Abstract
The feature story to be written in the context of the final project will resemble the articles that can be found in such magazines on poetry as The New England Review. The topic that will be discussed in the feature story is the mission of a modern female poet in the United States. The reason for addressing this topic is the necessity to understand how the range of themes discussed by female poets could change over time with reference to the experience of famous writers, modern poets, and the personal experience of the author of this paper.
What Is Already Known About the Topic
For many modern female poets, Emily Dickinson became a role model and an influential figure, who had formed their approach to writing. The topics, which Dickinson covered in her poems, included gender, family, social norms, and death, among others. Some of these topics are still interesting to modern poets, such as Kristen Tracy, Megan Falley, Deborah Landau, and many others (Lambert, 2019). These authors also focus on gender roles and the position of a woman in society, and they are also interested in revealing women’s inner feelings. The comparison of the topics and the discussion of Dickinson’s impact on modern writers are typical for feature stories and articles.
New Information Regarding the Topic
Existing literature on the topic seems to lack the discussion of possible changes in the role of a female poet today. The mission of modern female authors is rather different than it was centuries ago as they can reach a wider public with the help of different media. As a result, it is important to discuss what messages are typical for female authors today and how they formulate their mission (Lewis, 2020; Syme, 2019). Furthermore, a personal experience of developing as a poet will all be added to this feature story.
How the Feature Story Will Be Researched
The information for the feature story will be collected with the help of electronic resources, including articles on modern poets and interviews with them, describing their position. It is important to research the information published in journal and magazine articles, as well as other online sources. This step is necessary to collect enough material on the works of modern American female poets and the impact of Emily Dickinson on their poems.
The audience for the Feature Story
The audience for the feature story will include individuals interested in poetry, students, and poets. Researchers studying female poetry can be excluded from this audience because the focus will be on informing and entertaining readers. As the audience will mainly include individuals who just read poems, and who are not researchers or scholars, the language of the text will not include a variety of complex notions and terms.
Writing Style and Tone
The writing style of the feature story will be less formal than it is typical for academic papers because it is necessary to include anecdotes and personal views and ideas in this piece of writing. Therefore, the tone will be light, positive, and possibly ironic. The voice of the author will be presented in this text. These variants of the tone are selected to achieve such a goal of a feature story as entertainment.
List of Sources
Several articles published in magazines and journals will be used as sources in this feature story. The work by Syme (2019) is titled “Mary Oliver Helped Us Stay Amazed” is an example of how it is possible to compose a feature story about a female poet. The article by Lambert (2019) titled “Tell It Slant: Modern Women Writers Reflect on Emily Dickinson’s Influence” provides the words by modern female authors on Dickinson’s works and their position as poets. The interview with Jennifer Chang conducted by Lewis (2020) is an example of what information can be included in the feature story regarding the development of modern female authors under the impact of Dickinson. The book by Marsh et al. (2017) is a source of theoretical information on writing a feature story.
References
Lambert, M. (2019). Tell it slant: Modern women writers reflect on Emily Dickinson’s influence.The Hollywood Reporter. Web.
Lewis, Q. (2020). Behind the Byline: Jennifer Chang.The New England Review. Web.
Marsh, C., Guth, D. W., & Short, B. (2017). Strategic writing: Multimedia writing for public relations, advertising and more. Routledge.
Syme, R. (2019). Mary Oliver helped us stay amazed.The New Yorker. Web.