Annotated Bibliography

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The Annotated Bibliography is the first step in your literary research paper. In order to complete the research paper, you must be sure that you can find an adequate number of scholarly sources to support your claims.

In this assignment, you will present your research sources along with annotations to explain their relevance to your project.

The topic and thesis of your project should be listed at the top of the assignment. You can choose from any of the selections in the Topics for Longer Papers category presented in your text on pages 1138-1142.

Then, find at least six scholarly sources that you plan to use as evidence to support your research. Primary sources (the literary texts themselves) should also be listed in your final works cited page and may be listed here, but they do not count toward your total of six critical sources.

Here are two resources for formatting your annotated bibliography that should be helpful:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/02...

http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/annotated-bi...

Here is a resource on writing a literary paper that may be helpful:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/618/02...

Here is a resource for evaluating sources that should be useful:

http://www.csuchico.edu/lins/handouts/eval_website...

Utilize these resources along with the Troy Library to complete your annotated bibliography. This is a critical step in preparing your final research paper.

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1138 Chapter 29 Writing About Literature Topics 1. Wri vier top. 2. Co son 3. W ser W tha no (p: 4. re re ро 5. ID b e De Тор. 1. 2. . Give your name, your instructor's name, the course number, and the date at the top left-hand corner of your first page, starting one inch from the • On all pages, insert a header—your last name and the page number—in the upper right-hand corner, one-half inch from the top. • Remember to give your paper a title that reflects your thesis. • Leave an inch or two of margin on all four sides of each page. • If you include a works-cited section, begin it on a new page. Double-space your text, including quotations and notes. Don't forget to double-space the works-cited page also. • Italicize the titles of longer works-books, full-length plays, periodicals, and book-length poems such as The Odyssey. The titles of shorter works poems, articles, or short stories--should appear in quotation marks. What's left to do but hand in your paper? By now, you may be glad to see it go. But a good paper is not only worth submitting; it is also worth keeping. If you return to it after a while, you may find to your surprise that it will preserve and even renew what you have learned. Topics for Writing About Fiction Topics for Brief Papers (250-500 Words) 1. Explicate the opening paragraph or first few lines of a story. Show how the opening prepares the reader for what will follow. In an essay of this length, you will need to limit your discussion to the most important elements of the passage you explicate; there won't be room to deal with everything. Or, as thoroughly as the word count allows, explicate the final paragraph of a story. What does the ending imply about the fates of the story's characters, and about the story's take on its central theme? bismo 90 nomo 2. Select a story that features a first-person narrator. Write a concise yet thorough analysis of how that character's point of view colors the story. 3. Consider a short story in which the central character has to make a decision or must take some decisive step that will alter the rest of his or her life. Faulkner's "Barn Burning" is one such story; another is Updike's "A & P." As concisely and as thoroughly as you can, explain the nature of the character's decision, the reasons for it, and its probable consequences (as suggested by what the author tells us). 4. Choose two stories that might be interesting to compare and contrast. Write a brief defense of your choice. How might these two stories illuminate each other? 5. Choose a key passage from a story you admire. As closely as the word count allows, explicate that passage and explain why it strikes you as an important moment in pt the story. Concentrate on the aspects of the passage that seem most essential. 3. 4. TO Т. is probable consequences (as suggested by what the 1 Topics for Writing About Poetry 1139 and the date at top. Write an 1: rom the view, ce number-in 2. a Write 5. 3. an Write on't forget to possible are Alice Walker's “Everyday Use," William Faulkner's Raymond Carver's "Cathedral." =, periodicals, orter works harks. e glad to see h keeping. If vill preserve Topics for More Extended Papers (600–1,000 Words) analysis of a short story, focusing on a single element, such as point of theme, symbolism, character, or the author's voice (tone, style, irony). sonality trait. Make character the focus of your essay. Compare and contrast two stories with protagonists who share an important per- thorough explication of a short passage (preferably not more than four sentences) in a story you admire. Pick a crucial moment in the plot, or a passage that reveals the story's theme. You might look to the paper "By Lantern Light" (page 1115) as a model. analysis of a story in which the protagonist experiences an epiphany or revelation of some sort. Describe the nature of this change of heart. How is the reader prepared for it? What are its repercussions in the character's life? Some story choices Barn Burning," or 5. Imagine a reluctant reader, one who would rather play video games than crack a book. Which story in this book would you recommend to him or her? Write an essay to that imagined reader, describing the story's merits. Topics for Long Papers (1,500 Words or More) 1. Write an analysis of a longer work of fiction. Concentrate on a single element of the story, quoting as necessary to make your point. 2. Read three or four short stories by an author whose work you admire. Concentrating on a single element treated similarly in all of the stories, write an analysis of the author's work as exemplified by your chosen stories. 3. Choose two stories that treat a similar theme. Compare and contrast the stance each story takes toward that theme, marshalling quotations and specifics as neces- sary to back up your argument. 4. Browse through newspapers and magazines for a story with the elements of good fiction. Now rewrite the story as fiction. Then write a one-page accompanying essay explaining the challenges of the task. What did it teach you about the rela- tive natures of journalism and fiction? inson Show how = length, you the passage moroughly as wat does the story's take et thorough il decision or Faulkner's s concisely cision, the Che author HT ast. Write nate each Topics for Writing About Poetry Topics for Brief Papers (250-500 Words) 1. Write a concise explication of a short poem of your choice. Concentrate on those facets of the poem that you think most need explaining. (For a sample explica- tion, see page 1119.) 2. Write an analysis of a short poem, focusing on how a single key element shapes its nt allows, moment in ential. meaning. (A sample analysis appears on page 1122.) Some possible topics are: Tone in Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Recuerdo" Imagery in Wallace Stevens's "The Emperor of Ice-Cream" • Kinds of irony in Thomas Hardy's "The Workbox" 1140 Chapter 29 - Writing About Literature Hopkins's explicate explicate Write an of two o ping by 4. the poet some ev • Lang Soci • Wha Sext . The Hay Ma Kay • Theme in W. H. Auden's “Musée des Beaux Arts" • Extended metaphor in Langston Hughes's “The Negro Speaks of Rivers (Explain the one main comparison that the poem makes and show how the whole poem makes it. Other poems that would lend themselves to a paper on -24 extended metaphor include Emily Dickinson's “Because I could not stop for wil Death," and Adrienne Rich's "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers.") (To locate any of these poems, see the Index of Authors and Titles.) 3. Select a poem in which the main speaker is a character who for any reason interests you. You might consider, for instance, Robert Browning's "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister,” T. S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," or Rhina Espaillat's “Bilingual/Bilingüe." Then write a brief profile of this character , drawing only on what the poem tells you (or reveals). What is the character's age? Situation in life? Attitude toward self? Attitude toward others? General personal. ity? Do you find this character admirable? 4. Although both of these poems tell a story, what happens in the poem isn't necessarily obvious: T. S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and Ed. win Arlington Robinson's "Luke Havergal." Choose one of these poems, and in a paragraph sum up what you think happens in it. Then in a second paragraph, ask yourself: what, besides the element of story, did you consider in order to understand the poem? rool onollo Jonamos a no Topics for More Extended Papers (600–1,000 Words) 1. Perform a line-by-line explication of a brief poem of your choice. Imagine that Se your audience is unfamiliar with the poem and needs your assistance in interpret- ing it. 2. Compare and contrast any two poems that treat a similar theme. Let your com- parison bring you to an evaluation of the poems. Which is the stronger, more satisfying one? 3. Write a comparison-contrast essay on any two or more poems by a single poet. 9 Look for two poems that share a characteristic thematic concern. Here are some possible topics: balbard • Mortality in the work of John Keats • Nature in the poems of William Wordsworth • How Emily Dickinson's lyric poems resemble hymns • E. E. Cummings's approach to the free-verse line voliqot • Gerard Manley Hopkins's sonic effects 000-089) o hiq Topics for Long Papers (1,500 Words or More) 1. Review an entire poetry collection by a poet featured in this book. You will need to communicate to your reader a sense of the work's style and thematic preoccupa- tions. Finally, make a value judgment about the work's quality. 2. Read five or six poems by a single author. Start with a poet featured in this book, and then find additional poems at the library or on the Internet. Write an analysis of a single element of that poet's work--for example, theme, imagery, diction, or form. 3. Write a line-by-line explication of a poem rich in matters to explain or of a longer poem that offers ample difficulty. While relatively short, Gerard Manley Topics Topics 1. Ana be T Wha your 2. Wh Por enc stat e Me me 3. Su ac 7 M 4. A со b Top: 1. 1142 Chapter 29 - Writing About Literature 30 What Yo To che To fin To or . To ci Oedipus to Teiresias, speech beginning “Wealth, sovereignty and skill” (Oedipus Nora to Mrs. Linde, speech beginning “Yes, someday, maybe, in many years when I am not as pretty as I am now..." (A Doll's House, page 869). 2. Analyze the complexities and contradictions to be found in a well-rounded character from a play of your choice. Some good subjects might be Othello, Nora Helmer (in A Doll's House), or Tom Wingfield (in The Glass Menagerie). 3. Take just a single line or sentence from a play, one that stands out for some reason as greatly important. Perhaps it states a theme, reveals a character, or serves as a crisis on (or turning point). Write an essay demonstrating its importance-how it functions, why it is necessary. Some possible lines include: dlago to Roderigo: “I am not what I am" (Othello, 1.1.67). • Amanda to Tom: "You live in a dream; you manufacture illusions!" (The Glass bre Menagerie, Scene vii). 4. Write an analysis essay in which you single out an element of a play for examination—character, plot, setting, theme, dramatic irony, tone, language, symbolism, conventions, or any other element. Try to relate this element to the play as a whole. Sample topics: "The Function of Teiresias in Oedipus the King," "Imagery of Poison in Othello," "Williams's Use of Magic-Lantern Slides in The Glass Menagerie." 5. How would you stage an updated production of a play by Shakespeare, Sophocles, or Ibsen, transplanting it to our time? Choose a play, and describe the challenges and difficulties of this endeavor. How would you overcome them-or, if they cannot be overcome, why not? Why is it you want by explori for enteri about you expose yo or play. 1 exist abc research new insi chance t your ow Topics for Long Papers (1,500 Words or More) 1. Choose a play you have read and admire from this book, and read a second play by the same author. Compare and contrast the two plays with attention to a single element-a theme they have in common, or a particular kind of imagery, for example. BROW 2. Read Othello and view a movie version of the play. You might choose Oliver Parker's 1995 take on the play with Laurence Fishburne and Kenneth Branagh, or even O (2001), an updated version that takes a prep school as its setting and a basketball star as its protagonist. Review the movie. What does it manage to convey of the original? What gets lost in the translation? 3. Choosing any of the works in “Plays for further Reading" or taking some other modern or contemporary play your instructor suggests, report any difficulties you encountered in reading and responding to it. Explicate any troublesome passages for the benefit of other readers. 4. Attend a play and write an in-depth review, taking into account many elements of the drama: acting, direction, staging, costumes, lighting, and if the work is relatively new and not a classic-the play itself. The mc informa where process Interno lookin Pria idea 1 Odyss publie view. on a of bo thing Topics for Writing About Drama 1141 in a longer paper. explicate thoughtfully Vegro Speaks of Rivers" nakes and show how the themselves to a paper on ause I could not stop for Write an more e ***) and Titles.) Social Change . ter who for any reason Browning's "Soliloquy fJ. Alfred Prufrock," or profile of this character, at is the character's age? hers? General personal- . Kay Ryan Hopkins's "The Windhover" is a poem that will take a good bit of time to explicate. Even a short, apparently simple poem such as Robert Frost's "Stop- ping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" can provide more than enough material to analysis of a certain theme (or other element) that you find in the work of two or more poets. It is probable that in your conclusion you will want to set some evaluation. Here are some sample topics to consider: the poets' works side by side, comparing or contrasting them, and perhaps making • Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Dudley Randall as Prophets of What It Is to Be a Woman: The Special Knowledge of Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, and Adrienne Rich • The Complex Relations Between Fathers and Children in the Poetry of Robert Hayden, Rhina Espaillat, and Theodore Roethke Making Up New Words for New Meanings: Neologisms in Lewis Carroll and to nomaisto lang na Topics for Writing About Drama Topics for Brief Papers (250-500 words) 1. Analyze a key character from any of the plays in this book. Two choices might be Tom Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie and Torvald Helmer in A Doll's House . What motivates that character? Point to specific moments in the play to make 2. When the curtain comes down on the conclusion of some plays, the audi- ence is left to decide exactly what finally happened. In a short informal essay, state your interpretation of the conclusion of El Santo Americano or The Glass Menagerie. Don't just give a plot summary: tell what you think the conclusion means. diy lo dico in mod 3. Sum up the main suggestions you find in one of these meaningful objects (or actions): the handkerchief in Othello; the Christmas tree in A Doll's House (or Nora's doing a wild tarantella); Laura's collection of figurines in The Glass wala Menagerie. 4. Attend a play and write a review. In an assignment this brief, you will need to ens in the poem isn't fred Prufrock" and Ed- these poems, and in a second paragraph, ask in order to understand niqot gin -ds) choice. Imagine that Esistance in interpret- மலர் shamol la vodo your case. meme. Let your com- the stronger, more ms by a single poet. cern. Here are some 17/mol oqol concentrate your remarks on either the performance or the script itself. Be sure to back up your opinions with specific observations. We Youn Topics for More Extended Papers (600-1,000 Words) rampas 1. From a play you have enjoyed, choose a passage that strikes you as difficult, worth ok. You will need ematic preoccupa- in this book, and e an analysis of a iction, or form. explain or of a Gerard Manley reading closely. Try to pick a passage not longer than about 20 lines. Explicate it- the play relates to the whole. For instance, any of the following passages might be considered memorable (and essential to their plays): 5.2.1-22).
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