ENG 1102 Adding Research to your Work

Writing Literary Research: 

Writing Literary Research Preparing for your prose, poetry, drama, and research essays

The Research Process: 

The Research Process Research means the supporting information that helps you prove your thesis. It may come from magazines, books, journals, interviews with authors, TV shows, newspapers, etc. Or, it may come directly from the work you read.

The Research Process: 

The Research Process No matter what, you still follow a writing process: Find a topic Develop a thesis Search for sources Evaluate and take notes from the sources Revise the thesis Organize an Outline Write draft(s) Revise the drafts Document source material within the draft Write a Works Cited Page Proofread and Prepare a Final Draft

Adding Research to Your Work: 

Adding Research to Your Work For your essays and your research paper, your support will come mainly from your primary source . The research you conduct in the library will help you find secondary sources . Your primary source is the short story, poem, or drama you read for your essay. For the research paper, you’ll also need books, magazines, journals, reviews, websites, also known as secondary sources.

Adding Research to Your Work: 

Adding Research to Your Work The easiest way to add primary support to your essay is to write the essay first. Get a draft on paper. Then revise and add specific examples from your primary source to help you prove your point.

Adding Research to Your Work: 

Adding Research to Your Work Example: (from Ms. Westrick) Anthony Burgess, in his essay, speaks of the importance of James Joyce’s Dubliners in the Joycean canon. Most of Joyce’s works pertain to human society, including the speech of that society. Joyce has a strong descriptive richness, so when the language seems stale, there is a reason.

Adding Research to Your Work: 

Adding Research to Your Work Example: (from Ms. Westrick) Anthony Burgess, in his essay, speaks of the importance of James Joyce’s Dubliners in the Joycean canon. Most of Joyce’s works pertain to human society, including the speech of that society. Joyce has a strong descriptive richness, so when the language seems stale, there is a reason. Burgess writes, “where cliché occurs, cliché is intended, for most of the inhabitants of the city live in clichés” (238). Mentioning examples of romanticism in Joyce’s story Two Gallants and the deadpan humor of Grace and Clay , the author explains that language and color define Joyce’s setting as the Irish town while dialect defines the status of each character. Added support from the primary source!

Adding Research to Your Work: 

Adding Research to Your Work Once you’ve added research to your draft, make sure you use parenthetical references and a works cited list. Burgess writes, “where cliché occurs, cliché is intended, for most of the inhabitants of the city live in clichés” (238). As argued in the essay, “where cliché occurs, cliché is intended, for most of the inhabitants of the city live in clichés” (Burgess 238). Parenthetical reference! Another form!

Adding Research to Your Work: 

Adding Research to Your Work Citation of the paragraph’s primary source Burgess, Anthony. “A Paralyzed City.” James Joyce: Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man . Ed. Morris Beja . New York: The MacMillan Press Ltd, 1973. Print. 224-240. See your Harbrace Handbook for more examples!

Adding Research to Your Work: 

Adding Research to Your Work You would add secondary research the same way. Write your ideas down as your paragraph draft and then find supporting information in your other books, magazines, websites, journals, and newspapers. No matter what, you must explain your ideas using your primary source include the parenthetical (internal) documentation end with an MLA citation.