Historical Vignette Definitions Historical Novel A narrative in

Historical Vignette

Definitions Historical Novel: A narrative in novel form characterized by an imaginative reconstruction of historical personages and events. Vignette: A French term meaning “little vine”. . . vignette is now usually applied to a sketch or other brief literary work notable for precision of phrasing and delicacy of feeling. It suggests “a pleasing picture” or “a brief impression” of a scene, character, or situation. Shaw, Harry. Concise Dictionary of Literary Terms. New York: Mc. Graw-Hill Inc. , 1972.

Step One: Research Choose a time period between ~3000 BC and 2019 AD. The period should be one of high interest to you. Obtain a minimum of fifteen details about one specific aspect of your period. o Meaningful details will prove more useful to you than random details will. o The more details, research, and reading you do, the easier it will be to write your vignette! o You will be turning the fact sheet in on Monday by the end of class. Collect data about each source. You will be turning in a Works Consulted page and getting source information at the time is easier than hunting it down later.

Step Two: Writing Your story should be 1000 -1250 typed, double-spaced words You should include a minimum of eight historical details. You can add things to history (like the name of a slave building pyramids or whatever) but cannot change it (like add a guy on a space mission flight). Whatever you write should be ABLE to have happened, even though you’re making it up, and shouldn’t contradict anything that’s already written/happened. You will turn in a turnitin. com version of your story underlining where the eight facts are within the text. You will turn in a Works Consulted page with your turnitin. com submission Due date: Friday 3/13 at 10 pm on turnitin. com

Works Consulted You will not be citing your facts in this work so a Works Cited would be inappropriate. A Works Consulted page follows the same format as a Works Cited page, but indicates that you “consulted” the various sources though you did not cite them.

Examples Two former students First story: Red Scare and Mc. Carthyism Second story: Marilyn Monroe and her death Read one, and switch with your table mates Get a sense of what this assignment ‘looks’ like