User:Jamiemcphaul/sandbox

Article Evaluation: Tragicomedy

-All information is relevant. Nothing distracting or unecessary.

-Not any information out of date.

-Don't know of anything that could be added. There is origin, different locations, and developments.

-Improvement: Needs more citations.

-Neutral. Non biased.

-Citations needed.

-Part of WikiProject comedy. -Talk about black comedy vs dark comedy and dramedy vs tragicomedy.

-Rated start and mid.

-Haven't talked about in class oops

Article Selection:

Creating new article on The Girl In the Flammable Skirt by Aimee Bender.

Already discussed with instructor/professor.

Primary Source: Book

Secondary Sources: plan on looking broad into author's themes and structure. Could use scholarly book reviews/literary criticism to discuss theme and structure.

Possible Sources:

Carney, Jo. “Aimee Bender’s Fiction and the Intertextual Ingestion of Fairy Tales.” Marvels & Tales, vol. 26, no. 2, Nov. 2012, pp. 221–239. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=80131409&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

Burkhardt, Joanna M., and Barbara Hoffert. “Book Reviews: Fiction.” Library Journal, vol. 123, no. 11, June 1998, p. 109. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=736182&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

Pro Quest Finder sources:

acc citation:

“2BR Apt. w/Closet Writing Room.” New York Times Magazine, vol. 152, no. 52522, June 2003, p. 17. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=10070579&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

pdf pro quest citation:

Barrett, Amy. "2BR Apt. w/closet Writing Room." New York Times Magazine, Jun 22, 2003, pp. 17-6.17''. ProQuest'', https://login.lsproxy.austincc.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.lsproxy.austincc.edu/docview/215478749?accountid=7013.

Source would have to pick up:

Smith, Jack. “WRITING Magical REALISM.” Writer (Madavor Media), vol. 131, no. 10, Oct. 2018, pp. 24–29. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=131237699&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

Week 12 Excercies, Adding Citations:

Carney, Jo. “Aimee Bender’s Fiction and the Intertextual Ingestion of Fairy Tales.” Marvels & Tales, vol. 26, no. 2, Nov. 2012, pp. 221–239. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=80131409&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

Aimee Bender's readers could be surprised by the lack of typical fairytail elements. Although her work does still stay within fairytale outskirts.