Reading: Ruth Kluger, Still Alive
Writing: Prospectus
Thursday May 22
Reading: Ruth Kluger, Still Alive
Writing: Blog Reading Response (Kluger)
Prospectus Directions (1-2 pages, double-spaced)
from the Writing Director: "In universities, scholars often write a prospectus when they are preparing to undertake a new research project, particularly if they want funding, support, or future publication of their work. Many colleges that ask students to write a senior thesis frequently assign a prospectus as well. The prospectus usually identifies at least one major research question, summarizes the relevant scholarship about the important issues in the field, and offers an initial hypothesis that will be tested in the subsequent research process."
Please include the following:
- title...
- research question (phrased as: "i will be examing the question of...")
- preliminary thesis (nothing more than an "angle")
- a "sketch" of your argument (structure/organization of essay--should be organized around details from primary source you will analyze)
- relevant, need-to-know details of primary source (re: "angle")
- a summary of your research findings. Must include at least two secondary sources: One should be a "primary-secondary" source, a commentary on the source that came out at the time of the primary source. The other should be a current, scholarly article or essay (or chapter from a book) that engages with the "angle" that you are taking on the primary source.
- In addition, please comment somewhere on your terminology (what concepts or ideas are important to your paper) and your methodology (i.e. academic discipline: art historical, social history, literary, historical, visual analysis, political theory...), keeping in mind that regardless of the discipline, interpreting and analyzing details, or close reading, of the primary source, is what your academic audience (a.k.a. me) is expecting and valuing.
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