Research Topic Requirement . Urgent Required within 8 Hours

Research Topic

Choose a novel you would like to use for your final research paper for ENGL 603; this paper is due in Week Later. That paper will require you to conduct a critical history of a number of professional journal articles and how they have interpreted the book. So it is best for you to select a novel that is well recognized in the literary world as a classic worthy of critical consideration. For ideas, you might check out Modern Library’s list of top novels here: http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-novels/. Goodreads also offers a list of what they call “literary canon books” that might help with your selection: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/literary-canon.

For the research topic assignment, you will submit to a Blackboard class blog the title of your chosen novel, a short explanation (75 or so words) of why you selected that novel, and a description (300 words or so) of the number and types of journal articles you found while searching the following databases (through our library’s website): MLA Bibliography, Project Muse, and JSTOR. (for these links to work, you must be logged into Liberty’s network)

Message From Instructor:

Here's some help for researching the kinds of sources available on the books you're choosing for your research papers. Since these articles need to be drawn from the literary discipline, found in journals centered on literary research, your best bet is to check out the MLA Bibliography. I will also allow you to find sources in Project Muse and JSTOR, but since those databases are for humanities more generally, you'll want to make sure the results you seize on are all from literary journals.

For those unfamiliar with the library's set up, here are some tips for locating those databases:

First, go to the library's main webpage: https://www.liberty.edu/library/

Then select the "Collections" drop-down list in the top row of tabs (see attached pic).

Select "Databases" from that list.

Then choose "M" from the "Browse by Letter" list. Find MLA International Bibliography with Full Text from that list. 

You can try "P" for Project Muse and "J" for JSTOR as well, but again be discerning when identifying possible sources from those databases.

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