Assignment - Guidelines for the Multiple Genre Research Paper (MGRP) on Art
Purpose:
- Engage in reflection to choose a research topic or theme that is related to art
- Locate traditional sources (books, journals, online database articles, image collections, online museums etc.) and less common sources (interviews, surveys, brochures, reports, popular magazine articles, personal sources, chat-room or blog comments, popular Internet sources, etc.)
- Use source-based concepts, ideas, details, examples, and images to develop the chosen topic
- Select genres that would be found in the New Yorker (a magazine that includes journalism, commentary, fiction, poetry, reviews, illustrations, and cartoons.)
- Organize the genres in a magazine format for coherence
- Use summary, paraphrase and quotation as needed to reference the sources
- Use footnotes ( instead of parenthetical citations) as links to the "Sources" section
- Write with attention to focus and cohesiveness
- Write with clarity and attention to correctness
- Display awareness of audience and purpose
Area of Inquiry:
For the final integrated project in this learning community, you will create a multi-genre project that will take the form of a "Special Issue" of the New Yorker; the issue will focus on an art-related theme of your choice and answer the question, "What varied perspectives do artists from different time periods and backgrounds bring to bear upon this theme?"
Remember that a "theme" is different from a "medium" or "genre"! Here are some examples of themes:
- Conflict
- Humans and Nature
- Identity
- Freedom
- Spirituality
- Social Change
- Immigration
- Dreams
- Monuments and Memorials
- Everyday Life
- Food
- Animal Rights
- Consumerism
- Loneliness
- City Life
- Childhood
- The Body
As Cheryl Johnson and Jayne Money smith explain in Multiple Genres, Multiple Voices, "A multi-genre research paper allows you to combine your own creativity with scholarly investigation, and leaves your reader with a clear answer to a research question" (179). Your multi-genre project will include several different types of writing; however, the genres should not come across as a haphazard collage. You must select the genres thoughtfully and be able to articulate the rationale behind your choices.
Required Parts of the Multi-genre Project:
- An illustrated front cover that resembles a magazine cover, has your last name as the magazine-name, and contains information on the theme of the special issue
- An editorial-a note to readers in which you offer guidance for how to read your project, describe the rewards and challenges of the process, and explain your choices, especially the selection of the images and genres (300 words min.)
- A table of contents identifying the type and title of each genre entry and its page number
- An analytical essay (750 words min.)
- At least three different genres in addition to the analytical essay
- A set of footnotes (with corresponding superscript numbers throughout your project) that explain how you are using researched source material throughout your project
- A "Sources" section: an annotated bibliography, using MLA-style citations, with at least five sources including at least one well-chosen, scholarly, peer-reviewed source.
Word limit: 2000 words minimum.
Resources:
Genres found in the New Yorker -note that you will adapt them to fit the "special issue" format; I have indicated how the adaptation will take place in the parantheses:
- Letters to the Editor
- Analysis (essay comparing two artworks representing your theme from different time-periods/cultures) This genre is REQUIRED.
- Profile ( essay about a contemporary artist whose work deals with your theme)
- Poem ( by you--inspired by a work of art related to your theme)
- Fiction (by you--inspired by a work of art related to your theme)
- Review (by you--of a film related to your theme)
- Personal History (a brief memoir inspired by--and connected to--an artwork related to your theme)
- "Shouts and Murmurs" (Humorous piece)
- Cartoon (that you create-its subject-matter is a message about your theme)
- Advertisement (ad that promotes a particular museum/artist/exhibition)
- Illustration (that you create--inspired by an artwork related to your theme)
- "Talk of the Town" (a report on a visit to a local museum)
Attachment:- Assignment File.rar