Path 2

British Literature in the Age of Industrialism
Path 2: Essay Guidelines & Prompt Map

". . . I debated what to do" (l.35)
Robert Browning's "Porphyria's Lover" (c.1835; 1836, 1842)

Essay responses to Path II prompts should . . .

deliver a structured argument: these will not resemble personal journal entries, blog-style writing, or stream-of-consciousness reflections. Essays should be tightly organized, with main points logically ordered. The whole should be framed by a creative, short introduction and some kind of conclusion (do not wrap up by summarizing your main points).
evince creativity: these exercises are all about effective, persuasive argumentation, and not at all about giving me some "correct" answer you think I want to hear.
pursue a narrowly argued thesis: your essays should move in a very specific direction. Do not attempt to touch on every possible idea or piece of supporting evidence.
provide adequate evidence: use your own ideas, textual references (with MLA-style page or line-number citations), and relevant material from secondary sources. As concerns these essays, there is no such thing as an incorrect argument--only an insufficiently supported one.
demonstrate familiarity with not only your primary text, but also:
- path 2 essays written by those in your group and the group with which you've been paired
- path 1 discussions and topics pertinent to your argument
articulate your argument in 400-500 words; show signs of careful revision
appear on Blackboard by Saturday at 11:59 p.m. and immediately follow the prompt itself, which you should paste at the head of your entry.You can look over some relatively strong sample responses here.

Grp 1 Emily Brontë	Grp 2 Fantasy Tales	Grp 3 Alfred Tennyson	Grp 4 Alfred Tennyson	Grp 5 Disability Concerns	Grp 6 George Eliot	Grp 7 George Eliot	Grp 8 Joseph Conrad	Grp 9 Joseph Conrad	Grp 10 Joseph Conrad
Wuthering Heights (1847). Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN: 0192833545	Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), Longman 1939-77 M. Shelley’s “The Mortal Immortal” (1833), Broadview 47-59 M. E. Braddon’s “Eveline’s Visitant” (1862), Broadview 205-14 A. B. Edward’s Was It an Illusion? A Parson’s Story” (1881) Braodview pp.285-302	selected tales (set #1) from The Idylls of the King (publ. in sections: 1859, 1869, 1871, 1872-74). Penguin, 1989. ISBN: 0140422536	selected tales (set #2) from The Idylls of the King (publ. in sections: 1859, 1869, 1871, 1872-74). Penguin, 1989. ISBN: 0140422536	"Brother Jacob" from The Lifted Veil: Brother Jacob. Oxford, 2009. ISBN: 0199555052 S. Le Fanu's "Green Tea" (1869) Broadview pp. 235-64 A. B. Edward’s Was It an Illusion? A Parson’s Story” (1881) Braodview pp.285-302 F. Browne’s “The Story of Fairyfoot” (1857), Broadview 153-62 M. de Morgan’s “A Toy Princess” (1877), Broadview 265-75	"Amos Barton" from Scenes of Clerical Life (1857) "Janet's Repentance" from Scenes of Clerical Life (1857)	Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (1861). Oxford, 2009. ISBN: 0199536775	Almayer's Folly (1895). Dover Thrift, 2003. ISBN: 0486426777	Heart of Darkness (1899). Norton Critical Edition. 2005. ISBN: 0393926362 3 critical articles in the Norton Critical Edition	The Secret Agent (1907). New York: Oxford World's Classics, 2004. ISBN: 0192801692
sec 01 Zachary Drew Jillian Jontig Laura Wetmore	sec 01 Erin Holzer Kellie Vanderburg Andrew Mceachron	sec 01 Dennis Keyes Jonnie Reinhold Russ Nickel	sec 01 Max Levine Tim Miller Nao Yamazaki	sec 01	sec 01 Rebecca Jensen Casey Lightner Stacy Sherwood	sec 01 Cassie Jordan Pauline Maksoudian Jacyln Burt	sec 01 Angelica Gumabon Bennett Wineman Michael Zhang	sec 01 Allison McCarthy Jesse Tyler Heather Link	sec 01 Kasey Johnsen Will Wilson Samantha Kapheim
sec 02 Brinn Strange Lindsey Walker	sec 02 Jessica Wong Dana Manea Alan Dorin	sec 02 Natalie Smith Sarah Town Bill Lai	sec 02 Shayna Hamidi Greg Manyak Jenna Lambert	sec 02 Lindsay Kirscher Jaimie Ditch Genevieve Loggins	sec 02 Aly Kline Andrew Bice	sec 02 Jonathan Brims "Shye" (Kristen) Jones	sec 02 Lara Adams Greg Kohl	sec 02 Panu Loui David Pezzini Wei Kyi	sec 02 Greg Hollister Mark Miller Charles Andrean

"The Lady of Shalott" (1913)
Sidney Harold Meteyard

Dr. Paul Marchbanks
pmarchba@calpoly.edu