Prof. Ostman - ENG 101 - Monsters Assignment: Home

• Find stories, images, or other takes on the monster.
• Examine people’s responses to those representations in newspaper reviews, journal articles, or blogs, student surveys or interviews. 
• When you have finished gathering your data, analyze it and develop a thesis about the differences the media make. 

Find general background information on monsters, myths, and legends, children's stories, and more in the "Finding Stories Tab". 

• "A critical re-cap." 
• Try to become an expert on this topic by finding different voices and opinions. Summarize and cite this prior knowledge.
• These sources may come from different disciplines of:
• Literature / Cinema Studies
• Philosophy
• Anthropology
• Sociology
• Psychology
• Or other scholarly field

Resources can include scholarly journals, books, substantive articles by cultural critics in newspapers. 

Find Deeper Sources for your Literature Review in the Resources Tabs above. 

• Research and write about a fictional monster, exploring how the monster you have chosen demonstrates some human aspects and analyzing what those aspects mean.
   
• Apply research techniques to learn about a topic of individual interest in greater depth.
• Some sources for inspiration might come from: 
• Literature / Cinema Studies 
• Philosophy
• Anthropology
• Sociology
• Psychology
• Or other scholarly field

Resources can include scholarly journals, books, substantive articles by cultural critics in newspapers. 

Use Noodle Tools to Organize your Annotated Bibliography and final Works Cited List.