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Bibliography and Research

 

English 5302 Section 201--Fall 2002

TR 5:30-6:45PM, CCH 210

 

Instructor: Dr. Jan Haswell Phone: 825-5981

Office: Faculty Center #277

E-mail: jhaswell@falcon.tamucc.edu

Office Hours: MW 9:00AM-10:00 and 11:00-noon; TR 9:00-11:00 and 5:00-5:30PM or by appointment

Homepage: www.tamucc.edu/ ~jhaswell

 

Course Design

Library Journals

Library Resources

Special Projects

Indexes

Professional Organizations

Course Guide Wks 1-4

 

Description of the course:

ENGL 5302 is designed as an introduction to graduate-level scholarship in the three major fields of English studies: Literary, Linguistics, and Composition Studies. Through assigned readings, library research (of both print and electronic resources), and interviews of English graduate faculty, we will explore the following:

• What are the dominant issues (or questions or problems) in the field? Or put another way, what animates scholarly research and dialogue in Literary, Linguistics, and Composition Studies?

• What are the research methods used to explore the issues in each field?

• How do we access scholarship and research? That is, how are research and resulting data/theories shared among scholars?

• How might we participate in scholarly discourse?

The class will involve full-group discussions, small-group workshops, individual research, and shared annotations--all producing a course web site and individual portfolios (due during finals week).

 

Objectives of the course:

• To introduce students to issues that inform our thinking and practice as English scholars.

• To develop methods to analyze and evaluate scholarly research, theory, and professional discourse.

• To develop skills needed to investigate topics in Literary, Linguistics, and Composition Studies.

• To familiarize students with resources and tools (including documentation conventions) that further thoughtful scholarship.

• To pursue individual research interests and share results with fellow scholars.

• To develop at process of collecting, organizing, and accessing on-going research.

 

Required Texts:

Gibaldi, Joseph, ed. Introduction to Scholarship in Modern Languages and

Literatures. 2nd ed. New York: MLA, 1992.

Parker, Frank and Riley. Writing for Academic Publication: A Guide to Getting

Started. Superior, WI: Parley Press, 1995.

 

Evaluation and Grading:

Research Exercise - 15% of the final grade

Documentation Exercise - 15% of the final grade

Portfolio - 30% of the final grade

Web Site - 40% of the final grade (juried grade shared by each member of the class)

 

Graduate Studies Standards:

The instructor assumes that seminar members are good-faith graduate students. Bona fide graduate-school behavior is distinguished in at least four ways.

1. Students read weekly assignments on time, completely, to the last page, and they come to the seminar with serious response and a willingness to discuss.

2. Students do not assume that an assignment is legitimate only if it will be "tested." The work is done for its own sake.

3. Students expect that they will attend 100% of the time, and make home arrangements that this will happen. They don't assume that there are a certain number of allowable "skips."

4. Students assume that open and equitable discussion and critique is the soul of a graduate seminar. Everybody participates. Students don't put the burden on the teacher or on other students to originate or maintain discussion. They themselves take on the responsibility to keep some seminar members from dominating others, and they do it by offering their share of talk.

 Late Assignments: Please call me if an emergency arises and you cannot attend class. I will not accept late assignments unless you have made previous arrangements.

 Plagiarism will result in failure in the course and a recommendation for expulsion from graduate school.

 

Class Schedule:

Week #1 (August 26-30)

Tuesday: Introduction to the course &endash; Professional Organizations and WebCT

Thursday: Researching in Libraries&emdash;Portal, ILL, Periodicals, Library of Congress Search Terms and Numbering

Writing due: web site drafts

 

Week #2 (Sept 2-6)

Tuesday: Library Resources&emdash;Specialty Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Bibliographies

Writing due: web site drafts

Thursday: CompPile with guest Rich Haswell

 

Week #3: (Sept 9-13)

Tuesday: Library Resources&emdash;Print Indexes Electronic Data Bases, Boolean Search Terms

Writing due: web site drafts. Hand out resource exercise

Thursday: Documentation styles

In-class writing: web site drafts

 

Week #4: (Sept 16-20)

Tuesday: Types and Methods of Research

Reading due: Lauer & Asher, Addison & McGee (hand outs)

Writing due: Documentation exercise

Thursday: Types and Methods of Research

Reading due: Charney (hand out)

Writing due: resource exercise

 

Literary Studies

Week #5: (Sept 23-27)

Tuesday: Issues and Research in Literature

Reading due: Greetham, pp. 103-137, Scholes, pp. 138-158, Marshall, pp. 159-182, Patterson, pp. 182-200

Thursday: Issues and Research in Literature

Faculty Interview &endash; Elisabeth Mermann

Reading due: Culler, pp. 201-235 and handout

 

Week #6 (Sept 30-Oct 4)

Tuesday: Issues and Research in Literature

Reading due: Gunn, pp. 239-261, Schor, pp. 262-287, Bathrick pp. 320-340

Thursday: Issues and Research in Literature

Reading due: Gates, pp. 288-302, Allen, pp. 303-319

 

Week #7: (Oct 7-11)

Tuesday: Identifying key journals in the field

Writing due: web site drafts

Thursday: Faculty Interviews &endash; Catherine Cox and Mary Beth Davis

Reading due: handouts

 

Linguistics

Week #8: (Oct 14-18)

Tuesday: Issues and Research in Linguistics

Reading due: Finegan, pp. 3-27

Thursday: Issues and Research in Linguistics

Reading due: Baron, pp. 28-52 and Kramsch, pp. 53-76

 

Week #9: (Oct 21-25)

Tuesday: Examination list materials

Writing due: web site drafts

Thursday: Examination list materials

Writing due: web site drafts

 

Week #10: (Oct 28-Nov 1)

Tuesday: Identifying key journals in the field

Writing due: web site drafts

Thursday: Faculty interview - Nancy Sullivan

Reading due: handout

 

Rhetoric and Composition

Week #11: (Nov 4-8)

Tuesday: Issues and Research in Composition

Reading due: Lunsford pp. 77-100, Phelps & Gale (handout)

Writing due: web site drafts

Thursday: Issues and Research in Composition

Writing due: web site drafts

 

Week #12 (Nov 11-15)

Tuesday: Examination list materials

Writing due: web site drafts

Thursday: Examination list materials

Writing due: web site drafts

 

Week #13: (Nov 18-22)

Tuesday: Identifying key journals in the field

Writing due: web site drafts

Thursday: Cristina Kirklighter &endash; Ethics and composition research

Reading due: handouts

 

Week #14: (Nov 25-29)

Tuesday: Role of scholars in our culture

Reading due: Graff, pp. 343-62

Writing due: web site drafts

Thursday: Holiday

 

Week #15: (Dec 2-6)

Tuesday: Your scholarly career

Reading due: Parker & Riley, Ch 1-7 and CELJ handout

Thursday: Your scholarly career

Reading due: Parker & Riley, Ch 8-15

Writing due: Course evaluations

 

Web Site review: Friday, December 6th

Portfolios due: date and time of final examination.

 

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List of Journals - Bell Library

 

Journals and Periodicals - Literature

ADE bulletin (no. 109, 1994 - current issue)

American literary realism, 1870-1910 (v. 6, 1973 - current issue)

American literature; a journal of literary history, criticism and bibliography (v. 1, 1929 - v. 55, 1983 and current issues.Micro: v. 56, 1984- current)

American Poetry Review (v. 6, 1977 - v. 12, 1983 and current issues. Micro: v. 13, 1984 - current issue).

Borderlands journal (v. 3, 1980 - v. 10, 1987)

Chaucer review (v. 14, 1979 - v. 27 (2), 1992)

College literature (v. 19, 1992 - current issue)

Comparative literature (v. 45, 1993 - current issue)

Contemporary literature (v. 8, 1967 - current issue)

Critique (v. 14, 1971/72 - current issue)

Early American literature (v. 33, 1998 - current issue)

ELH (v. 27, 1960 - v. 50, 1983 and current issues.Micro: v. 1, 1934 - v. 32, 1965; v. 51, 1984 - current issue)

English literary renaissance (v. 23, 1993 - current issue)

Essays in Criticism (v. 26, 1976 - v. 33, 1983 and current issues.Micro: v. 34, 1984 to current issue)

International fiction review (v. 2, 1975 - v. 15, 1988)

Journal of modern literature (v.17,1990/91 - current issue)

Keats-Shelley journal (v. 38, 1989 - current issue)

Keats-Shelley review (no. 3, 1988 - current issue)

Kenyon review (v. 1, 1939 - v. 32, 1970. New Series: v. 1, 1979 - v. 5, 1983 and current issues.Micro: New Series - v. 6, 1984 - current)

MELUS; Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (v. 24, 1999 - current issue)

Modern drama (v. 15, 1973 - v. 26, 1983 and current issues.Micro: v. 27, 1984 -current issue)

Modern fiction studies (v. 1, 1955/56 - v. 29, 1983 and current issues.Micro: v. 30, 1984 - current issue)

New England quarterly ( v. 46, 1973 - v. 56, 1983.Micro: v. 23, 1950 - v. 45, 1972; v. 57, 1984 -current)

Nineteenth-century fiction( v. 28, 1973/74 - v. 38, 1983/84.Micro: v. 1, 1945 - v. 27, 1973; v. 39, 1984/85 - v. 40, 1985/86)

Nineteenth-century literature (Current issues.Micro: v. 41, 1986/87 - current)

Poetics (No. 1, 1971 - No. 12, 1974; v. 4, 1975 - v. 17, 1988)

Poetry (v. 102, 1963; v. 104, 1964 - v. 105, 1965; v. 107, 1965 - v. 143, 1983/84 current issues.Micro: v. 144, 1984 - current)

Sewanee review (v. 71, 1963 - current)

Shakespeare quarterly (v. 24, 1973 - v. 34, 1983 and current issues.Micro: v. 1, 1950 - v. 5, 1954; v. 24, 1973; v. 35, 1984 - current)

Signs (v. 1, 1975 - current issue)

Southwestern American literature (v. 23, 1997/98 - current issue)

Studies in 20th century literature (v. 1, 1976 - current issue)

Studies in American fiction (v.21, 1993 - current issue)

Studies in English literature, 1500-1900 (v.33, 1993 - current issue)

Studies in romanticism (v. 28, 1989 - current issue)

Studies in short fiction (v.30,1993 - current issue)

Studies in the novel (v. 1, 1969 - v. 10, 1978)

Texas studies in literature and language (v. 10 (3), 1968; v. 11, 1969 - v. 25, 1983 and current issues.Micro: v. 26, 1984 - current.

Tulsa studies in women's literature (v. 17, 1998 - current issue)

Twentieth century literature (v. 19, 1973 - v. 29, 1983.Micro: v. 1, 1955 - v. 18, 1972; v. 30, 1984 - current issue)

Victorian poetry (v. 36, 1998 - current issue)

Victorian studies (v. 20, 1976/77 - v. 27, 1983/84 and current issues. Micro: v. 1, 1957/58 - v., 1975/76; v. 28, 1984/85 - current)

Wordsworth circle (v. 19, 1988 - current issue)

World literature today (v. 51, 1977 - v. 57, 1983.Micro: v. 58, 1984 - v. 64, 1990)

 

  

Journals and Periodicals - Composition and Rhetoric

Assessing writing (v. 5, 1998 - current issue)

College composition and communication (v. 1, 1950 - v. 9, 1958; v. 11, 1960 -current issue)

College English (v. 12, 1950/51 - v. 23, 1961/62; v. 25, 1963/64 - v. 45, 1983 and current issues.Micro: v. 1, 1929 - v. 11, 1949/50; v. 46, 1984 - current)

Composition chronicle (v. 8, 1995 - current isue)

Composition forum : a journal of the Association of Teachers of Advanced

Composition (v. 9, 1998 - current issue)

Composition studies : freshman English news (v. 26, 1998 - current issue)

English journal (v. 13, 1924; v. 20, 1931 - v. 22, 1933; v. 26, 1937; v. 38, 1949 - v. 72, 1983 and current issues.Micro: v. 73, 1984 - current issue)

JAC : a journal of composition theory (v. 15, 1995 - current issue)

Journal of teaching writing / sponsored by Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (v. 14, 1995 - current issue)

Journal of technical writing and communication (v. 1, 1971 - current issue)

Reading & writing quarterly (v. 14, 1998 - current issue)

Research in the teaching of English (v. 29, 1995 - current issue)

Rhetoric review (v. 16, 1997/98 - current issue)

Rhetoric Society quarterly (v. 28, 1998 - current issue)

Teaching English in the two-year college (v. 6, 1979 - current issue)

Technical communication (v. 39, 1992 - current issue)

Technical communication quarterly : TCQ (v. 7, 1998 - current issue)

Writing center journal (v. 18, 1997/98 - current issue)

Writing instructor (v. 12, 1993 - v. 13, 1994; v. 15. 1996 - current issue)

Writing lab newsletter (v.19, 1994 - current issue)

Writing on the edge (v.6, 1994 - current issue)

Written communication (v.12, 1995 - current issue)

 

 

Journals and Periodicals - Linguistics

Applied linguistics (v. 14, 1993 - current issue)

Bilingual research journal (v. 19 (3-4), 1995 - current issue)

Bilingual review. La Revista bilingue (v. 3, 1976 - current issue)

International journal of American linguistics (v. 41, 1976 - v. 45, 1979; v. 47, 1981 - v. 50, 1984)

Journal of phonetics (v.21, 1993 - current issue)

Language in society (v. 27, 1998 - current issue)

Linguistics (1974 - 1992)

Linguistics and education (v. 10, 1998 - current)

Modern language journal (v. 34, 1950 - v. 52, 1968; v. 54, 1970 - v. 67, 1983 and current issues.Micro: v. 68, 1984 - current)

Modern language notes (v. 66, 1951 - current issue)

Modern language review ( v. 58, 1963 - current issue)

Philological quarterly (v. 52, 1973 - v. 62, 1983 and current issues.Micro: v. 1, 1922 - v. 51, 1972; v. 63, 1984 - current)

TESOL journal (v.2,1992/93 - current issue)

TESOL matters (v.2,1992/93 - current issue)

TESOL quarterly / Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (v. 7, 1973 - v. 17, 1983 and current issues.Micro: v. 16, 1982 - current)

 

 

Creative Writing

Writer (v. 80, 1967; v. 82, 1969 - v. 96, 1983 and current issues.Micro: v. 97,

1984 -current)

Writer's digest (v.73(6), 1992 - current issue)

 

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Special Projects

 

Course Assignment #1 - The Resource Exercise

Date Due: Thursday, September 19th, at the beginning of class

Page limit: 5 pages (not including title page)

Materials to use from the Bell Library: Specialty Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Guides, print and electronic journal/periodical indexes (including CompPile and the CCCC Online Bibliography).

Assignment: Produce a verbal "map" of your strategy for researching one of the following options (your choice):

 Linguistic Studies: How do linguists classify Tex-Mex as a language (an example of code-switching, mixed language, bilingualism, or another term)?

Composition Studies: What evidence is there that "learning" takes place in first- semester writing courses (referred to as English 101 or our ENGL 1301)?

Literary Studies: Ethnic identity formation is an important part of cultural and postcolonial studies. How do major theorists define ethnicity (as opposed to race or nationality)?

 In your "map" include:

• The sequence by which you consulted sources (where did you start and why? to what did you progress and why?).

• The most helpful sources that pointed you to appropriate publications.

• What were the related keywords or search terms that you used?

• Your sense of the complexity and/or difficulty of this question.

• What process did you use to track results and collect citations (index cards, electronic system, etc.)? How would you improve your method next time?

• A works cited list of 35 sources that directly pertain to your question. Subdivide those sources into subtopics as needed. Use correct MLA citation.

  Note: The purpose of this exercise is to indicate a strategy and the tools that work most successfully given the research question you select. I am looking not only for the results of your search but also a narrative about how you went about making decisions. I do not expect you to validate your selection of sources by actually reading the books/articles that you identify (at this point).

 

 

Course Assignment #2 - The Documentation Exercise

Conventions in documentation are exacting and change over time. But their purpose is to aid scholars in identifying, crediting, and pursuing research in the field. The "how" of documentation receives much of our attention, but even more important is the "what" and "why" of documentation.

 Think of complete and correct citation as a rhetorical strategy.

 Attached you will find excerpts from two articles.

 • The first uses MLA documentation. Change the MLA to Chicago style, marking through omitted text and clearly noting changes for text notes in the original. You may need to retype sections that you add.

 • The second uses APA. Mark the text, changing the documentation to MLA. You may want to retype the bibliography if you feel you cannot clearly mark changes on the original.

 • think about and come prepared to discuss what such changes produce in the rhetorical effect of the writing?

Rubric for grading:

Accuracy accuracy accuracy

 

 

Course Assignment #3 - The Portfolio

 At the beginning of our assigned final examination, you will hand in your course portfolio worth 30% of your final grade. It should contain the following (listed not in any necessary order):

 1. Your reflections after faculty interviews. Include discussion of the materials handed out for the interviews, if you like. Draw your reflections back to our overriding questions: Why do we research? Why do we publish?

 2. Your own assessment of the class web site as a useful tool for your graduate program. Include copies of all your drafts submitted to web site project (obviously there is a difference between where you started and the final product).

 3. An analysis of an academic journal article in terms of

• issue or question it raises and research methodology used

• style (is it readable? intended for a special audience? typical of the field?)

• reasons for incorporating theory (where in the essay, how, and why?)

• method of citing other scholarly works (where in the essay, how, and why? Is this done gracefully? Could this be a model for your own writing)?

• what form does this take (formal argument, narrative)?

The article can be one read for 5302 or for another of your graduate courses this semester.

 4. Reflective assessment about the assumptions and theories in current scholarship in one of our three fields (Literary, Linguistic, or Composition/Rhetorical Studies). How do you see yourself fitting into this discourse?

 5. A final research product from another fall 2002 graduate course. Include a short essay describing the research skills and resources you found indispensable in this project.

 6. A final assessment of ENGL 5302. What you found helpful? What you would change? What you would add?

 Limitations: Hand in nothing bigger than a one-inch binder.

 

 

Course Assignment #4 - The Web Site

 Be as user-friendly, selective, and comprehensive as possible. Lay-out decisions are entirely up to you. I will be available for consultation or play guinea-pig at any point(s) in the construction of your project. The grade for the web site will be allocated as 40% of each student's final grade.

 Required parts:

• Welcome to users and instructions on how to use the web site (its purpose, method of organization, rationale for selections, etc.)

• Definition of terms (as necessary)

• Annotations of and instructions in

&endash; Important professional organizations

&endash; Most helpful specialty encyclopedias, dictionaries, bibliographies

&endash; Print and electronic indexes of journal articles/reviews

&endash; Search engines (including Boolean examples)

&endash; Documentation aids

• Listing and pertinent information about academic conferences available in the fields

• Listing and pertinent information about major journals in the fields

&endash; URL and Library of Congress number

&endash; editorial policies (including name of editor(s), submission guidelines,documentation style, appropriate submission materials

&endash; types of materials published (poetry, reviews and essay reviews, etc.)

• Annotations of Examination Reading Lists (excluding American & British Literatures)

• Links to other research/sites (as necessary)

• Correct and sufficient documentation

• Bibliography

• Helpful examples of the strategy for researching issues in each of the fields

• other inclusions of your choice

 

Timeline:

We will work throughout the semester, with some time for in-class workshops.

Your work must be posted by noon on December 6th (Friday). Over the weekend several faculty members and fellow graduate students will review the web site and post their observations on our WebCT site (by Wednesday of finals week). My assigned grade of the web site will be a composite of my own reflections and input from your jury of reviewers.

 

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Library Resources

 

Specialized Encyclopedias

First Stop: the Master Index to Subject Encyclopedias Ref Z5848 .R93 1989

Guide To Subject Encyclopedias And Dictionaries. Available

<http://www.netLibrary.com/ebook_info.asp?product_id=11182>

 

International Encyclopedia of Higher Education (Jossey-Bass, 10 vols)

Encyclopedia of Higher Education (10 vols). Ref LB15 .I569 1994

Encyclopedia Of Language And Education (8 vols). P40.8 .E53 1997, 1999. 2nd fl.

Encyclopedia Of English Studies And Language Arts A Project Of The National

Council Of Teachers Of English (2 vols). Ref PE65 .E47 1994

Encyclopedia of Educational Resources (4 vols). Ref LB15 .E48 1992

Encyclopedia Of Modern World Literature Ref PN41 .C64

Encyclopedia Of Multiculturalism (6 vols) Ref E184.A1 E58 1994

Encyclopedia Of Postcolonial Studies PN849.U43 E53 2001 (new books)

Encyclopedia Of Rhetoric And Composition Communication From Ancient Times

To The Information Age PN172 .E53 1996 (2nd floor)

Encyclopedia Of Romanticism Culture In Britain 1780s 1830s Ref DA529 .E53 1992

Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction Ref PN3433.4 .E53 1995

Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction And Fantasy Through 1968 A Bibliographic

Survey Of The Fields Of Science Fiction Fantasy (3 vols) Ref Z5917.S36 T83

Encyclopedia Of Semiotics Ref P99 .E64 1998

Encyclopedia of Southern Culture Ref F209 .E53 1989

Encyclopedia of Southern Literature Ref PS261 .S515 1997

Encyclopedia Of The Essay Ref PN4500 .E63 1997

Encyclopedia Of The Novel (2 vols) Ref PN41 .E487 1998

Encyclopedia Of World Drama (4 vols) Ref PN1625 .M3

Encyclopedia Of World Literature In The 20th Century (4 vols) Ref PN771 .E5 1999

Encyclopedia Of World Literature In The 20th Century Based On The First Edition Edited By Wolfgang Bernard Fleischmann (4 vols) Ref PN771 .E5 1981

Encyclopedia Of World Literature In The 20th Century General Editor Wolfgang Bernard Fleischmann (4 vols) Ref PN774 .L433 1967

A Milton Encyclopedia Ref PR3580 .M5

Sourcebook on Rhetoric: Key Concepts in Contemporary Rhetorical Studies. ed. James Jasinski. PN172 .J37 2001

 

Specialized Dictionaries

Dictionary of the History of Ideas (Scribner, 5 vols). Ref CB5 D52

Dictionary Of American Childrens Fiction 1859 1959 Books Of Recognized Merit Ref PS374.C454 H45 1985

Dictionary Of American Childrens Fiction 1960 1984 Recent Books Of Recognized Merit Ref PS374.C454 H45 1986

Dictionary Of Biblical Imagery Ref BS537 .D48 1998

Dictionary Of Biblical Tradition In English Literature Ref PR149.B5 D53 1992

Dictionary Of Classical Biblical And Literary Allusions Ref PN43 .L37 1987

Dictionary Of Classical Mythology Symbols Attributes And Associations Ref BL715 .B44 1982

Dictionary Of Classical Reference In English Poetry Ref PR508.C68 S63 1984

Dictionary Of Cultural Literacy Ref E169.1 .H6 1993

Dictionary Of Doubletalk HN90.R3 A5 (2nd fl)

Dictionary Of English Folklore GR141 .S59 2000 (2nd fl)

Dictionary Of English Language And Culture PE1625 .L863 1992 (2nd fl)

Dictionary Of English Literature Being A Comprehensive Guide To English

Authors And Their Works Ref PR19 .A38 1966

Dictionary Of Fictional Characters Rev By Fred Urquhart With Indexes Of Authors And Titles By E N Pennell Ref PR19 .F7 1974

Dictionary Of Irish Literature Ref PR8706 .D5 1979

Dictionary Of Language And Linguistics P29 .B875 1996 (2nd fl)

Dictionary Of Language And Linguistics By R R K Hartmann And F C Stork Ref P29 .H34

Dictionary Of Linguistics And Phonetics Ref P29 .C65 1997

Dictionary Of Literary And Thematic Terms PN44.5 .Q56 1999 (2nd fl)

Dictionary Of Literary Biography English And American Ref PR19 .B7

Dictionary Of Literary Terms Ref PN44.5 .S46

Dictionary Of Literary Terms And Literary Theory Ref PN41 .C83 1998

Dictionary Of Literary Terms By Charles Duffy And Henry Pettit Ref PN43 .D8 1952

Dictionary Of Literary Themes And Motifs (2 vols) Ref PN43 .D48 1988

Dictionary Of Mexican Literature Ref PQ7106 .D53 1992

Dictionary Of Native American Literature Ref PM155 .D53 1994

Dictionary Of Pseudonyms Ref Z1041 .R66 1998

Dictionary Of Pseudonyms And Their Origins With Stories Of Name Changes Ref Z1041 .R66 1998

Dictionary Of Shakespeare Quotations Ref PR2768 .B73

Dictionary of Symbols Ref BL603 .L5413 1991

Dictionary Of Symbols And Imagery Ref BL600 .V74

Dictionary Of Symbols By J E Cirlot Translated From The Spanish By Jack Sage Foreword By Herbert Read Ref BF1623.S9 C513 1971

Dictionary Of World Literature Criticism Forms Technique Edited By Joseph T Shipley Ref PN41 .S5

Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend (2 vols) Ref GR35 .F8

 

Bibliographies

Guide To American Literature And Its Backgrounds Since 1890 By Howard Mumford Jones And Richard M Ludwig (2 vols) Ref Z1225 .J65 1972

Guide To Archival And Manuscript Repositories Ref CD3057 .S63 1993

Guide To British Poetry Explication (4 vols) Ref Z2014.P7 M34 1991

Guide To Critical Reviews By James M Salem (parts 1 & 2) Ref Z5782 .S342

Guide To Critical Reviews Of United States Fiction 1870 1910 Compiled By Clayton L Eichelberger Assisted By Karen L Bickley A (2 vols) Ref Z1225 .E35

Guide To Fiction In English PR821 .O97 1998 (2nd fl)

Guide To Graduate And Professional Programs (6 vols) Ref L901 .P46 2000

Guide To Great Plays Ref PN6112.5 .S45

Guide To Great Themes In Drama PN1701 .S94 (2nd fl)

Guide To Great Themes In Short Fiction PN3373 .S94 (2nd fl)

Guide To Historical Literature (2 vos) Ref Z6201 .A55 1995

Guide To Historical Literature Board Of Editors George Frederick Howe Chairman And Others Assisted By Section Editors A Centre Ref Z6201 .A55

Guide To Literature For Young Adults Background Selection And Use Ref Z1003 .C68 1983

Guide To Marxist Literary Criticism Ref Z2014.C8 B84

Guide To Modern World Literature Ref PN761 .S43 1973

Guide to Periodical Literature Ref Z7962 .F57 1992

Guide To Play Selection Ref and circulation Z5781 .N13 1975

Guide To Play Selection A Selective Bibliography For Production And Study Of Modern Plays Ref and circulation Z5781 .N13 1975

Guide To Proposal Writing (2nd fl) HG177.5.U6 G44 1997

Guide to Shakespeare (2nd fl) PR3091 .S687 2000

Guide To The Literature Of The American West (2nd fl) PS277.P35 G85

Guide To Theses And Dissertations An Annotated International Bibliography Of Bibliographies Ref Z5053 .R49 1975

Guide To Literature In English Available <http://www.netLibrary.com/ebook_info.asp?product_id=8923>

Literary Research Guide Ref Z6511 .P37

Literary Research Guide A Guide To Reference Sources For The Study Of

Literatures In English And Related Topics Ref Z2011 .H34 1989, 1993

Literary Research Guide An Annotated Listing Of Reference Sources In English

Literary Studies (2nd fl) Z2011 .H34 1998

 

Other sources:

Twentieth Century Literary Criticism: (multiple vols) Ref PN 771. G27

Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism: Ref PN 761 . N56

Hispanic Literature Criticism: Ref PQ 7081. A1 H573

Shakespearean Literature Criticism: Ref PR 2965. S44

Short Story Criticism: Ref PN 771. E5

Critical Survey of Short Fiction: Ref PN 3321. C7

Critical Survey of Long Fiction: Ref PR 821. C7

Critical Survey of Poetry: Ref. PR 502. C85

Critical Survey of Drama: Ref PR 623. C75

The Reader's Advisor: a Layman's Guide to Literature (multiple vols): Ref

Handbook of Latin American Studies: Ref Z1605. H26

Catalog of the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection: Ref Z1610. T48

 

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 Indexes to Journal Articles

 

Print Sources:

Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature (multiple vols) Ref AI3 .R48

Humanities Index (multiple vols) Ref AI3 .H85

Biography Index (multiple vols) Ref Z5301 .B5

Bibliographic Index (multiple vols) Ref Z1002. B595 v

Book Review Digest (multiple vols) Ref Z1219. C95

Play Index (multiple vols) Ref Z5781. P54 1

Short Story Index (multiple vols) Ref Z5917. S5 C6

Twentieth Century Short Story Explication Ref Z5917. S5 W33

The Contemporary Novel: a checklist of critical literature Ref Z 1231. F4 A34

Poetry Explication: a checklist of interpretation since 1925 Ref Z 2014. P7 K8

Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory (multiple vols). Ref Z6941 .U5

 

Computerized databases (the library may have instructions sheets. Do not plagiarize them!):

MLA International Bibliography

FirstSearch (OCLC)

Project Muse (Johns Hopkins Press)

JSTOR

Academic Search Premier

ingenta

Eric

WorldCat

Gale Literary Databases - Contemporary Authors

Gale Literary Databases - Contemporary Literary Criticism

Gale literary Databases - Dictionary of Literary Biography

Literature Resource Center

Interplay

Twentieth Century American Poetry

Twentieth Century English Poetry

Essay and General Literature Index

CompPile: <http://comppile.tamucc.edu/>

CCC Online Bibliography: <http://www.ibiblio.org/twtaylor/>

 

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Professional Organizations

 

American Association of University Professors (AAUP): <http://www.aaup.org/ >

Association of Departments of English (ADE): <http://www.ade.org/>

American Association for Higher Education (AAHE): <http://www.aahe.org/>

The Council of Editors of Learned Journals: (CELJ): <http://www.celj.org/>

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE): <http://www.ncte.org>

Modern Language Association of America (MLA): <http://www.mla.org>

South Central MLA (SCMLA): < http://www-english.tamu.edu/scmla/>

South Atlantic MLA (SAMLA): <http://www.samla.org>

Rocky Mountain MLA (RMMLA): <http://rmmla.wsu.edu/>

Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA): <http://www.nemla.org/>

Midwest Modern Language Association (MMLA):

<http://www.uiowa.edu/~mmla/>

Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA):

<http://www.pamla.org/>

 

 Aso be familiar with

 

Lily Foundation: <http://www.lilyfoundation.org/>

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching:

<http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/>

The Chronicle of Higher Education: <http://chronicle.com/>

 

 


Documentation style and aids

  

APA:

Long Island University: <http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citapa.htm>

Purdue OWL (APA): <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html>

Duke University: <http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/works_cited>

 

MLA:

Long Island University: <http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm>

Middlebury: <http://www.middlebury.edu/~lib/citing.mla.html>

Purdue OWL ((MLA): <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html>

University of Wisconsin: <http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/elecmla.html>

Duke University: <http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/works_cited>

 

Turabian:

Concordia: <http://juno.concordia.ca/faqs/turabian.html>

Long Island University: <http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/cittur.htm>

Duke University: <http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/works_cited>

 

 

Chicago:

Long Island University: <http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citchi.htm>

The Chicago Manual of Style at <http://www2.iastate.edu/~donpayne/310/chicago.html>

Williams College Libraries: <http://www.williams.edu/library/citing/chicago.html>

The John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, California State University, Los Angeles:

<http://mimas.calstatela.edu/library/guides/3chicago.htm>

University of Houston Libraries: <http://info.lib.uh.edu/rsa/chicago.htm>

University of Chicago Press: <http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/ >

OSU Libraries: <http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/guides/chicagogd.html>

University of Arizona Library:

<http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/library/type1/tips/data/cite_cms.html>

Footnoting Electronic Sources in the Chicago Style, Chapter Five of Citing Cyperspace by

James D. Lester at <http://www.apsu.edu/~lesterj/CYBER5.HTM>

Milwaukee School of Engineering Documentation and Style Guide:

http://www.msoe.edu/gen_st/style/

Western Washington Universities:

<http://www.library.wwu.edu/ref/Refhome/chicago.html>.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center:

<http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocChicago.html>.

 

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Course Guide, Weeks 1-4

 

For Thursday, August 29th.

Come to class with the following prepared. Work from handout with major and regional professional organizations and their web sites. For each organization your group selects to investigate, write a short paragraph defining the organization's purpose, focus, publication(s), conferences, and other useful information. Come with both hard copy and disk readable by the MACS in the writing lab. You must be able to cut and paste your material into either WebCT or a Word document in the lab.

 

For Tuesday, Sept 3rd:

Come to class with the following prepared. We will divide up the list of print resources (Specialty Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Bibliographies) in Bell Library by groups. Each group assigns sources to individual members. Write a short paragraph describing the purpose of the source, what kinds of materials it helps you access, how it is organized, what it would provide a scholar (given what sort of research questions), its limitations and weaknesses. Come with both hard copy and disk readable by the MACS in the writing lab.

  

For Thursday, Sept 5th: guest

 

For Tuesday, Sept 10th:

Come to class with the following prepared. We will divide up the list of print indexes and electronic data bases. Each group assigns sources to individual members. Write a short paragraph describing the purpose of the source, what kinds of materials it helps you access, how it is organized, what it would provide a scholar (given what sort of research questions), its limitations and weaknesses (including tricks in searching). Come with both hard copy and disk readable by the MACS in the writing lab.

 

(Thursday, Sept 12th: documentation workshop. In-class drafting of web site material).

  

For Tuesday, Sept 17th:

Writing due: Documentation exercise.

Reading due: Lauer & Asher, Addison & McGee handouts.

 

For Thursday, Sept 19th:

Writing due: Resource exercise.

Reading due: Charney handout.

In-class essay: I will give you an excerpt from a composition article. and ask you to identify what kind(s) of research underpins this work. There is no correct answer; there are only well-reasoned answers. You will be free to consult web sites for this exercise.

 

Review scholarly journals

I will give you a list of the journal holding in Bell Library, organized according to the various fields of English Studies. Each small group will select which batch of titles to research, dividing up journal titles to individual within the group. All journals (and all batches) need to be covered, but runs available only on microfilm or a series that is discontinued may not be annotated. Use your good judgment!!

 Parts to note:

• name of present editor

• documentation style

• editorial policy

• types of subjects (identified by literary period, theory or school, etc.)

• length

• are "figures" used (pictures, graphs, illustrations, tables, etc)

• submission format (PC or MAC platforms? hard or electronic copy? Software?)

 

Due Dates

Literary Journals: Due Tuesday, October 8th

Linguistic Journals: Due Tuesday, October 29th

Composition/Rhetoric Journals: Due Tuesday, November 19th

 Come with both hard copy and disk readable by the MACS in the writing lab.

 

 Review of Comprehensive Examination Readings

I will give you a list of the exam readings, organized according to the various fields of English Studies. Each small group will select which batch of titles to research, dividing up single titles to individual within the group. Every source needs to be covered. Come with both hard copy and disk readable by the MACS in the writing lab.

 Your goal is to provide a helpful annotation on the source. "helpful" includes

• basic questions the source sets out to explore

• research methods used

• findings of research and conclusions

• details about the author(s) or publisher that seem pertinent

 Obviously you will not be able to read entire books for this assignment (although the articles are possible to "cover" fully. But develop a strategy for scoping out book-length studies. Such a strategy might involve reading opening materials (introductions, prefaces, etc) that often outline the contents of the book. Read the concluding chapter, which often sums up the book. Examine the table of contents and index to also get a sense of what is available.

Due Dates:

Linguistics reading list: Tuesday, October 22nd and Thursday, October 24th.

Composition and Rhetoric reading list: Tuesday, Nov 13th and Thursday, Nov 24th.

 

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