In?what?way?is?Inferno?a?work?of?imagination?and?art?rather?than?one?of?religion?and?philosophy?alone??How?do the?poem?s?fantastic,?imaginative,?and?dramatic?elements?contribute?to?its?overall?effectiveness?

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Research?Paper
In?an?essay?of?5?8?double?spaced?pages,?engage?other?scholars?in?a?current?critical?debate?on?one?of?the?works
we?ve?studied?this?semester.?In?pursuing?research,?students?must?engage?with?at?least?one?peer?reviewed?article
or?book?chapter?published?within?the?last?twenty?five?years.?Such?research?can?be?found?through?the?MLA
Bibliography?search?engine,?available?from?the?library?s?databases?page.?In?responding?to?the?work?of?another
scholar(s),?your?essay?must?begin?with?a?paraphrase?of?his?or?her?argument?before?offering?your?thesis?as?a
response.?The?most?common?ways?of?responding?to?the?work?of?another?scholar?are?as?follows:
??Extension:?in?this?case,?you?largely?agree?with?the?scholar?s?findings?and?so?wish?to?extend?them?to?another,?not
yet?considered?aspect,?of?the?primary?text
??Modification:?which?is?another?way?of?saying?that?you?both?agree?and?disagree?with?certain?aspect?of?the
scholar?s?case,?and?so?are?setting?out?to?explain?why?some?points?are?correct?while?others?are?incorrect
In?preparing?your?thesis,?you?should?keep?in?mind?that?scholarly?articles?represent?a?record?of?readers??responses
to?great?works?throughout?history.?By?offering?your?response?to?this?ongoing?conversation,?then,?you?are?gaining
entrance?into?this?community?of?readers.
As?with?the?previous?paper,?this?essay?should?be?argumentative,?i.e.,?it?must?not?be?a?summary?but?must?present
an?argumentative?thesis?that?responds?to?a?secondary,?critical?work,?develop?this?thesis?according?to?sub?points?in
your?body?paragraphs,?sub?points?which?must?be?supported?by?textual?evidence,?and?it?must?end?with?a
conclusion?that?urges?a?particular?interpretation?on?the?reader.?Secondary?sources?are,?therefore,?essential?for?this
paper.?In?terms?of?assessment,?I?am?looking?for?a?sophisticated,?original,?and?persuasive?argument,?but?in?this
case?one?that?also?demonstrate?these?skills?through?entering?into?an?on?going,?scholarly?conversation?about?a
great?work.

In?what?way?is?Inferno?a?work?of?imagination?and?art?rather?than?one?of?religion?and?philosophy?alone??How?do the?poem?s?fantastic,?imaginative,?and?dramatic?elements?contribute?to?its?overall?effectiveness?