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Texts
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| Required: |
Harner,
Literary Research Guide. 4th ed. MLA, 2002. |
|
Williams
and Abbott, An Introduction to Bibliographical and Textual
Studies. 3rd ed. MLA, 1999.
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Danvers
[Robert Sydney], The Bright Spot. 2005.
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| Recommended: |
Gibaldi,
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th
ed. MLA, 2003. |
Course Description
| For
Books are not absolutely dead things, but doe contain a potencie
of life in them to be as active as that soule was whose progeny
they are; nay they do preserve as in a voill the purest efficacie
and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
--
John Milton,
Areopagitica (1644) |
This course introduces students to the methods
and practice of research and scholarly discourse in English studies.
Students gain experience in using scholarly resources (printed and
electronic), analyzing the func-tions of research in scholarly writing, and
becoming familiar with theory and practice of establishing texts.
Class
attendance and participation are required.
Quality of coursework will suffer otherwise.
Missed classes must always be explained, beforehand when possible
or promptly afterwards (please provide a note, with dates, or use e-mail).
As a policy, missed work cannot be made up.
Grading is indicated below.
Special
features of the course will include demonstrated or mediated electronic
resource searches; visit to Cabell’s book preservation department; and
discussion with a writer about textual matters ass part of the project in
textual criticism. Details
about these will be provided later.
Grading
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| 5 RB Exercises @ 5%
each |
= |
±25% |
| 1 Case Study |
= |
±25% |
| 1 Bibliographical Essay |
= |
±15% |
| 1 Textual Editing
project |
= |
±30% |
| class participation |
= |
±05% |
|
|
100% |
|