Fight Club and American Psycho : Crisis of Masculinit

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Sources: You must include at least6"works cited" in your paper. Your Works Cited list at the end must include at least3 references to sources listed in your syllabus. That can include your text books, class handouts or books on syllabus from supplementary texts. The other references can come from other books/websites, not Wikipedia. Use whatever citation system you are comfortable with (MLA, Chicago, Harvard/Oxford) - but be consistent. You must always include page numbers for direct quotes as well as for paraphrasing ideas (which must be cited, with pages given).

Methodology: Discourse Analysis in relation to 2 films.

Topics: You must stick to the research questionwe have discussed. Failure to do so - or changing your paper topic without prior consultation will result in an "F" grade.

Structure: Your opening will introduce your topic and provide some sort of historical/theoretical contextualization about the key ideas you are working with. Your thesis (central argument) mustbe in the introductory paragraph which should only be about 150-200 words (see sample below). Then, you should discuss the ideas relevant to your conceptual/theoretical approach (the gaze? fetishization? post feminism?Masculinity in crisis?Lad culture?)andinclude some background on the historical and/or cultural contexts of your films. This would also 2-3 paragraphs and be about 300 words.

Then go into your films and apply your ideas to each film. Pick out key scenes/aspects of the film that illustrate your ideas. Don't summarize the whole film but place the idea/scene you are analysing in a specific context related to your ideas. Analyse specific details/meanings generated/ imbedded ideologies, etc. Then analyse your other film with good transitions such as ("unlike in x, y does ..." OR "y also uses irony, but its humour is more self deprecating than in x...")

Each film analysis will be approx.700 words/3-4 paragraphs for each film. Aim for good transitions as well as a compare/contrast framework. Have a concluding section of 1-2 paragraphs which brings it all together and closes the discussion which will be around400 words.

You must include direct citations from your secondary sources (so that means at least 8), and if you need to cut down long quotes, you may refer to ideas, etc in footnotes at the bottom or end of the paper. The Bibliography/Works Cited at the end of the paper is not part of the word count.

Paper Length: 2000 words.