Critical investigation Tutorial

Textual analysis looking like a real strength with Task #1 completed. Make sure you know exactly where the scene is from for referencing and referring to in the essay. Title sequence a good choice of scene to analyse.

Organisation of N&Q document is a bit all over the place on the blog but if it is clear on Word then this isn’t necessarily a major issue. However, books/academic journal research is a weaker area currently which we’ll need to look at now.

Academic books/journals – you have some in the research plan but haven’t looked at them yet. Need to address this over the next week alongside Task #2 which is your bibliography. There are a couple of PDFs already in the folder on the M: drive which gives you a starting point. Look over the dissertations from Google Scholar too – these will give you an academic perspective on your primary text. Keep looking and check the BFI catalogues too in case they have anything relevant.

Also check the books in DF07 carefully – there may well be a relevant chapter or quote you can use.

Go back to Media Magazine and look at the articles on gender, TV drama, representation etc. These are not strictly academic sources but still valuable.

Widen your search away from Pretty Little Liars and look at feminism, masculinity, sexism etc. more generally. This will create far more opportunities for academic book and journal research. You’ll definitely want plenty of feminist theory in your final essay – more general research away from your primary text is best for this.

I’d keep looking for more internet-based research – you’ve plenty of links so far, this needs to be more like 20-30+ by the end of the process. The Guardian is a great starting point as we’ve just looked (I know you have some links already).

All of this should help with Task #2 and your bibliography.

Copy this into a new blog post and write below your next three steps in your research.