*5 total songs for the assignment required
Monograph: 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
create a mixtape that does the following:
DESCRIBES the monograph and sets it in historical context;
ANALYZES some aspect of the monograph from a historical point of view (see below for ideas);
CONSIDERS the benefits and limitations of the monograph as historical evidence
And PROPOSES some unanswered questions that this assignment has left you with.
Use Chicago Style for any citations within the paper.
Read the monograph in its entirety.
Then you will create a soundtrack for your chosen monograph by the following method:
Title of the song and artist.
Summarize the scene from the book where you would use the song (2-3 sentences).
Discuss why you chose this song for the specific scene you summarize. Here, talk about what aspects of the song (music, lyrics, tone, etc) correspond to the passage you summarize (3-4 sentences).
Make sure you cite the pages from the text in the summary and or the discussion. You must have five songs and five passages.
DESCRIBES the monograph and sets it in historical context; ( in at least one paragraph)
ANALYZES some aspect of the monograph from a historical point of view (in at least one paragraph);