final project
expert dell
annotated_bibliography.docxThe annotated bibliography portion of the final project will consist of a list of MLA-style bibliographical entries for each of your chosen sources, each followed by a single substantive paragraph that summarizes the purpose of that source, explicates a quotation or two from the source, and predicts how this source will be useful for your larger project.
· The annotated bibliography should be over six pages long, and probably not more than eight or nine pages, double-spaced,
· in 12-point Times New Roman font,
· with no extra spaces between sources.
Adams, Arnold. This is a Whole Book about Nabokov. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2005.
In his book This is a Whole Book about Nabokov, Arnold Adams argues that... He uses a formalist approach to Nabokov's fiction in order to demonstrate that... Adams writes, "Something about Nabokov" (35). Explication. Relate to thesis in prospectus. This paragraph goes on for 1/3-1/2 a page.
Barth, Barbara. "This is an Article Title." Journal of Interesting Stuff 47.3 (Summer 1983): 673-715.
"This is an Article Title" by Barbara Barth intervenes in the history of Nabokov scholarship by introducing the possibility that... and on for 1/3-1/2 a page.
Corbin, Carl. "This is a Chapter of an Edited Volume." Essays on Nabokov. Ed. Paula Justice. New York: Fordham UP, 2009. 56-84.
In this chapter in Essays on Nabokov, Carl Corbin attempts to demonstrate that...and on for 1/3-1/2 a page.
...And on and on in this fashion, including primary and secondary sources, including your main literary text or texts, alphabetized by author's name. If you have more than one source by the same author, alphabetize those items by the title. (Nabokov, Vladimir. Ada. would come before Nabokov, Vladimir. Pale Fire.) And this would all be double-spaced, but with no blank lines between sources.
As you revise and clarify your argument, you may need to revise each of your annotations to reflect your specific argument's development.
There should be a decent balance of sources, but it is imperative to include a good range of professional criticism on the literary text you are discussing as well as the texts you are discussing in themselves. Your inclusion of other sources, such as primary historical sources or theoretical texts, will depend on the methodological approaches you are employing in drawing these sources together.
