Practising Ideas Week 10 Lecture

Skills Session 2:Analysis and Annotated BibliographyPractising Ideas: Approaches to Theory

Dr Louise Douse

Assessment 1 - Portfolio

• When

• Friday 9th January 2015, electronic version through turnitin must be submitted.

• What

• This assessment requires you to compile a portfolio of all set writing tasks. This will include a commentary on a quotation, a summary of an article, a close analysis, and an annotated bibliography.

• Weighting of the assessment

• This assessment forms 30% of the unit.

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a) Commentary on a quotation

• Write a 250 word commentary on the following quotation:

• What is your aim in philosophy? – To shew the fly the way out of the fly-bottle.

Wittgenstein, L. (1956) Philosophical investigations. Translated by G. E. M. Anscombe. Oxford: Blackwell, p.103

b) Summary of an article

• Write a 250 word summary of the following article, available on BREO:

• Carey, J. (2005) ‘What is a work of art?’ in What good are the arts? London: Faber and Faber, pp. 1-31.



c) Close analysis

• Write a 500 word close analysis on one of the following texts:

• Night Journey by Martha Graham (Dance)

• Oedipus Rex / King Oedipus by Sophocles (Theatre)

• Romeo and Juliet by Baz Lehrmann (Performing Arts)

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (English)

d) Annotated bibliography

• Produce an annotated bibliography with a minimum of five entries based on reading you have undertaken for this unit.



c) Close analysis

• Write a 500 word close analysis on one of the following texts:






Close Analysis

• What is a close analysis?

• Close - done in a careful and thorough way

• Analysis - Detailed examination of the elements or structure of something

• Interpretation - An explanation or way of explaining

• Explanation - Making an idea clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts


Close Analysis

• How do I go about it?






Close Analysis

• Read or watch the entire text (or extract) as directed by your tutors

• Chose a section that ‘speaks’ to you

• This does not have to be yourfavourite section

• Make notes

• Comments, questions, an outline

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Close Analysis

• Consider some of the ideas we have studied over the last few weeks on this unit

• Cultural influence of the Bible

• Ideas of Antiquity

• The Renaissance

• The Enlightenment

• Romanticism

• Depending on the text you are looking at some of the ideas may or may not be relevant.

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Close Analysis

• You will need to think about both the form and the content of the text and in particular how the form contributes to the meaning of the content

• Form – the way in which the text ispresented - how

• Music/sound, lighting, style of performance, language used,set, staging

• Language, style, rhythm, genre

• Content – the meaning of the text – what

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Close Analysis

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Close Analysis

• You will need to show an understanding of how the ideas explored in your text informs how you approach your analysis

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Close Analysis

• Point – What is the aim of the close analysis? What are you going to do? Which work are you going to be looking at?

• "This close analysis examines . . .," "The aim of this close analysis is to . . .," and "The purpose of this close analysis is to . . ."

• Evidence – What research will you be using to help you do this?

• Tell us about the key theories/theorists you will be drawing on?

• Explanation – Explain how you are doing this within the structure of the close analysis.

• Provide a road map of your close analysis

Example Outline – Para 1 – IntroductionUniversity of Bedfordshire 13

Close Analysis

• Point – What is your interpretation of the section (in relation to the theoretical framework)?

• “The text could be interpreted as…”, “In section… of… an interpretation could be made of…”

• Evidence – What is the preferred reading? How do other critics interpret the text?

• Use quotes! “… argues that …”, “It has been interpreted by… as…”

• Explanation – Explain how the quotations support your interpretation.

Example Outline – Para 2 – Content Idea


Close Analysis

• Point – How does the form (language, style, genre, set, music, etc.) contribute to the meaning of the content?

• “The style of the work aids the interpretation by…”, “The use of music/language informs the content…”

• Evidence – Describe the work

• Identify key parts of the work which do the above!

• Explanation – Explain how the particular sections you have described are evidence of your point.

Example Outline – Para 3 – Formal Properties


Close Analysis

• Point – How do the ideas you have studied inform the form and content you have identified?

• Evidence – Describe the key elements of the ideas in relation to the section you have chosen

• Explanation – Explain how the ideas support the interpretations you have made

Example Outline – Para 4 – Approach


Close Analysis

• Point - Have you achieved your aim?

• What are key interpretations and ideas identified in the work?

• Evidence – Can you draw out any key points from your essay to support this?

• Do not include any new material

• Explanation – Sum up and refer back to the intro aims.

• Have you answered the brief?

Example Outline – Para 5 – Conclusion



d) Annotated bibliography

• Produce an annotated bibliography with a minimum of five entries based on reading you have undertaken for this unit.


Annotated Bibliography

• What is an annotated bibliography?

• Annotate - Add notes to (a text or diagram) giving explanation or comment

• Explanation - Making an idea clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts

• Bibliography - A list of the books referred to in a scholarly work.



• How do I go about it?

• List of 5 or more sources

• Books

• Articles

• Audio/visual sources

• Websites

• Referencing Guide



• Select the most useful sources for your close analysis

• These can be from the set reading

• Other sources beyond the set reading

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• Read the sources

• You may need to selective – skimread

• Identify key ideas within source

• Identify relevance of source

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• Use the Reference Guide on BREO to write your reference

• Remember punctuation is important

• Find information from the LibraryCatalogue

3.Write reference



• Write a couple of sentences per reference

• Identify the main point from the source

• Explain why it is relevant to yourclose analysis

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Formatting, Presentation and Layout

• Word processed

• Double-spaced

• Title page – you do not need to repeat any information from this in your essay except the title at the beginning.

• Large quotes indented and single spaces, small quotes in quotation marks and in the main body of the text

• Don’t use colloquialisms and slang

• Don’t use lists and headings

• Don’t use abbreviations

• Don’t use personal pronouns

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Formatting, Presentation and Layout

• Write numbers in full e.g. one hundred (except dates)

• Always use someone’s surname

• The first time you mention someone write their full name and dob/d

• Quote and reference.

• When writing about a performance piece/text always write the title in italics.

• Give the date a performance/text was recorded/published the first time you mention it.

• Formatting Guide available on BREO


Referencing and Plagiarism

• Academic Integrity Resource on BREO

• Details what plagiarism is

• Quiz at the end

• Department Referencing Guide

• Available on BREO


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