Sample Annotated Bibliography (courtesy of Dr. Howells; your annotations should be longer)
hooks, bell. "Confronting Class in the Classroom." Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. New York: Routledge, 1994. 177-190. Print.
In this collection of fourteen essays, Bell Hooks defines feminist pedagogy
as an engaged pedagogy which accepts the differences among students and
encourages multiplicities of voices and knowledges to challenge the boundaries
that separate people and imprison them, thus, denying them freedom. In
her essay"Confronting Class in the Classroom," Hooks demonstrates
how noise, volume, and disruption in discussion can create possibilities
for students who do not understand academic decorum because of their class
background. In examining how to encourage students to participate in discussion
in order to improve their writing, I will employ Hooks' theories about
the reticence of students who have been prejudiced against because of
class. I will use this theory to inform my practice of writing to talk,
then talking to write.
Topic Proposal
Be sure you have consulted me about your topic before you begin to write
the proposal!
The proposal should be approximately three pages in length and should
consist of the following:
1. A clear statement that defines and limits your topic.
2. A description of your research plan. Make clear the critical problem
you want to explore, why it is important, and how you plan to go about
researching it. Describe the critical perspective you plan to use (which
must in some way connect to New Historicism), and explain how you will
use this perspective to explore your topic. Also, explain how the topic
connects to the course topic of 'chivalry.'
3. Do some preliminary research to ensure that the topic is viable. Make
a working bibliography for this research. You should find at least eight
potential secondary sources.
Proposals will be presented to the class on March 9th and March 11th.
If you are not present on both days, I will deduct points from your proposals
(unless, of course, you have a documented excuse). The proposal presentation
should be approximately five minutes in length in addition to allowing
time for questions.
Annotated Bibliography
Due March 25th
The Annotated Bibliography must contain ten secondary sources that are significant to your topic. You are responsible for researching the major scholarly issues pertaining to your topic, and these issues must be represented in the Annotated Bibliography. In other words, you should survey the kinds of scholarship pertaining to your topic so that you are familiar with the most reputable scholars and the most relevant and/ or current issues surrounding that topic. The research that you choose for this assignment should include prominent books and articles that have stimulated significant scholarly debate. You will need to go beyond JSTOR for this task. Be sure that your annotations represent a variety of sources, especially books or sections of books and articles from major scholarly journals. Use extreme discretion in your use of internet sources. Each annotation should be at least 12 sentences long. Include how the source will be of use to your specific thesis.
Dr. Carol Jamison
Gamble Hall 202C
Armstrong Atlantic State University
11935 Abercorn Street
Savannah, GA 31419
Phone: 912.344.3097