First, I want to apologize once again for missing everyone's presentations yesterday - from what I have heard before class and what Natalie told me about, everyone's papers sound really interesting.
Also, I have a few questions about the actual...style, I guess, of the papers. Like I said, my paper is going to be comparative. It has been quite a while since I have written a class paper, and I definitely feel a little rusty starting out. What types of sources are most likely going to be useful when writing these? I was planning to first compare/contrast different definitions of immortality from a fantasy perspective, then compare/contrast the ways it is portrayed in the sources I choose to use. Hopefully I will also be able to include some information on the author's thoughts on the topic. Does this sound appropriate? I just don't want my paper to end up too informal or anything. I don't know if this was discussed anymore in class yesterday.
Again, thanks for the ideas for sources, I am very sorry for not getting to stay for everyone's proposal, and thanks in advance for helping me with this question!
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I think what you're planning on sounds like exactly right for your paper topic. From my experience in previous classes of Andy's, it's not as focused on writing a paper in a particular style with source requirements and all that mess as much as presenting your ideas in a clear, scholarly way. So however you feel you can accomplish that will work.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Clear, concise ideas presented in a more informal way are better than a stylistically-perfect paper that has no real argument or material behind it.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the narrower, your focus (aka the deeper you go into a topic) the better off, I think. He was advising us to rather pick a couple of things to focus on intensively than to breeze over a whole slew of things.
Hope this helps!
Ditto what they said, Kayla, but I'm happy to talk to you one-on-one about your idea, too, if you like.
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