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Review of the Literature   How does social media affect our societyCOMM 1312 103 Writing And Research Assignment 3: Review of the Literature Dr Dion C. Smythe [email protected] 8th March, 2021 1 Mid-term Examination On Wednesday 10th March, 2021; in class-hour; The mid-term exam is (unsurprisingly) virtual; It consists of 50 multiple-choice questions; Each has 4 responses; chose the correct answer; I do not set ‘trick’ questions; If a response is bizarre/off the wall that shows that it is one of the incorrect possible ‘answers’; Sign in to class as normal, and I shall give you the password at 11:00 on Wednesday 10th Mar 2021; Assessment Schedule Idea of topic/subject Prospectus: Annot Biblio: Mid-term [MCQs]: Literature Review: Introduction: Full Draft Paper: Final Paper Sub: Portfolio: Attendance: Final Exam [MCQs]: 1\% W 3 2 ii 2021 10\% W 5 20 ii 2021 10\% W 7 6 iii 2021 10\% W 8 10 iii 2021 10\% W 10 27 iii 2021 10\% W 12 10 iv 2021 10\% W 14 24 iv 2021 20\% W ‘A’ 8 v 2021 5\% W 16 16 v 2021 5\% W 16 16 v 2021 10\% W 17 tba Assignment 3: Literature Review The third assignment is due electronically on Sat 27 March 2021 by 23:59; upload to blackboard; Anything later that this will attract penalties; The coversheet will be uploaded onto blackboard; Submit the file (one file ONLY) as .doc or .docx Name file: ˂YourNameYourID˃Assign3.docx No other formats are accepted; they will be rejected; Times New Roman is best; preferably 12-point; Line-space: double spaced or 1.5; Plan Generic §2: Literature Review ‘Literature’ here means what has been written before Cannot be complete/exhaustive (not a PhD); Highlight what has been written about your topic before and what you are doing that is shiny & new; Can previous literature be divided into categories? Is there a dominant ‘school’ and revisionist one? Is there an ‘academic’ category and then ‘popular’? Where do you think/expect your work to fit in? You are placing yourself within scholarly debate; The format: Literature Review This section [2] of your draft essay is to be written in continuous prose divided into paragraphs; When you refer to one of your sources you NEED to give an in-line citation: “..(Surname, date, p. 6).” Double check that your in-line citation matches an entry in the List of References list at the end; (i) A (very) brief ‘Introduction’; (ii) “Group” [or “body”] paragraphs; (iii) A residual ‘conclusion’ – really a transition; Literature Review: what to do? 1 You have an alphabetical list of 10 items (Ass 2); You have ten “comments”, for each item (Ass 2); These annotations answer the four questions: (i) what is it about? (ii) what does it do well? (iii) what does it do ‘badly’? (iv) how will it help me? Cf. this to what ‘reviews’ do; egs on blackboards; When you refer to one of your sources you NEED to give in-line citation: “...(Surname, date, p. x)”; You have a list of 10 ‘items’; put them in groups; Literature Review: what to do? YouRubric 1312 Writing and Research Section 103 Spring 2021 Assignment 3: Review of the Literature Dion C. Smythe Criterion Mark Y/N Mark 500+ words 1 Divided into paragraphs 1 In-line Citations Group 1 1 Group 2 1 Group 3 1 Addition in-line citations 3 List of References [full APA format] citations at end 2Aghia Sophia Review of the Literature DCS 1 Faculty Forum: Aghia Sophia Review of the Literature Dion C. Smythe 17th November 2020 Much has been written about perhaps the greatest monuments of Byzantine civilisation, the Great Church, the cathedral church of the Holy Wisdom of God in what was Constantinople, now Istanbul. The actions that have taken place in Istanbul under the government of Erdogan, especially since 29th May 2020 [a date that can only have been chosen with intention], has produced a flurry of seminars, lectures, blogs and webinars (Dumbarton Oaks Webinar on Hagia Sophia Doaks.com 1st September 2020; Hagia Sophia Public Forum: Part 1 Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture, 9th October 2020; and Rohm, 2020 [cwru.us]). As it is very much history of the moment, it is appropriate that PMU too should have a seminar on Aghia Sophia in Istanbul [in the end it was not deemed appropriate]. Byzantine civilisation combines three things: Roman building techniques (concrete and the dome); the Orthodox Christian religion (Scriptural, credal and formally ritualistic); and Greek language and literature. These three headings provide the structure for my paper. I deal in turn with (a) the building; (b) the decoration and icons within the church; and (c) the literary ekphraseis that describe Aghia Sophia at different stages of its existence. (a) The Building The best way to go and experience Aghia Sophia is, of course, to go and stand (hopefully in awe) in the nave beneath the dome. Since the loss of its museum status, this is still possible, though many of the mosaics (such as the image of the Theotokos and Christ in the apse [hemidome] and the imperial panels in the south gallery) are now concealed by curtains. There are many web-sites that give simulacra of standing in the Great Church, as any google search of ‘Hagia Sophia + Istanbul’ will attest. An old-fashioned historian, I am more habituated to beginning with ‘book’ treatments of any subject. Harris places the Great Church in the context of the Byzantine capital (Harris, 2007), an appraisal carried further by Kleinbauer and White (Kleinbauer and White, 2007). Though now rather old-fashioned in some ways (this is a reprint of the original 1930s publication), Krautheimer puts the innovation of Justinian’s domed basilica into the context of Late Antique, Early Christian and Byzantine architecture (Krautheimer, 1984). The central and clearest exposition of the building of Aghia Sophia as a building comes from Mainstone, though my attachment to this book may in part be because it was this book that introduced me to the detailed study of the building as an architectural artifact (Mainstone, 1997). It offers a plethora of plans, sections and isometric projections that allows one to see the building from almost every angle. The chapter by Alchermes in the volume edited by Maas places AghOK I have been asked to provide examples of the ‘Literature Survey’ section and the ‘Methodology’ section for your research essays. Here are examples. Note that these are examples. They are examples of what I expect to read. I do not want you to copy these slavishly. Read them and then think about what you want to say about YOUR literature survey and YOUR methodology. If these examples throw you into a flat tail-spin then ask during class or send me an e-mail. [this is now 904 words so almost half one of your essays….] Literature Survey My first source (citation) sets out some of the fundamental information that is required to understand my research topic. For the most part, it explains the concepts central to my research in simple layman’s terms which was exceptionally useful for me as I delved deeper into the topic. With some of the basic terminology and basic evidence in hand, I was than able to review and take notes from my second source (citation) which was more of a challenge for me. The author of this source writes from a perspective expecting the reader to be knowledgeable about the subject and so he does not always explain every new term when it is first introduced. This meant I had to read some paragraphs several times to really understand that the development of the thesis statement was really about. However, on the other hand this article provided me with some very clear examples – clear data really – that were very useful in constructing my own argument as I got to grips with actually answering my research question. The third source (citation) was hard; it is full of evidence that I wanted to use – numbers, graphs and citations to other experts – but this meant that it is very dense as a source: there is just so much in there was it was very slow going trying to read it, understand it and then to get all the information I needed from the source but turned into paraphrases so that I was not copying word for word. The title of my fourth source (citation) got me all excited when I found it; I thought this was going to be the answer to all my prayers as the title suggested that it was everything I wanted and needed. In this however, I was severely disappointed. The references in this source were very few in number and when I tried to follow one of them up, I could not find from where the author had taken his information. On account of this, I have restricted my use of this source severely. The fifth source (citation) I used at the start of my research is one which is ‘light’ on ‘hard data’ but it provides interesting opinions supported with ‘soft evidence’ about my topic and the author’s take on the subject. I do not always agree with him, but reading this source has made me think about my research and has developed what I think about it. It has helped me reach my own conclusions. Methodology My research is library-based; it does not involve fieldwork, nor questionnaires. This means that the first step was to enter the basic search tOK I have been asked to provide an example of the ‘Literature Survey’ [Review of the Literature] paragraph for your research essays. Here is an example. Note that this is an example; it is generic and does not have the specific detail from each ‘item’ I expect from your Assignment 3: The Review of the Literature. It is an example of what I expect to read. I do not want you to copy these slavishly. I have not clearly divided the items into groups, which I expect you to do. I have only written about 5 items; I expect you to write about all ten [at least] items in their respective groups. Where it says “…(citation)” this is where I expect you to put in the citation in the APA in-line short citation form of …(Surname, date, p. xx). Read them and then think about what you want to say about YOUR literature survey. This is 417 words. I shall work on a better version of this – a Review of the Literature for a presentation on Aghia Sophia that I am working on. Literature Survey My first source (citation) sets out some of the fundamental information that is required to understand my research topic. For the most part, it explains the concepts central to my research in simple layman’s terms which was exceptionally useful for me as I delved deeper into the topic. With some of the basic terminology and basic evidence in hand, I was than able to review and take notes from my second source (citation) which was more of a challenge for me. The author of this source writes from a perspective expecting the reader to be knowledgeable about the subject and so he does not always explain every new term when it is first introduced. This meant I had to read some paragraphs several times to really understand that the development of the thesis statement was really about. However, on the other hand this article provided me with some very clear examples – clear data really – that were very useful in constructing my own argument as I got to grips with actually answering my research question. The third source (citation) was hard; it is full of evidence that I wanted to use – numbers, graphs and citations to other experts – but this meant that it is very dense as a source: there is just so much in there was it was very slow going trying to read it, understand it and then to get all the information I needed from the source but turned into paraphrases so that I was not copying word for word. The title of my fourth source (citation) got me all excited when I found it; I thought this was going to be the answer to all my prayers as the title suggested that it was everything I wanted and needed. In this however, I was severely disappointed. The references in this source were very few in number and when I tried to follow one of them up, I could not find from where the author had taken his information. On account of this, I have restricted my use of this source severely. The fifth source (citation) I used at the start of my research is one which is ‘light’ on ‘hard data’ but it provid