Ariel's Annotated Bibliography on Hamlet

Working Annotated Bibliography - Hamlet

My research on Hamlet & archetypal criticism has led me to research character and genre (tragic hero and tragedy, as well as other archetypes), and ways in which Hamlet sacrifices himself for the state of Denmark and those around him. I’ve gotten some examples for archetypes besides tragic hero, as well as analyses on the politics in the play. Next, I will try next to find some images that could tie into either Denmark’s political stance during the time, or Hamlet’s sacrifices for others.

•       Book found on Google Scholar

Foakes, R. A. Hamlet versus Lear: Cultural Politics and Shakespeares Art. Cambridge University Press, 1993.

This book gives analysis on the political aspects in the play, and how Hamlet loses his political influence through his actions. This can help me understand how royalty can disinherit their thrones, as well as the significance of losing a Prince’s status.

• E-Book found on Google Scholar

Charnes, Linda. Hamlets Heirs: Shakespeare and the Politics of a New Millennium. Routledge, 2006.

Charnes ties in how 9/11 and political corruption led her to believe Hamlet has underlining themes regarding political corruption, and paternal control. This can help me further connect the politics behind Hamlet but also could introduce why Hamlet sacrifices so much for his deceased father.

•  Video transcript on a blog

“Act 1, Scene 1 - Video Note: Political Situation in Denmark.” MyShakespeare, 9 Feb. 2020, myshakespeare.com/hamlet/act-1-scene-1-video-note-political-situation-denmark.

In the transcript, it mentions how there is double meaning behind Horatio’s speech regarding Fortinbras’s men, and how one reason he might have gotten nobility to join his army is in exchange for provisions. This could suggest politically everyone was tense because of famine, and that could be a political influencer behind Hamlet’s actions.

• Video on YouTube

davidtennantdotcom. “David Tennant on Playing Hamlet.” YouTube, BBC, 4 July 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2L8pDhxweM&t=2s.

David Tennant mentions how each actor who plays Hamlet creates a new identity for the character, and each actor interprets Hamlet in a unique way. Perhaps there’s an interpretation that makes Hamlet more sacrificial or more politically driven.

•  Journal article from JSTOR

Birenbaum, Harvey. “‘To Be and Not to Be’ the Archetypal Form of Hamlet.” Pacific Coast Philology, vol. 16, no. 1, 1981, pp. 19–28. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1316694. Accessed 23 Mar. 2020.

This covers a wide list of archetypes in Hamlet. This might be a tangent I shouldn’t carry onto, or it could give me more examples on how the play is archetypal besides character and genre. 

Jaidyn’s Annotated Bibliography on “The Little Prince” and Childhood.

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I noticed that a lot of the things I researched tended to be about childhood vs. adulthood. Based on my research, I am thinking about making my paper about why “The Little Prince” is so widely appealing, why it rings so true even though it is clearly fictional and fantastical.

[Book review found through the Literary Reference Center]
HUNTER, SARAH. “Another Look At: Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s The Little Prince.” Booklist, vol. 115, no. 4, Oct. 2018, p. 54. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lfh&AN=132373077&site=ehost-live&scope=site.
This article explores the question of whether “The Little Prince” is directed to children or adults. The author, a professional reviewer of children’s books, explains that though the book technically lacks elements of a strong narrative, it still has a strong appeal for all age groups. Why?

[Thesis found through a search on ProQuest]
Jiang, Y. I. (2018). Visions of the sedentary "I"/Eye: Subjectivation in "the little prince" (Order No. 10637054). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (1992490457). Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.erl.lib.byu.edu/docview/1992490457?accountid=4488
This thesis uses “The Little Prince” to define what people mean by the phrase “grow up.” It could have some interesting ways to compare what it means to be a child with what it means to be an adult, and look at the extent to which those things are social constructions.

[Newspaper found through a newspaper archive that BYU has access to]
Nowell. “French Flier Philosophizes in New Book.” Stanford Daily , 21 Nov. 1939, p. 4, https://access-newspaperarchive-com.erl.lib.byu.edu/us/california/stanford/stanford-daily/1939/11-21/page-4/antoine-saint-exupery?psb=relevance.
An interesting little semi-biography of Saint Exupery. It talks a bit about his own desert plane crash, which could lead to comparisons between himself and the book’s narrator, and how his writing is meant to show the narrow line between life and death.

[Book that I “looked inside” on Amazon]
Higgins, James E. The Little Prince: a Reverie of Substance. Twayne Publishers, 1996.
This book looks like it explores the themes of childhood and innocence. It is also written by an academic, which means it will be very specific, and could possibly lead to some good social research.

[Article found through JSTOR]
Steadman, Sharilyn C. “Speaking My Mind: Breaking Down Literature Boxes While Traveling with the Little Prince.” The English Journal, vol. 102, no. 1, 2012, pp. 98–99. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/23269393. Accessed 23 Mar. 2020.
Focuses on genre and breaking down distinctions between genre. This could help me develop a definition claim based on genre, if I decide I want to do that.

Eliza's Annotated Bibliography on Dulce Et Decorum Est

I took a little different approach to my study of "Dulce Et Decorum Est" this time around. Because I have already spent so much time researching the actual poem itself, I have decided to research more about the psychological effects of vulnerability and expectations, which are reflected in the poem. This has been a fascinating string of research in light of this poem. Something that it opened me up to which I didn't even realize, was how effective the use of flashbacks are in the poem, while comparing the vulnerability and expectations of the young narrator, the soldier who recruits him, and then the narrator after his experience in the war. I'm excited to see the different places where this research takes me with this poem. There are so many things about vulnerability and expectations that I've found already that are applicable to the poem.

[TED talk on vulnerability by Brene Brown]
Brown, Brené. “Transcript of ‘The Power of Vulnerability.’” TED, June 2010, www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_the_power_of_vulnerability/transcript?language=en#t-1196911.
This talk was awesome! The speaker goes into detail about why we need vulnerability, and what makes us vulnerable in the first place. I was able to find several connections between her ideas and the psychological attitudes of the narrator.


[Article that I cited in a research paper I wrote a couple of years ago]
Ong, Anthony D., et al. “The Health Significance of Positive Emotions in Adulthood and Later Life.” Wiley Online Library, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 1 Aug. 2011, onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00370.x.
This is a really neat article that talks about the health benefits of positive emotions. And that is helpful for this paper, but moreso what I was looking for was how positive emotions change over our lifetime, and there was lots of good stuff that talked about that as well.


[Article found using the Scopus database from the HBLL website]
Lu, H., et al. "Promotion Or Inhibition? Moral Norms, Anticipated Emotion and Employee's Pro-Environmental Behavior." Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 258, 2020. SCOPUS, www.scopus.com, doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120858.
This article talks about the effects of environment for someone's emotions. And not only that, but it also talks about how we are affected by anticipated emotions. Not only is this going to help me with my research about vulnerability, but something else that I want to talk about that I haven't really delved into quite yet is how the narrator's expectations, and anticipated emotions, changed his experience and the way he handled everything that happened while he was a soldier.


[Book found on Amazon]
Breuning, Loretta Graziano. The Science of Positivity: Stop Negative Thought Patterns by Changing Your Brain Chemistry. Adams Media, 2017.
What interests me most about this book, is that it talks about how cynical thought habits are formed. This interests me in light of the poem "Dulce Et Decorum Est", because of the flashback sequence that is mentioned in one of the middle stanzas in the poem. Obviously, the boy is going to have recurring nightmares about his experience, but I wonder if any of the strategies mentioned in this book are also displayed by him. 


[Book recommended by Amazon, also mentioned in above TED talk]
Brown Brené. The Power of Vulnerability Teachings on Authenticity, Connection, & Courage. Sounds True, 2012.
The reason why I think this book would be a useful piece of literature to extract from for my research paper, is that I would like to analyze how the lack of vulnerability of the soldier who recruits the narrator. If he had been more vulnerable, would it have changed the outcome for the boy? Maybe the lack of vulnerability of the soldier was a conscious choice? I'm hoping this book can help me answer some of these questions the more I get into it. 

Maddi's Annotated Bibliography on The Yellow Wallpaper and New Historicism

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Surprisingly, my research took me in a more feminist approach to the text. I had originally tried to avoid this discussion because it is so overdone with my text, however, my research seems to have given me a unique perspective of feminist disability that would juxtapose well with "The Picture Of Dorian Gray" that I had started in my previous essay. Diving into the ideas of hysteria being a feminine illness, as well as the idea of feminine disability in relation to that, will add a lot of depth to my paper! I do however want to continue to focus on the historical critique of mental illnesses, and how these two topics can relate to each other! I'll have to do similar research on Oscar Wilde and see what comparison I can draw up. 

1. [newspaper clipping found online in American Periodicals]                                                 Druggist, National. "Medical Progress.: The Detection of Arsenic in Wall-paper." Medical News (1882-1905) 59.6 (1891): 158. ProQuest. 18 Mar. 2020.                                                      This newspaper clipping comes from the same era as "The Yellow Wallpaper" was written, and discusses how wallpaper at the time could have contained arsenic. I find this particularly interesting, as the cause of the women's hysteria seems to rely on her surroundings and her inability to "work". I like the idea of it being the wallpaper that could have poisoned her mind-- taking a literal approach instead of a symbolic one.
2. [journal article found online through ProQuest]                                                                        Quawas, Rula.. "A New Woman's Journey into Insanity: Descent and Retrun in The Yellow Wallpaper." AUMLA : Journal of the Australasian Universities Modern Langugae Association. 105 (2006): 35,53,147-148. ProQuestu. 20 Mar. 2020.                                                              This article gave a great insight to many different theoretical approaches to the text, but one that stood out to me was the idea of hysteria being portrayed as a feminine illness, and how it is a result of oppression and anger. I liked this idea, and I want to explore the idea of hysteria being a feminine illness and relate that back to Dorian Gray-- his beauty being feminine, and ultimately the source of his own madness.
3. [short film adaptation created by college students found on Youtube]                                            Louise Crossan. "The Yellow Wallpaper: Short Film." YouTube.com, 5 April 2017. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9PunrALJVc>                                                                     This isn't necessarily a scholarly source, but I wanted to put it here because it created a new perspective for me to read the short story in. In this adaptation, the story takes place in an asylum, and what we read from the unreliable narrator is completely fictitious-- being made up in her mind. I liked this perspective of how the world sees the narrator, as completely insane and beyond help, rather that ill and in need of help. It adds to the argument I want to make being that the novel teaches that the world is insane because of it's practices, rather than the wife being insane. 
4. [thesis found online through BYU's Scholar Archive]                                                                     Hood, Rebekah Michele, "Invisible Voices: Revising Feminist Approaches to Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Including the Narrative of Mental Illness" (2017). All Theses and Dissertations. 6678. <https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6678.>                                This theses focuses on exactly what I had written in my previous drafts of my paper, and added extra insight to the idea of "feminist disability". This is an idea I had skirted around in my paper, but couldn't quite name. I like this view more than my originial claim, and I want to work in the idea of feminist disability into my paper a little bit more!
5. [jounal article found through a bibliography]                                                                                  Thrailkill, Jane F. "Doctoring "the Yellow Wallpaper"." ELH 69.2 (2002): 525-66. ProQuest. 20 Mar. 2020.                                                                                                                                       This journal article focuses a lot on the medical practices surrounding "The Yellow Wallpaper" and goes into specifics into the context of these practices. I hadn't before done enough research on the methods used or their implications, and I love how they are worked in to explaining the orinigal reception of the text in the 1890's, removed from the feminist criticism we receive it with today.                                        

Magda's Annotated Bibliography on The Fault in Our Stars and Archetypes

Working Annotated Bibliography : The Fault in Our Stars

As I’ve researched The Fault in Our Stars, I’ve realized that it fits under two genres: tragic romances and what I will call “cancer books”. I’ve come to find that how the characters and their philosophies (specifically existentialism and surrealism) fit into these archetypes tries to convey something about the nature of life and the nature of love. So I think that I will be delving into Hazel, Augustus, and possibly Peter Van Houten and whether or not they fulfill their character archetypes, and I will also be doing more research on existentialism and surrealism, since those two schools of thought seem to be at war in the novel.

1. [magazine article found using EBSCO]

Burton, Tara Isabella. “Existentialism for Millenials.” America Magazine, America Media, 5 August 2019, pp. 32-35.

This is an article that explains how millennials view the school of thought known as existentialism. It argues that this philosophy is becoming more and more popular among youth of today, which is interesting considering The Fault in Our Stars consists of a lot of existential themes, and the main character, Hazel, seems to be an existentialist (and a millenial) herself. This article could help me to understand more about what existentialism is, where it exists, and why it is popular today so that I can better understand themes and symbolism used throughout the book.

2. [print book found by reading the interview with John Green on Goodreads]

Esther, Lori, and Wayne Earl. This Star Won’t Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl. Dutton Books for Young Readers, 2014.

This book actually happens to be about the girl who inspired Hazel Grace Lancaster (the protagonist of The Fault in our Stars). Since I will be focusing a lot on Hazel Grace and the archetype of her “sick girl” character, it might be informative to learn about the actual girl who inspired the character. It would be interesting to learn whether or not John Green changed her to fit an archetype or not.

3. [interview with John Green found on Goodreads]

Green, John. Interview by Jade Chang. Goodreads, 4 Dec 2012, https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/828.John_Green. Accessed 22 March, 2020.

This is an interview that John Green had specifically about The Fault in our Stars and what inspired him to write it. He talks a lot in this interview about archetypes and how dangerous they are, which makes me think that he is probably purposefully straying from archetypes instead of fulfilling them, like I previously thought.

4. [radio interview with John Green found by using Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors]

Green, John. Interview by Scott Simon. “‘Star’-Crossed: When Teens With Cancer Fall in Love.” Weekend Edition Saturday, 28 Jan 2012, https://www.npr.org/2012/01/28/145903081/star-crossed-when-teens-with-cancer-fall-in-love. Accessed 22 March, 2020.

This is another interview where John Green talks about The Fault in Our Stars, but here he talks more specifically about the people that inspired the book- not specifically Esther Earl, but other sick children who he spoke in depth with. He discusses how we as a society tend to view sick people, and why we should try to fix the way we view them. This could be useful if I wanted to add a bit of Critical Disabilities Analysis into my paper.

5. [magazine article found using EBSCO]

Silverman, Marcus M. “Rene Magritte and the Denial of Meaning.” Modern Psychoanalysis, Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies, 2012, pp. 69-98.

This is an article about Rene Magritte, who painted the famous “Ceci n’est pas une pipe”, which is a work of surrealism referenced a few times in The Fault in our Stars. After reading a little bit of it, it seems that Rene Magritte and the character of Peter Van Houten have a lot in common, and they both echo themes of surrealism presented throughout the book. They both address the idea that this life is all we get, and that we shouldn’t look for meaning in it, because there is none. The difference between this and existentialism seems to be a prevalent conflict in the novel, and it is important to know the difference between the two in order to prove my thesis.

6. [youtube video found by searching “john green the fault in our stars” on youtube]

“The Fault in Our Stars Special | John Green.” YouTube, uploaded by Puffin Books, 6 Feb 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ue3P0bLD7g.
This is a youtube video in which John Green talks about the genre of “cancer books”. He actually lists out clearly the archetypes of “the sick character” and “the healthy character” and the basic premise of all “cancer books” and talks about what he wanted to do specifically with his “cancer book”. This will help me understand the archetypes that I am to focus on and whether Hazel and Gus fit those archetypes.

Dylan's Annotated Bibliography on The Sound and the Fury and Race

As I researched I was encouraged to follow the a few veins on which I had been considering. This novel provides an insightful glance into the South and their relationship with their roots and I hope to continue researching how this relationship has changed with time and how certain characters have tried to stop that change.

1. [online excerpt of paper found on JSTOR]

Castille, Philip D. "Dilsey's Easter Conversion in Faulkner's "the Sound and the Fury"." Studies in the Novel, vol. 24, no. 4, 1992, pp. 423-433. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/29532897.

This source included some interesting ideas that follow a similar pattern to where my thoughts on this book had originally travelled. I can use this source to support some of the key points in the novel where the Easter weekend comes into play, but then angle it towards a more broad idea in race relations during the period.

2. [online excerpt from an old newspaper found on JSTOR]

Coindreau, Maurice, and George M. Reeves. "Preface to "the Sound and the Fury"." The Mississippi Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 3, 1966, pp. 107-115. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/26473548.

This source provides important insight into the organization of the novel itself from a reputable source. I can use this source both as an aid for myself in organizing the novel within my own mind as a secondary source to help explain the overall layout of the novel.

3. [online dissertation found on ProQuest]

Gleason, Kevin D. “Not Gone Or Vanished either”: William Faulkner's use of Memory and Imagination. Edited by Christopher Stuart., The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, United States -- Tennessee, 2011. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, https://search-proquest-com.erl.lib.byu.edu/docview/878894646?accountid=4488.

This source adds an interesting perspective on the novel and its use of certain techniques, particularly memories in the realm of stream-of-consciousness. I think it will provide an interesting avenue to further explore the relationship between Dilsey's family and the Compsons.

4. [online encyclopedia found on the BYU library site]

Hamblin, Robert W., and Charles A. Peek. A William Faulkner Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport, Conn, 1999, https://www.lib.byu.edu/cgi-bin/remoteauth.pl?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=77744&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

This source provides a lot of background information on Faulkner's life and a lot of interesting facts about his life being tied into his work. I think this will help me get inside of Faulkner's own mind even better. Already I have found a lot of evidence that he did not agree with the South's overall treatment of African Americans.

5. [online paper found on MUSE]

John Earl Bassett. Family Conflict in the Sound and the Fury. vol. 9, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981, https://muse.jhu.edu/article/440598.

This source primarily focuses on the Compson family but, Dilsey and her family are integral to their plight. This source does not neglect them and I believe I can use it to examine more closely the relationship between the two groups.

Savannah's Annotated Bibliography on Great Gatsby

Working Annotated Bibliography: Great Gatsby

The articles that caught my attention the most were the articles discussing how fashion impacted feminism in the 1920's. This is a pretty obscure topic but I'm hoping that through further research and inference I can find out more to see if it's a solid route of research. I'm curious to see how I can tie this in to the Great Gatsby but I'm hoping through Fitzgerald's descriptions of women and fashion I can make those inferences.

1.  [Online Picture found on ARTSTOR]
Jeanne Lanvin, French, 1867-1946, (Designer),. Ensemble, Evening. Summer 1923, Image: 2006. Artstor, library-artstor-org.erl.lib.byu.edu/asset/ABROOKLYNIG_10312348127
This image is a dress designed by Jeanne Lanvin, and attached to the image is a short description about why she designed these dresses the way she did and what styles are popular i.e. sparce surface embellishments, and even creating her own color of blue dye.

2. [Article found on JSTOR]
Roberts, Mary Louise. “Samson and Delilah Revisited: The Politics of Women's Fashion in 1920s France.” The American Historical Review, vol. 98, no. 3, 1993, pp. 657–684. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2167545. Accessed 18 Mar. 2020.
This article was discussing the politics of fashion in France in the 1920's, and discussing the backlash from males that women had when they began dressing more "scandalously", or cutting their hair in bobs. 

3. [Article found on JSTOR]
Aspers, Patrik, and Frédéric Godart. “Sociology of Fashion: Order and Change.” Annual Review of Sociology, vol. 39, 2013, pp. 171–192., www.jstor.org/stable/43049631. Accessed 18 Mar. 2020.
This article discussed the history and sociology of fashion throughout times and in different countries.  It requires a lot of filtering through to find the portions about France and New York fashion in the 1920's however, once you find it it has a good amount information about the cultural impacts of fashion in those times. 

4. [Article found on JSTOR]
The Fashion Praxis Collective. “Fashion—Precarity—Labor.” Women's Studies Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 3/4, 2017, pp. 229–233. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/26421135. Accessed 18 Mar. 2020.
This article was interesting because it gave me information about how the fashion mercantile industry was primarily powered by women and children workers in the 1920's. This makes me wonder about a connection between the changes in fashion in the 1920's and how they tie into the production industry being powered by women.

5. [Article found on JSTOR]
Honey, Maureen. “Gotham's Daughters: Feminism in the 1920s.” American Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, 1990, pp. 25–40. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40642351. Accessed 22 Mar. 2020.
This article provided me with more information about feminism in the 1920's and societal gender roles. It was interesting because there was a portion of the article that discussed fictional heroines in the 1920's and how they compare to realistic gender roles.