LITERARY RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

1. LITERARY RESEARCH METHODOLOGY SPRING 2014

2. 大綱

3. LITERARY STUDIES:WHAT AND WHY？ • Why literature and literary studies？ • Purposes: Interest, or Professional Training?

4. RESEARCH ATTITUDES(ETHICS) • Academic Honesty –知之為知之，不知為不知，是知也 (True Knowledge) • Sense of Purpose and Meanings– • Developing your interest in knowledge, reading and researching to find answers • Writing to express your ideas, to connect with society • Professionalism-- • Methodicaland Efficient • self-disciplinedand self-aware • Responsible and Correct (in citation and following MLA format)

5. RESEARCH PROCESS • Use of Tools • Knowledge Management • Critical Thinking

6. Research tools (1) • Research Guides–e.g. Literary Research Guide: An Annotated Listing of Reference Sources in English Literary Studies (5th Edition) • Dictionary(OED), Companion, History, Encyclopedia , Who’s Who or Biographies • Special Subject/Author/Theories: Critical Companion, Research Guides, Key Concept, etc. • Bibliographies and Indexes：MLAIB, • 台灣期刊論文索引系統 、臺灣人文學引文索引（Taiwan Humanities Citation Index，簡稱THCI • STPI --Research Personnel and Results Database 科技人才與研究成果服務平台,GRB For American Lit. https://www.mcgill.ca/library/sites/mcgill.ca.library/files/amlit.pdf

7. AN EXAMPLE OF PRACTICE • Research Problems: Q; In what respect was England “unique in the Europe of the year 1000”? What four aspects made it so. Kate’s Search: • “England, Europe, year 1000”  b. library book c. http://dspace.wbpublibnet.gov.in:8080/jspui/handle/10689/9876 • “England, with its national kind, its national church, its national speech, and its old and rich national literature, stood unique in the Europe of the year 1000.” (A Literary History of England p. 5)

8. RESEARCH TOOLS(2):ONLINE • FJU -- OPAC; (Online Public Access Catalog) • FJU -- Electronic Academic Database Dewey Decimal system – see next page • Interlibrary Loan Services: Interlibrary (at NDDS)、RapidILL、Loan/Return Service 代借代還(library consortium聯盟) REAL  NDDS

9. RECOMMENDED DATABASE & E-BOOKS • Database: LRC, ASC E-Books • Literary Movements for Students: Presenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on Literary Movements • Cambridge Guide • Cambridge Companion • Routledge: Key Concepts • Palgrave series

10. DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM

11. THE 800’S • 800 Literature & rhetoric 801 Philosophy & theory 802 Miscellany 803 Dictionaries & encyclopedias 804 Not assigned or no longer used 805 Serial publications 806 Organizations 807 Education, research, related topics 808 Rhetoric & collections of literature 809 Literary history & criticism • 810 American literature in English 811 Poetry 812 Drama 813 Fiction 814 Essays  815 Speeches 816 Letters 817 Satire & humor 818 Miscellaneous writings 820 English & Old English literatures 821 English poetry 822 English drama 823 English fiction 824 English essays 825 English speeches 826 English letters 827 English satire & humor 828 English miscellaneous writings 829 Old English (Anglo-Saxon)

12. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION • P – Language and Literature • Subclass PN – Literature (General) • Subclass PQ – French literature – Italian literature – Spanish literature – Portuguese literature • Subclass PR – English literature • Subclass PS – American literature

13. RESEARCH TOOLS(3):ONLINE • 研究生2.0 http://newgenerationresearcher.blogspot.tw/ • 總站 (Gateway)： • ACLA--General Research Listings (美國比較文學學會提供links to associations, full text sites and much more) • BUBL Catalog of Internet Resources: Literature and Rhetoric • Luminaria: Anthology of English Literature （英國文學中世紀～17世紀） • Voice of the Shuttle Literary Theory • Voice of the Shuttle Literature(English) • Voice of the Shuttle Literatures(非英語Other than English) • Orlando, Victorian Web • Search Engines: Google Book and Google Scholar, SearchTeam Academic social networks…Slideshare, Scribd)

14. RESEARCH SKILLS • blanketresearch + snowballing + Needle in the haystack (author name in keyword search) • one-search-box: streamlined search interface • Knowledge Management： Endnote, refwork, Acrobat Professional, Word, One Note, EverNote, • Be careful with copying & pasting • MS. Word –usage of Title and multiple windows • Note-Taking –different ways in dealing with primary texts and secondary texts

15. RESEARCH METHODS • Traditional • Thematic • Critical-Theoretical (not necessarily using critical theories)

16. THEMATIC STUDIES • 空間、地點、房子 Space, Place and House • 記憶與創傷 Memory and Trauma • 家庭、童年 Family and Childhood • 慾望、詭異 Desire and the Uncanny • 中國形象 Image of China • 奇觀 (spectacle) • 死亡 Death • 幻想 Fantasy • 國家與全球化 Nation and Globalization • 文類研究：自傳, etc. Studies of Genre: e.g. autobiography, etc.

17. TRADITIONAL RESEARCH METHODS

18. A HYMN TO GOD THE FATHER WILT Thou forgive that sin where I begun, Which was my sin, though it were done before? Wilt Thou forgive that sin through which I run, And do run still, though still I do deplore? When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done; 5 For I have more. Done/Donne

19. A HYMN TO GOD THE FATHER Wilt Thou forgive that sin which I have won Others to sin, and made my sins their door? Wilt Thou forgive that sin which I did shun A year or two, but wallow'd in a score? 10 When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done; For I have more. I have a sin of fear, that when I've spun My last thread, I shall perish on the shore; But swear by Thyself that at my death Thy Son 15 Shall shine as He shines now and heretofore: And having done that, Thou hast done; I fear no more.

20. TRADITIONAL RESEARCH • extrinsic studies: seeing literature as an example of language (philology) or history (history of ideas) • for new critics, traditional critics • ignore literature’s intrinsic values • Subordinate literature to the other disciplines (history, biography, moral philosophy, etc.) • New Criticism, Formalist Criticism：Confirms • Literature as an independent discipline, • uniqueness of literary language, • Uniqueness of literary studies.

21. POSSIBLE CRITICAL ISSUES