Works looked at: High Noon (Film), Song of Solomon (Book), The Shawshank Redempt
Works looked at: High Noon (Film), Song of Solomon (Book), The Shawshank Redemption (Film), Cool Hand Luke (Film), Curfew (Short-Film), The Neighbors’ Window (Short-Film), Logorama (Short-Film), Hell or High Water (Film), No country for old men (Film)
Sources should about these films/books or related to them. This bibliography will eventually be used in an essay, so they should all point towards a claim/analysis.
5 Scholarly Sources that constitute Interpretive Criticism. These sources must come from Peer-Reviewed publications: journal articles, book chapters, or full-length books.
2 Sources that come from traditional, professional popular media outlets: Magazines (Print or Web Based), Newspapers (Print or Web Based), Television shows (documentary).
These sources must involve professional writers who answer to someone else with editorial control — self-published work is not relevant here.
2 Sources that represent new media: Podcasts, YouTube or Vimeo videos, Blogs.
But other possibilities include Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, etc. The sources that you cite in this area may be critical (like an essay) or creative (like an original film).
Each source is represented in two parts: an MLA-formatted citation (7th edition specifically) and an annotation. The annotation should be at least 150 words in length, and it should provide a general summary of the source and at least one direct quote (with a page number for scholarly sources). This quote should not simply “float” in the citation but should be attributed and integrated into your exposition as it would be in an actual essay. Alphabetize the document with each category labeled.
Other potential points to address in the citation: what is the critical approach of this source — is it using a single, focused approach or multiple ones in tandem? What kinds of evidence does the source use? Typical examples include intrinsic evidence such as plot discussion, still images, visual descriiptions, and quotations; and extrinsic evidence such as quotes from the writer or director, historical analysis, social statistics, and quotes from other scholars.
