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Environment & Eco-criticism
Environment -- Agriculture -- Chemicals
Colonialism
Racism in French History: 20th Century
Imperialism -- History -- 19th century
France -- Colonies -- Administration
France -- Colonies -- Race Relations
Postcolonialism -- French-speaking countries
Tahiti (French Polynesia: island) -- Colonization
Romanticism -- French Polynesia
Indigenous Women -- Islands of the Pacific -- Public Opinion
Paul Gauguin, Montagnes Tahitiennes |
French 397/493G: Seminar: Francophone Ecocriticism & Postcolonial Theory in Dialogue
Karen Gillum kjgillum@colby.edu |
Think Strategically about Your Research
*Biographical? Try Credo, Larousse or monographic biographies. *Contemporary public opinions? Search, e.g., ARTFL, NCCO, Gallica, historical books. *Literary analyses of an author? Search in MLA International Bibliography and library catalogues. |
Citations -
show the research path someone took to develop an idea, and they provide leads for other researchers
You need to cite -
when you directly quote someone else, when you refer to another person's ideas or when you outline someone else's argument or line of reasoning. You also need to give credit when you use an image, audio, or video clip (if permitted by copyright provisions).
Use the citation style recommended by your instructor. Brief description of one commonly used style, with links to further examples, appear below. See also the Libraries' comprehensive guide, All About Citations.
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Use MLA style to create citations in the Humanities
EXAMPLE of MLA Style on a Works Cited page for a journal article retrieved from a database:
Goodheart, Eugene. "Orwell and the Bad Writing Controversy." CLIO: A Journal of Literature, History, and the Philosophy of History, vol. 28, no. 4, 1999, pp. 439-43. ProQuest Literature Online, literature.proquest.com/pageImage.do?ftnum=46697542&fmt=page&area=abell&journalid=08842043&articleid=R01518721&pubdate=1999&queryid=2954634888204. Accessed 23 July 2017.
thus the formula is:
Author. "Title of Article." Title of Journal, volume #, issue #, year, page #s. Name of Database. [doi or url.] Date of access [day month year].
IN-TEXT: put source information in parentheses just after a quotation or paraphrase.
Is plain speech really an "antidote to dishonesty and brutality in politics" (Goodheart 439)?