Large Research Essay PROSPECTUS
William Berry
We will spend some time in the course reading and talking about how horror literature represents social issues.  Thus, you will be asked to write a final research paper on some aspect of horror and society as you perceive it in the literature we explore.  This final paper should follow the basic principles of formal research, be at least 7-10 (1500 words minimum) pages in length, and contain at least 5 primary (2-3 from our course text) and 5 secondary (at least 2 from our course readings) sources.  Please be sure to use standard MLA guidelines for the paper.  You will be asked to informally present this essay in class to share your interpretations and interest.

PLEASE LIST AND BRIEFLY SUMARIZE YOUR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES.
EXAMPLE:
Butler, Octavia. “Bloodchild.” boblyman.net. n.d. Web. 8 March 2016.
50-100 word summary of the story here.

PRIMARY LITERATURE: (2-3 SOURCES FROM OUR COURSE)
Goddard, Drew, director. The Cabin in the Woods. Lionsgate, 2012.
Cunningham, Sean S., director. Friday the 13th. Paramount Pictures , 1980.
“Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.” Ayoade, Richard, director. Season 1, episode 2, Channel 4, 2004.
	Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace is a uniquie parody on horror, specifically bad horror. The show is portrayed as a show within a show with its host Garth Marenghi, an egotistical fictional horror writer who is terrible in every way, and his previously unshown tv show shows that. The show uses purposely bad writing, “
King, Stephen. “The Reach.” The Dark Descent, by David G. Hartwell, Tor, 1997.
Brooks, Mel, director. Young Frankenstein . 20th Century Fox, 1974.
Shelly, Mary. “Frankenstein.” Project Gutenberg, Project Gutenberg, www.gutenberg.org/files/84/84-h/84-h.htm.
SECONDARY SOURCES: (2 FROM OUR COURSE READINGS)
“Her Body Herself” Men, Women and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film, by Carl J. Clover, Princeton University, 1997.
In chapter 2 of Men, Women and Chainsaws, Clover introduces her famous term, “The Final Girl”
Joanna Parypinski. “Satire and Meta-Horror in ‘The Cabin in the Woods.’” Joanna Parypinski, 29 Nov. 2012, joannaparypinski.com/2012/04/16/satire-and-meta-horror-in-the-cabin-in-the-woods/.
Willems, Patrick H, director. How Garth Marenghi's Darkplace Redefines Parody. YouTube, YouTube, 12 Oct. 2018, youtu.be/Cs_Irw9RwSQ.
Larsen, Lars Bang. “Zombies of Immaterial Labor: The Modern Monster and the Death of Death.” e-Flux, e-Flux, Apr. 2010, www.e-flux.com/journal/15/61295/zombies-of-immaterial-labor-the-modern-monster-and-the-death-of-death/.


INTRO:
Theme: Horror Satire
Thesis: Horror Satire helps criticize it’s own genres faults and overused tropes as well as societal implications for it’s benefit.
How does your chosen literature support your thesis (100 word minimum):

BODY:
1.	Topic Sentence: Horror Satire criticizes the final girl trope.
a)	Primary Source(s): Cabin in the woods, Friday the 13th
b)	Secondary Source(s): Men, Women and Chainsaws Chapter 2, Joanna Parypinski
2.	Topic Sentence: Horror Satire makes fun of bad horror
c)	Primary Source(s): Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, The Reach
d)	Secondary Source(s): Wilems, Patrick H
3.	Topic Sentence: Horror satire explores zombies as a true to life depiction of human consumeristic culture.
e)	Primary Source(s): Dawn of the Dead
f)	Secondary Source(s): Larsen
4.	Topic Sentence: Horror satire brings new life into ancient horror stories.
g)	Primary Source(s): Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein
h)	Secondary Source(s):
5.	Topic Sentence:
i)	Primary Source(s):
j)	Secondary Source(s):

CONCLUSION:
Summary (100 words):
Warrant (Topic Sentence of the conclusion):