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Description of assignment: Fact and fiction in “Slaughterhouse Five” (1500 words minimum)
Using your own research about the Bombing of Dresden, and the extracts we have studied about from Kurt Vonnegut’s ‘Slaughterhouse Five’, consider the use Vonnegut makes of true, historical facts in his novel, and, also the occasions on which he departs from fact. Suggest some possible reasons from the departures from fact, analyse the tensions between ‘history’ and ‘fiction’ in Vonnegut’s writing, and consider the different kinds of ‘truth’ with which history and fiction are concerned.
• You should look closely at the writer’s use of language, form and structure to create meanings.
• You should also consider the ways in which the writer employs literary devices to create and enhance meanings.
• You need to research the Dresden Bombings on your own account, so you will need to reference your sources and include them in a bibliography using Harvard referencing system by making use of relevant ideas and perspectives with both breadth and depth and excellent levels of insight and analysis.
• Ensure that your writing is clearly organised into paragraphs and that your expression is fluent and accurate throughout.
• The most important part of the Dresden bombing assignment is (What is ‘truth’ in fact and fiction?). The answer to this question decided the weather essay gets merit or distinction.
• The essay should mention the ‘Trafamaldorians and their kidnapping of Billy Pilgrim’
The essay should be structured in this following way
• Fact – an account of the Dresden bombing and the controversies associated to it based on your own research. (about 400 words)
• Fiction – An overview of ‘Slaughterhouse Five’, based on the language Vonnegut used and your own ideas. (about 300 words).
• Some features of fiction – an analysis of examples from the extracts (about 400 words)
• Historical inaccuracies in both fact and fiction