Final Project
Intro to Fiction
Professor Rodgers
Presentations:  Dec. 10 and Dec. 12
Essay/Report:  Dec. 15

Part One

The first component of this project is to work in groups of 2-4 people to explore relationships between fiction, literary studies, and your discipline/major, your planned career choice, or a burning question about the world, and then to present your findings to the class.  Presentations should be between five and ten minutes. In this presentation, you will help the class understand how and why the study of literature, and specifically fiction, is related to your discipline/major, planned career choice, or burning question about the world.

In terms of how to do the research for this project and what to include in your bibliography, traditional sources of literary research include journal articles from databases like JSTOR, Project Muse, and EBSCO, as well as book-length studies of specific authors and works.  You should also conduct primary research for this project by interviewing professors or professionals in your discipline to ask why reading fiction and literary study may or may not be of importance to your discipline, as well as research and read materials related to this question from a range of disciplines.

Part Two – Due on the day of your presentation: Handout for the class
Include a handout for the class to accompany your presentation. This may be a visual or graphic aid, a summary, a questionnaire, a map, a bullet point guide to your presentation, or any other imaginative supplement that might intrigue, inspire or aid your audience.

Part Three – Project Reflection and Bibliography

Each of you must respond to the project and your experience of creating it on an individual basis. Please write approximately 2 pages evaluating the project as a whole.

This essay or report must also include a BIBLIOGRAPHY of the sources you consulted for your project.  Here are some questions to consider and guide your thoughts. These questions are by no means comprehensive, so you should feel free to address ideas not mentioned here:

• What was your specific role in creating the project?
• How many hours of work did you spend on the project?
• How well did your group work together?
• What did you learn about the fiction and literary study from this project?
• What did you learn about yourself from this project?
• How might this project influence how you read fiction in the future?