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Analyzing "The Turn of the Screw": Sources and Support for Your Paper

In this guide, we explore key preparatory steps for analyzing Henry James's "The Turn of the Screw." Emphasizing the importance of textual support, you will learn how to integrate quotes effectively while prioritizing analysis over summary. Essential aspects such as the setting, character dynamics, and allusions within the text will be outlined, alongside methods for sourcing both primary and secondary materials. You’ll gain insights into utilizing library resources and online databases efficiently, ensuring a robust research foundation for your post-midterm paper.

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Analyzing "The Turn of the Screw": Sources and Support for Your Paper

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  1. ENGL 2307 11 February 2014

  2. Informal Writings • None due this week. • In future: • Make sure you use textual support (quotes are good). • Your focus should be on the analysis more than the summary. • A works cited page is REQUIRED. • Post-midterm paper—you can gain a total of two extra credit points going to the UWC with your IWs

  3. The Turn of the Screw (again) • Setting: Page 7, beginning “I remember as a thoroughly pleasant impression…” • Continues “The large impressive room, one of the best in the house” • Children: Page 7 and Page 13 • Allusion: Page 17 “Was there a secret at Bly…” • State of mind: • Pg. 30 • Pg. 33—”On leaving her…” and “It was a pity I should have had…” • Pg. 34—”Yet I had not indulged…” • Pg. 37—”They were at this period…” • Pg. 51

  4. Research • Primary and secondary sources • You will use both in your papers. • What is the difference? • Where do we find these sources?

  5. Finding Sources in the Library • Library.ttu.edu • Don’t use the OneSearch box • Straight to library catalogue • Unlike google, you want short phrases • You can use Boolean operators (and, or, not) • Write down the title and the call number • Check the shelves around that book for other sources

  6. Finding Sources online • The library is the first stop • Library.ttu.edu • Personal librarian for English • You could also go to the database search • Databases • MLA Bibliography • JSTOR • Project MUSE • Academic Search Complete (general, but I still sometimes use it)

  7. Databases continued • Boolean searches • Look for peer reviewed articles • DO NOT LIMIT BY FULL TEXT • ILLIAD is our friend (most of the time)

  8. ILLIAD • From the database • From the library site • Fill in as much information as possible • More likely to get what you asked for • More likely to get it quickly

  9. Other Online Sources • Be careful/discerning • Think critically • Use the CRAAP test

  10. For Thursday • Read and take notes about “James: Twists of the Governess” • Find at least two possible sources for your paper • Have access to them during class—either in hard copy or via laptop/tablet, etc. • Review the sample paper from Chapter 11

  11. Cell Phone Quiz • Explain primary and secondary sources. Give an example of each. • Where can you find possible sources on the web? • How do you decide whether a website is an appropriate source or not?

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