must be a comparative study, based on at least
two (2) of the three literature works studied in part one. It
must be between 1000-1500 words in length.
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Chronicle
Siddhartha
The Assault
 You must select an aspect of the World Literature works that
exists between the two or three works used for the
assignment, for example:
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Narrative Technique
Characterization
Portrayal of society in the literature studied
International perspectives on common human problems
Cross-cultural perspectives on the artist’s role in society
World Literature Paper I
 This assignment is fairly similar to one we did at the end of
last year. You may adapt that project for use in this paper.
 You MAY NOT repeat works over the two World Literature
papers.
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For example, if you write about Siddhartha for Paper I, you MAY
NOT write about Siddhartha for paper II (and vice versa).
 Schedule of Due Dates:
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Proposal/thesis for Paper I
Outline for Paper I
Rough Draft for Paper I
Proposal/thesis for Paper II
Outline for Paper II
Rough Draft for Paper II
Comparative Study
 You must choose one World Literature work that
you have studied (and not written on in your
previous world lit paper) and one Language A1
work chosen from any part of the course you wish:
 Oedipus
or
 Siddhartha or
 Chronicle of a Death or
 The Metamorphosis
• AND………….
 Anything else from our syllabus (chart handed out
in the beginning of the year)
Imaginative or Creative Assignment
 If you choose this option you will need to produce an
imaginative or creative piece of writing based on
your study of one World Literature work or a
combination of a World Lit work and a Language A1
work chosen from any part of the course.
 This assignment must be preceded by a Statement of
Intent. This is often longer than the rest of your
assignment! This allows you to explain your
understanding and interpretation of an author’s
imagination, values, and techniques.
Detailed Study
 In this option you will need to write a detailed study
based on one World Literature work that you have
studied. You may not use a work you have used in
previous paper.
 Your assignment could take the form of a formal
essay, or commentary, or an analysis, of one or two
key passages. (passages are not included in word
count)
Individual Oral Commentary
 The individual Oral Commentary is based on an extract,
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selected by your teacher (Mrs. Barlow) from one of the
works studied in part 2 of syllabus.
Hamlet
Poems of Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, and Walt
Whitman
Wuthering Heights
Assorted speeches by Chinua Achebe, Zora Neale
Hurston and Richard Wright
Individual Oral Commentary
 Your teacher (Ms. Rowe) will set up one or two
questions for each extract or poem.
 The purpose of these guiding questions is to give you
a starting point for organizing your commentary.
 The guiding questions will relate to some of the most
significant aspects of the extract and help you to
focus on interpreting them.