final project

Prospectus first

The prospectus for your research project is the last thing you will write, even though it will be submitted on top of your annotated bibliography. The prospectus consists of 1.5-2 pages (no more) of prose that introduces your research.

This should be an extremely concise, engaging, highly specific document that serves as a guide to understanding your annotated bibliography and gives a good idea of how you might fit all these sources together.

 

· The prospectus should be double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman font, and it begins with a really excellent title for your whole project and a simple header (your name, the date, ENG 120 Shanafelt is fine).

· Begin the prospectus by describing the problem or topic you have attempted to address in your research on a particular text.

At the first start with my own analysis

Second part is the Methodology

· In the second paragraph, outline some of the critical perspectives that you have found addressing this topic in the professional scholarship, with some statement about the methods used by these scholars and major gaps or areas for response that you see in their work.

· The third paragraph introduces your own research and methods of analysis, including primary sources, theoretical frameworks, or some possible new readings of the main text. The final paragraph includes the proposed thesis statement for the larger project and discusses how your work fits into the critical discussion you have outlined.

 

When you have completed the prospectus and annotated bibliography,

· combine them into a single document and insert page numbers. Proofread this project extremely carefully.

· Exchange projects with classmates (using the wiki, if you like, either to do peer review here or organize meetings) to help one another revise before you submit the final draft to me.

· There will not be an option to revise the final project, so please take care that it is in the best possible shape. I will be grading in the spirit of a committee that is choosing whether to fund your research, so find ways to inspire confidence in your future work.