Sept. 18 Submit first set of bibliographical entries
in MLA form, summaries, and responses for at least five (5) articles totaling
at least thirty (30) pages from your casebook.
If five (5) articles do not total at least thirty (30) pages, read
additional articles to reach that minimum. (25 daily points possible)
Oct. 2 Submit
second set of bibliographical entries in MLA form, summaries, and responses for
at least five (5) articles totaling at least thirty (30) pages from your
casebook. If five (5) articles do not
total at least thirty (30) pages, read additional articles to reach that
minimum. (25 daily points possible)
Manuscript form: In the upper left of the first page, follow MLA format for the standard four-line heading (your first and last name, my title and last name, the course prefix and number, and the due date). Use one-inch margins. Double-space your entire document; do not leave any extra spaces between lines. Use left justification only. Select Times New Roman 12 as your font.
Length: Unless an article is particularly long and important, your submission for each article will probably not need to exceed one (1) typed double-spaced page. Your submission for a short article may be significantly shorter than one (1) page.
Bibliographical entries: Follow the bibliographical form in the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed. (2003). At the top of your first page, after the four-line heading, provide a bibliographical entry for the casebook itself (see section 5.6.2, “An Anthology or a Compilation”). Before your summary and response for each article from the casebook, provide a bibliographical entry for the article (see section 5.6.7, “A Work in an Anthology”). Avoid repeating the complete publication information for the casebook in the bibliographical entry for each article (see section 5.6.10, “Cross-References”).
Summaries: Your summary of each article (labeled “Summary”) should provide a concise, accurate overview of the content of the entire article, demonstrating your understanding of the article. Your summary may also, if you wish, include paraphrases of particular ideas you might want to include in your research paper. Summaries and paraphrases should be completely in your own words unless you sparingly include very brief quotations. Avoid plagiarizing the exact words or sentence structure of the article or of the casebook’s introduction to it (carefully study chapter 2, “Plagiarism”). Your summary of a very short article might require only a few sentences; your summary of a longer article might require a well-developed paragraph or more.
Responses: Your response to each article (labeled “Response”), should include your evaluation, opinion, and/or ideas about how it helps you better understand and interpret the play. Your response should be in your own words and may include first-person pronouns (“I”). Your response may be very brief to a very short article and/or one that you think will not be helpful for your research paper. Your response will be longer to a longer article and/or one you think will be very helpful for your research paper.