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- Refereed Academic Journal
- Book
- Book Chapter
not wikipedia, not a newspaper article, not a blog
How can I know if something is refereed?
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Finding and Incorporating Sources
Since you likely do not already know what source you want to answer your research question, you will need to do a topic search
This is a search that includes multiple search terms in order to help you narrow down your results
These search terms will build from your question, which is why it is good to have a specific and precise research question
Types of sources
For the paper part of your assignment, you will choose either:
a) argument source
or
b) method source
Topic Search
- Ualberta Library website
- Google Scholar
Genre
What genre is Butler's novel?
Neo-Slave Narrative
A slave narrative is an account authored by enslaved people documenting the horrors of slavery. These accounts, which often trace the journey of their protagonists from slavery to freedom, were written in order to make an argument for the abolition of slavery.
A neo-slave narrative, by contrast, is a narrative that seeks to ameliorate or contend with the wounds of slavery; to reconcile with a past that haunts the present.
Science Fiction
What is the impact of bringing together science fiction with the neo-slave narrative?
How does Dana intervene in the past? Are there limits placed on her ability to intervene?
Panel, Page, and Layout Analysis
Instructions
First, choose an individual panel in any of the chapters we read for today that catches your eye and analyze it closely, using basic terms for analyzing graphic novels to guide you. Think about how the panel fits into the larger narrative. What does the panel itself tell you and consider how it sets up or refer back to a facet of the overall narrative.
Then, choose a full page to analyze. Again, consider how the page fits within the broader narrative using basic terms to guide you. Do you notice any symbolic elements or any unusual elements on the page that draw your eye?
Finally, look at any double page layout. How are elements organized on the page? What do you notice?
Follow the instructions to the side and answer the following questions:
- How does the meaning of home and kin or kindred change over the course of the novel?
- How do the central characters change in the novel? Consider especially how Dana and Kevin are transformed by their experiences?
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