HiddenJewel Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 I really like the idea of having my senior (next year) write a literary research paper. I think it would be a very good endeavor for her. Is there a good source that tells how to write one and what should be included? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmermom3 Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 I'm sorry; I am not quite clear on the type of paper you are asking about. Usually, my high school students have written literary analysis papers where they argue and support an opinion with regards to a specific literary work or author. A literary "research" papers implies to me that the student is simply informing the intended audience about a specific literary movement or author. For example, the student is writing about transcendentalism by telling what it is, when it occurred, major authors, etc., instead of arguing that it is the most important literary movement. If that is the type of paper you are asking about, then I would treat it like any other research paper that one would do for history or science. If you are asking about literary analysis, that is a whole other beast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendall Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 In college my son had to do literary analysis papers with research. He still wrote an arguable thesis but had to include some outside sources, rather than just using the text and his thoughts. Is this what you mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmermom3 Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 In college my son had to do literary analysis papers with research. He still wrote an arguable thesis but had to include some outside sources, rather than just using the text and his thoughts. Is this what you mean? Oh duh! Thanks, Kendall. I tend to lump all literary analysis papers together, researched or not. That makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halftime Hope Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 I found this yesterday when I was poking around: http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/resources/collegewriting/index.htm There's some pretty good content there. I didn't write that many college research papers as I was in a lab science, so the two research papers that I remember were my senior year in high school, with my teacher the Grammar N*zi, and my senior capstone project for my major. One thing that I noticed yesterday was that on several sites, students were told to plan on using 15 effective resources, and to plan on 2-3 discards for every good source. That is exactly what I remember from my papers, and it is a lot of reading! I guess some things haven't changed. Doesn't SWB have a four part series of articles somewhere on writing research papers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiddenJewel Posted November 18, 2011 Author Share Posted November 18, 2011 In college my son had to do literary analysis papers with research. He still wrote an arguable thesis but had to include some outside sources, rather than just using the text and his thoughts. Is this what you mean? Yes, this is what I am considering. My understanding is that besides the original book she also has to read other books by the author, critic reviews about the book, books about the author, etc. Of course, what she needs to read depends on thesis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiddenJewel Posted November 18, 2011 Author Share Posted November 18, 2011 I found this yesterday when I was poking around: http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/resources/collegewriting/index.htm There's some pretty good content there. I didn't write that many college research papers as I was in a lab science, so the two research papers that I remember were my senior year in high school, with my teacher the Grammar N*zi, and my senior capstone project for my major. One thing that I noticed yesterday was that on several sites, students were told to plan on using 15 effective resources, and to plan on 2-3 discards for every good source. That is exactly what I remember from my papers, and it is a lot of reading! I guess some things haven't changed. Doesn't SWB have a four part series of articles somewhere on writing research papers? Thanks for the link and the info. I would love to see what SWB has to say about research papers. Her writing audios have been so helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Doesn't SWB have a four part series of articles somewhere on writing research papers? Yes, here's the link to the first portion -- Writing the Research Paper Part I: Preparation The link to the second part is at the bottom of Part 1. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiddenJewel Posted November 18, 2011 Author Share Posted November 18, 2011 Yes, here's the link to the first portion -- Writing the Research Paper Part I: Preparation The link to the second part is at the bottom of Part 1. Regards, Kareni Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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