FRI GOTHIC AFTERLIFE PROJECT

GOTHIC AFTERLIFE PROJECT

STEP 2: Prepare Topic Summary

Prepare and write a summary on your topic that is 500-600 words long (the equivalent of two typed double-spaced content pages) summarizing and illustrating what you have found from research to be key points of interest to the class related to your topic. The goals of this assignment are to acquaint other class members with the primary ways in which your Gothic afterlife topic manifested itself in literature during the 18-19th centuries and in contemporary popular literature in the 20-21st centuries, and to familiarize class members with key written and visual texts related to your topic.

Format. Present your summary as Google Doc pages (2 content pages of text plus optional additional illustrations in an Appendix, plus a required Works Cited page). Share your document with “anyone at SNU who has the link” and submit the link to your Google document in the Canvas slot.

There are multiple tasks involved in summarizing your topic: 1. research > 2. synthesize > 3. summarize > 4. illustrate > 5. document.

1. Research your topic and document your sources. Start from the research prompts supplied on the sign-up sheet and then explore additional relevant information in these general online resources on the Gothic.

Your research should encompass relevant sources from both 18-19C primary texts and authors AND 20-21C popular culture. Devote about half of your content to the 18-19C texts and authors and the remaining half to popular culture.

Your research should be based on academically reputable sources: reference sources, books, articles from academic journals, university websites, etc. Research on popular culture will need to include additional types of site: film databases and reviews, fan websites, graphic novel and videogame web sources, etc. You must include a Works Cited list for the final paper that identifies the background information and other interpretations of the text that you consulted. Include all primary texts in your Works Cited. Your Works Cited should indicate the focus and scope of your research. Feel free to also include a Works Consulted page to better reflect the extent of your effort on the paper.

2. Synthesize the information. Boil it down to 7-10 key points that emerge across your research.

3. Summarize each key point into one paragraph. Discuss this key point and give examples.

4. At the top of your writeup include a thought-provoking visual. The purpose of the visual slides is to give a memorable illustration (“illustrate” in the broader abstract sense) that directly relate to and illuminate your discussion in the writeup.

5. Consider adding an optional appendix. If you have additional illustrations and/or video clips, put them in an Appendix page at the end of your writeup but before the Works Cited page.

6. Provide a required Works Cited page.

For slides (Slides)

· Large image indicative of topic on opening slide

· Organize by key points. Provide a full-text (text only) slide for each key point. Format should be a discursive paragraph (not bullet points). Use this format for discursive slides: title header plus up to 60 words in 24-point font:

· Follow each key point with an illustration slide.

· Pattern: key point #1 slide, text only > captioned illustration of key point #1 slide > key point #2 slide, text only > captioned illustration of key point #2 slide > and so on for up to 10 key points.

· Slide with image credits for all content

· Slide with Works Cited for all content

For pages (Docs)

· Large image indicative of topic on top half of first page

· Organize your discussion by key points. Provide a full-text (text only) slide for each key point.

Papers should be double-spaced, 10-12 point standard font, organized around a thesis that presents an argument, and documented in MLA style.

Integrating images and figures. If you have maps, charts, figures, illustrations, etc., please follow MLA style in terms of captioning and indicating the source. You can either embed these materials into your paper at the point of discussion (for a single image or figure) or create an appendix for multiple materials and refer your reader to the appendix at the point in the paper where you are discussing the materials. All images and figures should be labeled and their sources (print or electronic) should be attributed.