The importance of the caste system in Rabindranath Tagore and U.R Ananthamurthy’s novels

The importance of caste in Tagore and Ananthamurthy’s novels. The literary texts you are choosing to analyze are the primary texts; the research you cite to contextualize the primary texts, or commentary by critics on these primary texts are your secondary sources. The author interviews, forewords, introductions in the textbooks you have can count as secondary sources.

Rubric: thesis demonstrates deep understanding of the text(s) and the context(s); effective
use of evidence from the text demonstrating close reading and analysis; use of
secondary sources (where applicable) to clarify, construct, and contextualize central
argument; little or no grammatical/ editing errors; organization of ideas clear throughout
the paper, effective use of signposts/ keywords; strong conclusion.
answer the specific question asked
 set up a quote
 write a clear introduction and a definitive conclusion
 use keywords to construct thesis
 organize ideas in each paragraph; write and rewrite multiple drafts to improve
flow of the paper
 use relevant textual evidence and secondary sources to make argument
 check for spelling, grammatical mistakes, formatting (MLA)