User:Ama439/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title: The Astonishing Color of After
 * Article Evaluation
 * - Article is on a YA novel published in 2018, that was given an honor for the Asian/Pacific American Award for literature. It was also named as a significant piece of YA literature by TIME, New York Times, and more.
 * - Noted as "Start Class"
 * - Contains a robust section on its critical reception and received honors.
 * - Compared to higher-classed articles, this article lacks a section for "Plot", "Background" and "Writing". An additional section could be added on its significance for the AAPI community in relation to critical pedagogy.
 * - Includes an image of the cover page
 * - Within the scope of children's literature and women's writers WikiProject.
 * Sources
 * Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature
 * A Different Pond (GA Class article to compare)
 * Culturally Responsive Teaching with Multicultural Literature
 * Culturally Diverse Literature
 * Missing Mirrors, Missing Windows: Children's Literature Textbooks and LGBTQ Topics
 * Culturally Diverse Literature
 * Missing Mirrors, Missing Windows: Children's Literature Textbooks and LGBTQ Topics

Option 2 (not an article on Wikipedia)

 * Article title: Good Enough
 * - YA novel published by Paula Yoo


 * Article Evaluation
 * - This YA novel received an honor by the Asian Pacific American Award for literature for the 2008-2009 year, but lacks an article on Wikipedia
 * - On a personal level, I remember reading this novel as a child and resonating strongly with the message- I see value to creating a new article to fill a need for more representation for Asian American stories (as the novel was based on the author's own experience).


 * Sources
 * Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature
 * https://paulayoo.com/books/good/
 * Culturally Responsive Teaching with Multicultural Literature
 * Culturally Diverse Literature
 * Missing Mirrors, Missing Windows: Children's Literature Textbooks and LGBTQ Topics

Option 3

 * Article title: Hawaiian literature
 * Article Evaluation
 * - Rated stub-class, but of mid-importance in projects relating to Literature, Hawaii, and Books
 * - Lots of talk surrounding classifying the ethnic origin of the article's listed authors: whether or not they are ethnically Hawaiian, from Hawaii but not Hawaiian, and of part-Hawaiian ancestry. I can see avenues to create subcategories and provide nuance to the preexisting list
 * - There is hardly any writing on Hawaiian literature's history in relation to American colonialism (which stamped out Hawaiian-language oral tradition)
 * - My only reservation would be contributing to this article as a non-Hawaiian, but as someone with cultural background having grown up in Hawaiian. I would be sure to find Hawaiian-authored sources and be critical about my own lack of lived experience as Hawaiian throughout
 * - My only reservation would be contributing to this article as a non-Hawaiian, but as someone with cultural background having grown up in Hawaiian. I would be sure to find Hawaiian-authored sources and be critical about my own lack of lived experience as Hawaiian throughout


 * Sources
 * A Legacy of Native Hawaiian Resistance Literature
 * German Literature (rated C-class but good to compare important components in an ethnically-specific literature article)
 * A Cairn of Stories: Establishing a Foundation of Hawaiian Literature

Option 4

 * Article title: Hong Gildong jeon
 * Article Evaluation
 * - Rated start-class; contains some detailed information but lacking in robustness and historical significance
 * - This character has been reproduced and used as inspiration in South Korean media, so there is a section on "Adaptations", which is notably much longer than "Literary context, themes and history"
 * - Historical background and reproduction on its origins pre-modern age would be helpful to add
 * - Historical background and reproduction on its origins pre-modern age would be helpful to add


 * Sources
 * Korean Literature
 * Korean folklore
 * Introduction to the Story of Hong Gildong
 * Invincible and Righteous Outlaw: The Korean Hero Hong Gildong in Literature, History, and Culture

Option 5

 * Article title: Cultural Literacy
 * Article Evaluation
 * - Ranked as Start-class
 * - There seems to be a lot of discourse on clarifying what the "Dominant culture" entails, as well as pertinent literature to supplement it
 * - Need for greater "Examples" section
 * - The "Research and questions" section is from a single paper but provide no elaboration on answers from other scholars
 * - Need for greater "Examples" section
 * - The "Research and questions" section is from a single paper but provide no elaboration on answers from other scholars


 * Sources
 * Culturally Diverse Literature
 * Towards Cultural Literacy
 * Culturally relevant teaching