Create an Annotated Bibliography from 2 secondary sources:
250-300 words each
Researching what others have said about texts enables you to mark your own interventions into a field. When researching a research question, topic or text, you will quickly find that you amass many different secondary sources that are oftentimes difficult to keep straight in your head. The Annotated Bibliography is one tool that will help keep your critics and their ideas straight.
At first this project will feel similar to our annotations of primary texts; but the outcome is slightly different. As you have done for all our texts, you will take paginated notes on the articles that you read. Instead of annotating those paginations as we do in the weekly writing assignments, this time we want to produce a brief paragraph that describes the argument and important moves made by your particular articles. Brevity is key, but so too is density and deep understanding of both the article and the primary text.
Questions your annotated bibliography must answer:
1-2 Sentences: What is the central argument to this article?
1-2 Sentences: What overarching topics does this paper engage?
1-2 Sentences: What problems in the existing scholarship does the author claim to address?
1-2 Sentences: Does the author make any important assumptions about the text?
1-2 Sentences: What evidence does the author turn to in presenting her or his argument? (Other than the primary material?)
2-3 Sentences: Why might you find this useful in your examination of your text? Where might you intervene?
The thesis I wanted to use was, “During the Twentieth Century, Langston Hughes’ literary works illuminated both the struggles and strength of African American culture through his unique style and diction.”
My teacher noted, “First, the topic is much too large. You can’t write a paper about Hughes works. Choose a 1-3 poems. Second, work on making your thesis about a specific indeterminacy in the text. Avoid generic words, broad categories, and large concepts such as society, people, culture, life, history, nature, theme, the world, deeper meaning, racism, etc., which make your topic and argument unclear. Try focusing on a subtopic of your general topic and further define the assertion you want to make about that subtopic.”
With that being said, the poem(s) from Hughes I wanted to use was “Mulatto” and/or “Themes for English B”. Feel free to use any sources in relation to these poems to write the bibliography.
I know this may be a lot! If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know, thanks.
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