ENG 239: Slipstream Fiction Essay #2 [100 Points]
For your second and final essay in the course, you have two options. Choose ONE of the options listed below and write a single essay of 3-4 pages [900-1,200 words].You must use a size 12 font [preferably Cambria, Book Antiqua, or Times New Roman] and your typed essay must be double-spaced with one-inch margins set for all four sides of the page. Make sure that you use format paragraph to remove the extra spaces that MS Word automatically puts before and after paragraphs. Set the values to zero. When you present quotations from the essays and stories, use the standard MLA documentation procedures illustrated in class and always integrate the quotations; that is, at no point in your essay should you stop your writing and present a quote that is not introduced by some of your own language.
For example: As the narrator of Jeffrey Ford’s “Bright Morning” contemplates the meaning of his dreams about Franz Kafka, he wonders if “Kafka would be the type of restless spirit to reach out beyond the pale” (161).
Whenever you quote a story or essay, follow this format. Always establish the context for the quote with some of your own language, and always supply the page number in parentheses after the quotation, following the punctuation procedure provided in the above example.
Option 1
Decide which one of the following stories is the best example of slipstream fiction and write your 3-4-page essay [900-1,200 words] justifying your choice. Use summary of specific moments in the story and integrate quotations to illustrate your points. Of course, you will have to introduce the story and author and provide a brief plot overview in your introduction, and then briefly define slipstream fiction before moving on to discuss the story in detail.
Option 2
Write your own 3-4-page [900-1,200 words] slipstream story, and then add a one-page explanation of what makes your story slipstream.
DUE DATE: The essay should be submitted in Microsoft Word by e-mail attachment no later than 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, April 26. That should be enough time to produce a short essay, but, since we are nearing the end of the semester, I will grant extensions to anyone who e-mails me to request extra time. Simply indicate the date on which you will submit the paper [any day as late as Thursday, April 30] if you need additional time.