User:Hummingbird Hue/Journal Entries

Sunday, May 5, 2024
I am doing my WikiEdu homework assignment called "Drafting in the sandbox." I was having trouble because I thought I had to find the sandbox in WikiEdu, but finally, I found it on Wikipedia instead, haha. Going to publish this draft now...!

Tuesday, May 7, 2024
I don't really know what I'm doing, but I wanted to brainstorm here. Since I'm taking this ENGLISH 338 class for the pre-1830s requirement, then I need to choose a topic in that realm. Based on the readings we have done, here are some that I've been interested in...?

Oresteia


 * Electra's role
 * The nurse's role

The Spanish Tragedy


 * How the play within a play came about
 * Corruption in the courts (?)
 * [Reference] Ethiopian Lavoue
 * Proper burial
 * Isabella and Bel-Imperia's suicides
 * Lavinia

Titus Andronicus


 * Aaron the Moor
 * Banquet
 * Raven symbolism
 * Family roles: revenge, power

Sooo, based on that, I bring it down to...

General


 * 1) Comparing the family roles (mini edits)
 * 2) Revenge in the court, or revenge in the court (tragedy, justice)
 * 3) Feminine role: foreground or background

Specific


 * 1) Suicide scenes
 * 2) Play within a play (literal play; banquet scene)

Wednesday, May 9, 2024
After looking at some Wikipedia articles that Professor Evans recommended, I have narrowed my choices down to The Spanish Tragedy. I would like to make edits for


 * 1) "The Spanish Tragedy" page because
 * 2) The characters can be better described and organized, and
 * 3) The plot can be better organized into their distinguished acts
 * 4) "Thomas Kyd" page because
 * 5) There is room to saw how his influence has touched people in the modern age
 * 6) "Revenge" page because
 * 7) We've been talking a lot about revenge and tragedy and justice in our Renaissance Literature class, so I can add some stuff there too
 * 8) Tragedy and Justice pages (for reasons similar to the one above)
 * 9) "Jury trial" and how it shows up in The Spanish Tragedy

It may be exciting to look into the current (or nonexistent) Wikipedia pages of the characters and see what I can add. Let's say that I want to go to I want to do more research in regards to


 * 1) Suicide scenes of female characters
 * 2) Revenge in court or personal hands

TBD, but that's all I have now!

Also, this is just my thought, but I have no idea where to access all of my sandboxes... sigh.

Friday, May 17, 2024
Adding another log here. What I have done since last time is:


 * 1) Look up a few scholarly articles to sift through and
 * 2) Reach out to a librarian about what to research

Today, I'm starting by thoroughly reading "The Spanish Tragedy" Wikipedia page. I hope to then compare it to what the articles say about it, adding where needed.

Based on my current notes in the "Notes on 'The Spanish Tragedy' Wikipedia Article" sandbox, I'm really excited to read more in depth about


 * 1) Smith, Molly (1992). "The Theater and the Scaffold: Death as Spectacle in The Spanish Tragedy". SEL: Studies in English Literature 1500–1900. 32 (2): 217–232
 * 2) Significance of the play within a play structure

I hope to also finish more of the WikiEdu assignments because I still feel confused. I will most likely come back to this module to finish reading the rest of the Wikipedia page, and tbd from there!

So in summary, need to do (1) WikiEdu, (2) finish reading The Spanish Tragedy's Wikipedia page, and then read one of the scholarly articles. Okay, cool.

Monday, May 20, 2024
Met with the Northwestern librarian! These were the tips that she gave me


 * Skimming Techniques: https://writingxhumanities.berkeley.edu/doing-research/
 * Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/
 * Article: "Biting one’s tongue: autoglossotomy and agency in The Spanish Tragedy"
 * (Already found this one, actually!)
 * NUSearch Link: https://search.library.northwestern.edu/permalink/01NWU_INST/p285fv/cdi_proquest_journals_2643802824


 * MLA International Bibliography:
 * Searched for DE "The Spanish Tragedy"
 * Limited to: Subject Revenge
 * Working Link After Authenticated: https://web-p-ebscohost-com.turing.library.northwestern.edu/ehost/results?vid=5&sid=9059e094-c73a-41ef-9d76-9a334ca7546b%40redis&bquery=DE+%22The+Spanish+Tragedy%22&bdata=JmRiPW16aCZ0eXBlPTAmc2VhcmNoTW9kZT1TdGFuZGFyZCZzaXRlPWVob3N0LWxpdmU%3d


 * Potential Article of interest: "The Price That Women in Renaissance Drama Pay for Taking Initiative"
 * Another Potential Article: "Isabella’s Soliloquy in Act IV of The Spanish Tragedy
 * https://journals.uni-lj.si/ActaNeophilologica/article/view/9809

Tuesday, May 28, 2024
I'm just trying my best to get through these WikiEdu assignments. They're really confusing and I feel like I'm spending a lot of my time trying to figure it out by myself instead of actually doing the assignment. Anyway, I am almost done with the organizing portion of this project, and then off I'll go to research articles!

Now, I'm going to make a new sandbox for one of the research papers that I found interesting (as a starting point). Then, I'll take notes in my own words to avoid plagiarism.

Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Today I'm reading "Beyond Revenge: 'The Spanish Tragedy' by Margaret Lamb.

Thursday, May 30, 2024
Just finished reading "Beyond Revenge: 'The Spanish Tragedy' by Margaret Lamb! Will take notes soon (I have already thoroughly annotated it. Also need to do the self-evaluation before I see Kasey tomorrow.

Friday, May 31, 2024
Today is a super busy ENGLISH 338 day. I'll update here what I got done.


 * 1) Finished typing up my notes from "The Theater and the Scaffold: Death as Spectacle in The Spanish Tragedy" by Molly Smith
 * 2) Finished typing up my notes from "Beyond Revenge: 'The Spanish Tragedy' by Margaret Lamb

I think that I should find a source that is more specific on the revenge itself since I currently have information about the purpose of the audience and the deeper meanings of the character's revenge motives. Hmmm...


 * 1) Finished reading, annotating, and typing up my notes from "Postlapsarian Garden in Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy and Shakespeare’s Hamlet" by Bilal Hamamra

Today has been super exciting! I really like what I've been reading and the conclusions that the authors are making. It's hard not to give my opinion and I don't know if my rewritten versions are accurate or accidentally paraphrased or tainted by bias... anyways

Moving forward, I think that I want to


 * 1) Read The Spanish Tragedy Wikipedia page fully to see where I can add
 * 2) Definitely start drafting in the sandbox what I would want to do
 * 3) If I have time, keep researching my other curiosities!
 * 4) For example, I want to learn more about the bloody scarf
 * 5) I also want to read another source on revenge in general
 * 6) I'm really interested in the biting tongue reading, but I'm not sure if it relates to my topic.

Okay, these are great starting points yay! I also need to fill out that self-evaluation before I see Kasey today...

Saturday, June 1, 2024
Met with Kasey yesterday! She said that I'm in a great place, so that's awesome and reassuring to hear. Next... or today, I hope to finish reading the Wikipedia article for The Spanish Tragedy. After, I'm going to make a page to draft what I will add to the page.

Finished reading through the article!!! Yay!!! I think that potential areas to edit will be the Influences, Revenge, or Murder and Death sections. Time to create a draft sandbox... woooooooo!


 * Created a new sandbox for all my drafts
 * So far, I've made an outline on what I want to write under which section
 * I'm noticing a lot of overlap, and I find myself just wanting to add new sections
 * I'm having trouble with how to add the citations, and how often. I'm trying to add context but then "Uhhh I don't know how to keep this sentence credible" and stuff... so that might be a problem. I'm also not sure if I need to write the exact place where I got the information from since that might be more confusing.
 * After I take a break, I want to continue to fill up the other sections that I've created. And maybe tomorrow I'll work more on revising and then also adding the citations where needed. This is exciting yay

After Break...


 * Back from break, and wrote a section under my new sections called "Audience" and "Love."
 * I don't want to be redundant, but kind of want to add a few things to the current "Influences" section. I'm worried that people will delete it though. I'm also worried that I'm making the page too busy, I'm also worried that I'm not going into the neutral territory and instead being too argumentative #help... Oops...

Intentions


 * I'm going to go eat dinner now, but when I come back, I want to make sure that I
 * Work on the "Influences" part
 * Refer to the WikiEdu modules since still a little behind (do I need to finish them all...?)

After Dinner...


 * Just finished the "Influences" section, and I can see how I was a bit redundant. I'll work on editing that down tomorrow. Really happy with the amount of work that I got done today. I think that I'm going to do the WIkiEdu now...

Sunday, June 2, 2024
I changed my bullet version of a draft into a paragraph version. Minor edits. I also added the embedded references, which was really exciting. Since then, I've been clicking through the WikiEdus. Just added wikilinks! Yay! Nervous that my writing is a bit too argumentative or too descriptive. I also don't know if I need to reference the source in every single sentence...? It might look annoying, but I'll do it anyway.

Just added an image of The Triple Tree and it was really cool! I think that I'm gonna copy and paste my stuff in the sandbox into the Wikipedia page nowww!

Finally added to The Spanish Tragedy Wikipedia article!!!

I have officially completed all of the WikiEdu assignments! The last thing that I need to do is do a peer review. I think that I'm going to do it for one page, and I'm choosing to do it on the Revenge one. So for the next steps...
 * Added three paragraphs to the "Influences" category
 * Also added three news sections under the "Themes and motifs" category. I also tried to order the categories in a way that I thought made sense. For example, revenge is the biggest theme, but there is also patience involved. Then, I thought that murder/death/torture were big themes that should come before the underlying themes of love and social mobility.
 * Put the citations, Wikilinks, and images in the correct places. Yay!


 * 1) Read the Revenge article
 * 2) Answer the peer review questions

Then, I think that that's basically it, and I can step away from this research project!

Monday, June 3, 2024
Finished my peer review on User:Lolzish/Revenge & Revenge!

After I check all my sandboxes for spelling errors, I will be done with the Wikipedia assignment!

I am done! I am going to send Kasey an email that says that I have reached a stopping point.

Concluding Thoughts

 * 1) I'm really happy that I learned how to contribute to a Wikipedia article!
 * 2) I think the best thing that I did for this project was to stay organized. I made many sandboxes for different purposes, such as for my daily updates, scholarly sources, or WikiEdu-related things.
 * 3) It was really cool when I learned how to do the references after a sentence, or when I could add an acceptance image and caption.
 * 4) I learned more about how plagiarism is a no-no (which honestly makes sense) and that taking any image from the internet isn't allowed either.
 * 5) As a result, I was really cautious about putting the information in my own words, which greatly helped with know the material better. I am, however, worried that what I wrote came across as argumentative instead of neutral.
 * 6) I wish that I got to learn more about the Talk feature to communicate with the Wikipedia community.
 * 7) I had a lot of fun reading my three scholarly sources, and I wish that I had more time to do more research!
 * 8) Specifically, I would have loved to learn more about the motif of the bloody scarf. I also wanted to learn about why Hieronimo bites his tongue or why Isabella and Bel-Imperia commit suicide.
 * 9) And for context, it would be nice to learn more about Spain and Portugal at the time and how it influenced the war in The Spanish Tragedy.
 * 10) It could have also been cool to learn more about the justice system since we see Hieronimo take the revenge into his own hands.

That's all! Hummingbird Hue is signing off on Monday, June 3, 2024, at 12:07 pm.