EN270: Transnational Feminism, 2011/12 Sorcha Gunne [email protected] Office: H540 Office Hour: Tuesday, 11am.

EN270: Transnational Feminism, 2011/12

Sorcha [email protected]

Office: H540Office Hour: Tuesday, 11am

seminar

You

topic

Questions we will cover today:

How do I structure an essay?

What is the writing process?

How do I choose a question?

What is a thesis statement?

What is research? Is an essay ever finished?

Writing

Research 2 (Secondary material)

Selecting your question

Research 1 (Primary text)

Editing

The process of writing an essay:

Selecting your question:

Read all the

questions

What question interests

you most?

Does this question challenge

you?

How will you

approach the

question?

Thesis Statement

Research 1: The Primary Text

Re-read the

primary text(s)

Select the passages you will focus on

Analyse these

passages

Outline an essay plan based on

your analysis

Draft a close reading of the text based on your

essay plan

What are examples of the various kinds of secondary material you can use in an essay?

Why is secondary material important?

What is the difference between theory and secondary criticism?

Why is it important to have your thesis statement and rough draft done before you start secondary research?

Secondary material: Stop and think

Research 2: Secondary Material

Work relevant material into the draft of your

essay

Look at module

reading lists & do library catalogue searches

Briefly look at material you think

will be relevant

Make a list of useful material

Work through your list

and make notes

Editing:

Read what you

have written - edit as

you go.

Have you answered

the question?

Does your essay

answer your thesis statement?

Does the organisation

of your essay make

sense?

Then set your essay aside for a

break before you proof

read it.

Rewrite your

introduction

Read what you have written...

again

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