Research Methodology

Paper Code: 
ENG 141

Unit I

Research in Literature:                                                                                                                   

Introduction to Research                   (from The Craft of Research  pp. 10-14 & 49-63)

  • What is Research?
  • Why Write It Up?
  • Why a Formal Paper?
  • From Questions to a Problem
     

 

Unit II

The Process of Critical Reading

Close Reading (Prose and Poetry)

 

Unit III

Engaging Sources

  1. Think: Evaluating your Sources          (from MLA Handbook  pp. 10-12)
  2. Gathering Information about your Sources     (from MLA…  pp. 13-18)
  3. Recording Complete Bibliographical Information and Engaging Sources Actively   

 (fromThe Craft of Research  pp. 94-101)

  1. Taking Notes                                      ((from The Craft of Research  pp. 86-88)

 

Unit IV

Documentaion

Why document Sources?                     (fromMLA Handbook pp. 3-6)

Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty (from MLA…pp. 6-10)

Organize: Creating your Documentation:        (from MLA…p. 19)

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

 

 

Unit V

Academic Writing:
Preparing a Research Proposal (organizing material/ ideas, developing an argument, facilitating coherence and cohesion)

Introductions and Conclusions            (from The Craft of Research pp. 232-46)

 

Source Books: 

Essential Reading:

 

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).

 

Booth, Wayne C, et al.,The Craft of Research. 4th Edition. The Univ. of Chicago Press, 2016.

 

Harner, James L. Literary Research Guide. 5th Edition, The Modern Language Association of America, 2008. 

 

MLA Handbook. 8th Edition. MLA, 2016. 

 

Academic Year: 
2020-2021