Practising Ideas Week 10 Lecture
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Skills Session 2:Analysis and Annotated BibliographyPractising Ideas: Approaches to Theory
Dr Louise Douse
Assessment 1 - Portfolio
• When
• Friday 9th January 2015, electronic version through turnitin must be submitted.
• What
• This assessment requires you to compile a portfolio of all set writing tasks. This will include a commentary on a quotation, a summary of an article, a close analysis, and an annotated bibliography.
• Weighting of the assessment
• This assessment forms 30% of the unit.
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Assessment 1 - Portfolio
a) Commentary on a quotation
• Write a 250 word commentary on the following quotation:
• What is your aim in philosophy? – To shew the fly the way out of the fly-bottle.
Wittgenstein, L. (1956) Philosophical investigations. Translated by G. E. M. Anscombe. Oxford: Blackwell, p.103
b) Summary of an article
• Write a 250 word summary of the following article, available on BREO:
• Carey, J. (2005) ‘What is a work of art?’ in What good are the arts? London: Faber and Faber, pp. 1-31.
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Assessment 1 - Portfolio
c) Close analysis
• Write a 500 word close analysis on one of the following texts:
• Night Journey by Martha Graham (Dance)
• Oedipus Rex / King Oedipus by Sophocles (Theatre)
• Romeo and Juliet by Baz Lehrmann (Performing Arts)
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (English)
d) Annotated bibliography
• Produce an annotated bibliography with a minimum of five entries based on reading you have undertaken for this unit.
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Assessment 1 - Portfolio
c) Close analysis
• Write a 500 word close analysis on one of the following texts:
• Night Journey by Martha Graham (Dance)
• Oedipus Rex / King Oedipus by Sophocles (Theatre)
• Romeo and Juliet by Baz Lehrmann (Performing Arts)
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (English)
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Close Analysis
• What is a close analysis?
• Close - done in a careful and thorough way
• Analysis - Detailed examination of the elements or structure of something
• Interpretation - An explanation or way of explaining
• Explanation - Making an idea clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts
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Close Analysis
• How do I go about it?
• Night Journey by Martha Graham (Dance)
• Oedipus Rex / King Oedipus by Sophocles (Theatre)
• Romeo and Juliet by Baz Lehrmann (Performing Arts)
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (English)
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Close Analysis
• Read or watch the entire text (or extract) as directed by your tutors
• Chose a section that ‘speaks’ to you
• This does not have to be yourfavourite section
• Make notes
• Comments, questions, an outline
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Close Analysis
• Consider some of the ideas we have studied over the last few weeks on this unit
• Cultural influence of the Bible
• Ideas of Antiquity
• The Renaissance
• The Enlightenment
• Romanticism
• Depending on the text you are looking at some of the ideas may or may not be relevant.
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Close Analysis
• You will need to think about both the form and the content of the text and in particular how the form contributes to the meaning of the content
• Form – the way in which the text ispresented - how
• Music/sound, lighting, style of performance, language used,set, staging
• Language, style, rhythm, genre
• Content – the meaning of the text – what
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Close Analysis
• You will need to show an understanding of how the ideas explored in your text informs how you approach your analysis
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Close Analysis
• Point – What is the aim of the close analysis? What are you going to do? Which work are you going to be looking at?
• "This close analysis examines . . .," "The aim of this close analysis is to . . .," and "The purpose of this close analysis is to . . ."
• Evidence – What research will you be using to help you do this?
• Tell us about the key theories/theorists you will be drawing on?
• Explanation – Explain how you are doing this within the structure of the close analysis.
• Provide a road map of your close analysis
Example Outline – Para 1 – IntroductionUniversity of Bedfordshire 13
Close Analysis
• Point – What is your interpretation of the section (in relation to the theoretical framework)?
• “The text could be interpreted as…”, “In section… of… an interpretation could be made of…”
• Evidence – What is the preferred reading? How do other critics interpret the text?
• Use quotes! “… argues that …”, “It has been interpreted by… as…”
• Explanation – Explain how the quotations support your interpretation.
Example Outline – Para 2 – Content Idea
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Close Analysis
• Point – How does the form (language, style, genre, set, music, etc.) contribute to the meaning of the content?
• “The style of the work aids the interpretation by…”, “The use of music/language informs the content…”
• Evidence – Describe the work
• Identify key parts of the work which do the above!
• Explanation – Explain how the particular sections you have described are evidence of your point.
Example Outline – Para 3 – Formal Properties
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Close Analysis
• Point – How do the ideas you have studied inform the form and content you have identified?
• Evidence – Describe the key elements of the ideas in relation to the section you have chosen
• Explanation – Explain how the ideas support the interpretations you have made
Example Outline – Para 4 – Approach
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Close Analysis
• Point - Have you achieved your aim?
• What are key interpretations and ideas identified in the work?
• Evidence – Can you draw out any key points from your essay to support this?
• Do not include any new material
• Explanation – Sum up and refer back to the intro aims.
• Have you answered the brief?
Example Outline – Para 5 – Conclusion
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Assessment 1 - Portfolio
d) Annotated bibliography
• Produce an annotated bibliography with a minimum of five entries based on reading you have undertaken for this unit.
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Annotated Bibliography
• What is an annotated bibliography?
• Annotate - Add notes to (a text or diagram) giving explanation or comment
• Explanation - Making an idea clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts
• Bibliography - A list of the books referred to in a scholarly work.
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Annotated Bibliography
• How do I go about it?
• List of 5 or more sources
• Books
• Articles
• Audio/visual sources
• Websites
• Referencing Guide
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Annotated Bibliography
• Select the most useful sources for your close analysis
• These can be from the set reading
• Other sources beyond the set reading
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Annotated Bibliography
• Read the sources
• You may need to selective – skimread
• Identify key ideas within source
• Identify relevance of source
2.Read/watch them!University of Bedfordshire 22
Annotated Bibliography
• Use the Reference Guide on BREO to write your reference
• Remember punctuation is important
• Find information from the LibraryCatalogue
3.Write reference
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Annotated Bibliography
• Write a couple of sentences per reference
• Identify the main point from the source
• Explain why it is relevant to yourclose analysis
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Formatting, Presentation and Layout
• Word processed
• Double-spaced
• Title page – you do not need to repeat any information from this in your essay except the title at the beginning.
• Large quotes indented and single spaces, small quotes in quotation marks and in the main body of the text
• Don’t use colloquialisms and slang
• Don’t use lists and headings
• Don’t use abbreviations
• Don’t use personal pronouns
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Formatting, Presentation and Layout
• Write numbers in full e.g. one hundred (except dates)
• Always use someone’s surname
• The first time you mention someone write their full name and dob/d
• Quote and reference.
• When writing about a performance piece/text always write the title in italics.
• Give the date a performance/text was recorded/published the first time you mention it.
• Formatting Guide available on BREO
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