21L.310 | Spring 2010 | Undergraduate

Bestsellers: The Memoir

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Guidelines

Citation Guidelines
[From the Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab). Follow links to information on citing sources and using correct form for Works Cited lists.]

Guidelines for In-Class Report (PDF)

Schacter, Daniel L. “The Seven Sins of Memory: Insights From Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience.” Harvard University. (PDF)

Resources

Resources for Literary Study at the MIT Libraries
[Link to databases for scholarly articles and other resources.]

MIT Libraries Style Manuals
[Help with citing sources.]

MLA Citations
[Linked from the MIT Writing and Communication Center.]

What Wikipedia Can Tell Us About the New Media Literacies
[An article by Henry Jenkins (CMS) at his blog, “Confessions of an Aca-Fan.” Note that this is Part One; you can also go to Part Two.]

Grammar and Style

Corbett, Philip B. “Subject, Meet Verb.” The New York Times. November 4, 2010.

Fowler, H. W. “The King’s English.”
[An unimpeachable authority from 1908.]

Alison Bechdel, Fun Home

Chute, Hillary. “Gothic Revival.” The Village Voice. July 4, 2006.

Dykes to Watch Out For
[Alison Bechdel’s Website and blog.]

Wilsey, Sean. “The Things They Buried.” The New York Times. June 18, 2006.

Tobias Wolff

Peterson, Anne Palmer. “And Finally… Talking with Tobias Wolff.”

Tobias Wolff.” The New York Times. November 4, 2010.

Edwidge Danticat

Edwidge Danticat.” The New York Times. November 5, 2010.

Elizabeth, Walcott-Hackshaw. “Home is Where the Heart Is: Danticat’s Landscapes of Return.”
[Scholarly article in LION (Literature Online), at the MIT Libraries. If the link doesn’t work, look up the article in LION.]

Barack Obama

Kelley, Wyn. “Loomings 2009.” January 16, 2009.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

New York Times Ali Index
[Review, interview, Ali’s articles.]

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