- Informal, online, or multimedia sources
- In my second literary essay I used a variety of informal sources. My most used sources were a variety of online news articles like New York Times and The Daily Beast. I also went to Pinterest to look for images of flappers in the 1920's, for images of Zelda Fitzgerald, and for famous New York architecture that was in the Art Deco form. I also went to the New York Public Library Digital Collections to look at images of French fashion in the 1920's. These sources were useful to my paper because they provided a lot more cultural insight to me than a formal scholarly resource would have provided. The images were helpful to me to visualize what exactly I was describing when I wrote about the various types of architecture and fashion.
- Literary Theory
- I used mainly the post-colonialism theory but also a little bit of the sources theory as I discussed Fitzgerald's motives for writing what he did and for his descriptions throughout the novel. For my essay it was particularly easy to blend with my topic as I was discussing the architectural and fashion impacts of those times across cultures so it was a natural thing to discuss the culture and changes of those times. I think this was effective in my essay because it gave more insight to my topic and more background to the architectural descriptions given in Great Gatsby.
- Writing Process
- This last essay I really tried to space out my writing which is fairly new for me. I usually power it all out the last day but it was super nice to be able to actually spend time editing and revising before I submitted a draft and to not have to stress the last day about writing five pages. I also tried to do most of my research before I began drafting which was very convenient because as I was writing I could just scroll down on my draft to grab the piece of evidence I needed instead of spending excessive amounts of time browsing for sources. I still think that I could do better in blocking out my paper by subject before actually drafting but that is something I can continue to work on.
Sunday, March 8, 2020
Savannah's Reflection on Literary Analysis 2
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Yeah, I agree that using informal sources for this paper helped me in a lot of way that formal sources wouldn't have. Especially in terms of just I feel like finding loose threads like the images of french fashion in the 1920's. I also feel like working with informal sources and including them can reach a wider audience because they are more relatable and using more eye-catching.
ReplyDeleteWoah, that is so interesting how you used post-colonial theory with the architectural and fashion changes! It's also super cool how you were able to tie that with a formal analysis so well. I did not think about using newspaper articles as sources, but that is a super good idea. Also, I definitely relate to your habit of writing most of a paper the last day, so I appreciated the structure and due dates we had this time!
ReplyDeleteI loved reading your paper! I learned a lot about the Great Gatsby from it, and you did integrate the theory really well into your essay. If you continue researching the Great Gatsby it might be interesting to delve into character as well as setting.
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