RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Paper Code: 
ENG 141

Unit I

 

Research in Literature:                                                                                    

Introduction                                                         (MLA Handbook  pp. 3-4)
Why document Sources?                                     (MLA Handbook  pp. 5-6)
Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty                (MLA Handbook  pp. 6-10) 

Unit II

 

Resources:

Think: Evaluating your Sources                          (MLA Handbook  pp. 10-12)

Gathering Information about your Sources        (MLA Handbook  pp. 13-18)
Making Notes                                                      (Altick pp. 205-18)

 

 

Unit III

 

The Process of Critical Reading:
Close Reading                                                     (Prose and Poetry)
 

 

Unit IV

 

Academic Writing:
The Philosophy of Composition  (Altick  pp.  220-21, 223-25, 227-30, 233, 236-37, 242-44, & 246)
Preparing a Research Proposal (organizing material/ ideas, developing an argument, facilitating coherence and cohesion)      
 

 

Unit V

 

Documentation:
Organize: Creating your Documentation            (MLA Handbook  p. 19)

  • The List of Works Cited                            (MLA Handbook  pp. 20-53)
  • In-Text Citations                                       (MLA Handbook  pp. 54-58)

     

 

Source Books: 

Essential Reading:

 

MLA Handbook, New York: MLA, 2016 (Eighth Edition)

The Art of Literary Research, Richard D. Altick with John J. Fenstermaker, W.W. Norton & Co., (4th Edition) 1992.

Literary Research Guide, James L. Harner, The Modern Language Association of India, 2008 (Fifth Edition). 

 
Extracts from ‘Facilitating Coherence across Qualitative Research Papers’. Ronald J. Chenail & Maureen Duffy (Nova Southeastern University, Fort Landerdale, Florida, USA) and Sally St. George & Dan Wulff (University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada).

 

Academic Year: 
2016-2017