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ENGL2410: Literature of the Western World I--Mr. Joel Henderson
Library Instructor:  Tisa Houck

 

Assignment:  The course requirements for Western Literature I stipulate that a research project must be completed.  In this course, you will not be doing a traditional research paper.  Instead, you will be creating an annotated bibliography.  The reverse side of your handout gives examples of an annotated bibliography.  The bibliography should include only sources written about works by your author.  In other words, you won’t include biographies on your list.  Nor would you include books by the author you chose.  Secondary sources only should appear on your annotated bibliography.  Your sources should deal with your author’s work that we read in class.  Since annotation means a short summary paragraph, I suggest that you deal solely in journal articles or essays from collections in book form.  Your entries will consist of two parts: an MLA formatted bibliographic citation and a summary paragraph.  Make sure to use correct MLA format when citing your ten sources.  When writing the summary paragraph, you should attempt to capture the author’s thesis and main subpoints.  Please choose one of the following authors.  Only two of you may choose each author.  Each of you is responsible for finding and summarizing ten (10) different articles that were written later than 1950. Author choices are on a first come, first served basis.

Homer-The Iliad
Homer-The Odyssey
Virgil-Aeneid
Moses-Old Testament (as assigned)
Dante-The Inferno
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Chaucer-The Canterbury Tales (as assigned)
Petrarch-Poems (as assigned)
Shakespeare-Poems (as assigned)
Donne-Poems (as assigned)
Milton-Paradise Lost
Erasmus-Praise of Folly
Machiavelli-The Prince
 

 

1.   Find critical analyses from scholarly journals and books in these electronic databases:
            (You will need current passwords to access databases from off-campus.)

 

            Literature Resource Center

  • Type in the title of the work (ex. the prince) and select "Name of Work".

  • Limit by publication date--after December 31, 1949.

  • Choose Content Type--"Literature Criticism" and "Reviews & News."

 


 

           Wilson OmniFile Full Text Select

  • Type in the title of the work (Put quotation marks around the title if more than one word).

  • Combine the title with the author's last name (ex. "paradise lost" and milton).

  • From the "Results" list, choose the Peer Reviewed tab to limit your results to scholarly journals, if desired.

 

 

           JSTOR--for articles from backfiles of scholarly journals

  • Use the Advanced Search for more specific results.

  • Type in the title of the work (Put quotation marks around the title if more than one word).

  • Combine the title with the author's last name (ex. aeneid and virgil).

  • Limit by Type: Article; Date range: 1950-2008; Language: English.

  • Select "Language and Literature" under Discipline.

 

 

2. Search the catalog for books to check out or view online.
               

Entries with Online netLibrary Book Collection  as the Library Location are electronic books. 
        (You will need the current passwords to access these books from off-campus.)

Homer's The Iliad / edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom.
2005
Library Location: Main Library Book Collection Call Number: PA4037 .I44 2005 Status: Available
Ransom, revenge, and heroic identity in the Iliad [electronic resource] / Donna F. Wilson. Wilson, Donna F., 1953- 2002
Library Location: Online NetLibrary Book Collection Call Number: PA4037 .W74 2002eb Status: Online Electronic Resource

 

 

 

6.  Cite your sources correctly by following the examples in these documents.

        MLA Citation Examples (Electronic Databases)

 

Tisa Houck
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