ENGL 2111: Research Exercise (and Article Review)

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In this assignment, you will find an article (or book chapter) written by a literary critic about one of the texts we have read this semester. This assignment will help you familiarize yourself with professional writing about literature, practice sound research techniques, read analytically, and (I hope) learn a little more about a work of literature you have found intriguing.

You will do three tasks for this assignment:
(1) Locate, using the library’s resources, an article or book chapter about a literary work we have
read this semester
(2) Read that article or book chapter
(3) Write an article review about it.
Guidelines for these tasks:
Find an article or book chapter
1. Find an article or book chapter about a character, historical/cultural background, or literary
background from one of the texts that we have read. These are your limitations, however:
 It must be something of interest to you; use this as an opportunity to explore
 It cannot be information from a website
 It cannot be a “book review,” that is someone writing a review of someone else’s
scholarly work (that’s what you will be doing later)
 It cannot be an encyclopedia article (whether online or not)
 It cannot be an article from Masterplots.
 You must find it using the library’s databases for articles or on-line catalogues
for books. To do this, start on the MGA library home page, look under
“Resources” for “Subject guides,” then choose the English subject guides and
select the one for ENGL 2111 (World Literature). You will find a number of
databases in which to search (under “Find Articles”). OR you may use GIL to
find one of our library’s books (Under “Find Books”). Chapters from ebooks (if
found through the library’s catalogue or Galileo) are OK to use, too. If you
choose a book chapter, you only need to read/use one chapter (not the whole
book – one chapter will be roughly the same length as an article)
 You should choose an article or book chapter you can understand. If you find
something that, once you start reading, sounds like gobblety-gook to you, leave it
and find something else.
2. Make an electronic copy of your article or book chapter.
 If you are working from a “hard copy” — that is, a physical book – scan the article or
book chapter or a copy of it to make a digital file. If you need help with this, see me.
 If you are using an electronic copy, use the option to download a copy or email a copy to
yourself.
 Being able to submit an electronic copy of your article or book chapter (in a .html, pdf, or
other supported file) is part of the assignment, so this step is important.
See next page for instructions for other tasks