THESIS WORKSHOP ON Jan 24th
We would sit in a circle, and exchange ideas on
what we have (not) learnt from this semester’s journey. It would also be a
brainstorming session for the final project: each student should have their
thesis topic/main argument (tentative) and chosen films ready, and you are
expected to present (informally) your basic ideas for the final paper and ask
questions to each other.
Final
Paper: Due on Feb 2nd
Thursday, 5pm
Write a 1500 word essay (typed, double-spaced,
12-point font, and 1” margins all around); CMS format style; see https://library.osu.edu/documents/english/FINALlibrary_CMS.pdf)
In
your final paper, one of the films you are writing about should be from the films
highlighted in our class (including both the screened ones and homework viewing
ones—see your syllabus); at least 2 references you will be
using should be from our syllabus (at least 1 from the Required Readings); you are
always welcome to quote other academic/semi-academic sources.
SUBMISSION: Please submit the essay, in Microsoft WORD (unless
you don’t have it) to the lecturer’s email address maran@lit.nagoya-u.ac.jp with the subject “Final Paper ACC”.
I’d send out confirmation
email once your assignment is received. Late submission is not accepted unless
emergency happens.
Format
Include the following
information at the top of each assignment:
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Your Name
Course Title
Submission Date
Final Paper
Title of article
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AIM: You are expected to review, evaluate and
even critique certain concepts (such as keywords proposed or elaborated on by
scholars) and/or arguments (much detailed explanations). You should be able to present your own interpretation and viewpoints
further by referring to specific films (production features; styles; themes and
subjects, etc.) listed in the syllabus. You are also encouraged to keep the
balance between the analysis of film texts and the critical reading of the
theories.
Your papers should reflect your understanding
and analysis of the chosen issue using the ideas, concepts, and theories
learned from the class. You should apply those ideas and theories to a text and
the related issues. A good paper will first introduce (1) WHAT key ideas you
will discuss in relation to your chosen topic and highlight particular points
that interest you most; (2) analyze your chosen text/case/issue/phenomenon in
relation to some ideas in the readings. Show with quotes and illustrative
examples from your chosen text/case/issue/phenomenon to elaborate HOW the ideas
in the readings can be applied usefully to analyze the topic of your interest.
Elaborate on WHAT your insights are and explain WHY you think this way.
Note on Plagiarism:
Plagiarism: A writer
who presents the ideas of words of another as if they were the writer’s own
(that is, without proper citation) commits plagiarism. Plagiarism is not
tolerable in this course or at Nagoya University. You should avoid making
quotes or drawing on figures from nowhere—you must provide sources of reference
for quotation and/or citations you use in the paper. This applies to images and
media clips as well. Failure to observe this would risk being charged of
plagiarism. In this University, plagiarism is a disciplinary offence. Any
student who commits the offence is liable to disciplinary action. [All assignments/papers
will be checked]
