As you research your topic and begin compiling sources for your annotated bibliography, you should begin to gain an overview of the academic conversation you are attempting to enter. Asking why and how author A is linked to author B is a question worth exploring in almost any context or discipline because it leads to a deeper understanding of the conversation and the people that shape it. Your goal for this assignment is to create a map of this academic conversation by tracing Intertextualities. Some questions to address include the following:
1.
Where did the conversation begin and who started it?
2.
When did the conversation begin and how long has it been going on?
3.
Who are the major players in the discussion and how do you know that?
4.
What is their textual contribution?
5.
What are some of the claims they are making in those texts?
6.
What authors are directly and indirectly connected?
7.
Where and how are they connected?
8.
What ideas do they share or build around?
9.
How have these ideas of the major players influenced the way other authors
think and look at the discourse community, or look at what constitutes
knowledge in that community?
10.
What assumptions do these texts make about their referents, readers, and
contexts?
11.
What kinds of different audiences are influenced by the content of this text or
conversation?
12.
What theories or cues are relied upon in this conversation and how do these
theories shape the conversation?
13.
What other fields are influencing this conversation and how much do these
theories shape the conversation?
You
have two options for this assignment, depending on the type of thinker and
organizer you are. You may use either approach or a combination of approaches,
as long as you address many of the questions listed above.
Approach
# 1: Listing—Create several detailed lists, including a list for key figures,
their texts and their claims, the year(s) in which these texts were created.
You may also include lists of key theories, focal points, terms and questions
or other relevant categories.
Approach
#2: Informal Report—Write up a report that details these intertextual
connections and provides an overview of the conversation and addresses many of
the above questions.
You
have a good amount of leeway in how you choose to interpret this assignment,
but you should see this as a foundation for getting deeper into your research
area. You will use much of the information you collect here as part of your
literature review and final paper, so please try to see your work here as an
investment in your future success in this class.
I
am not concerned with issues of format or other formal conventions, though
in-text citations and bibliographic information may help you keep track of your
work.
You are your
main audience for this assignment
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