General guidelines:

First, final essays to be submitted by email by 15th April.  

General comments about your essays: 

1) Grades and readjustments of abstracts: I have given you a provisional grade for your abstract. As I said in class, an abstract is a starting point. When you write your essay, you may add new lines of investigation, readjust proposals. When/if this happens you must also readjust your abstract so that it provides a suitable presentation of your work. Your grade for your abstract may be readjusted if this is significantly better than the original. However, the readjusted grade will never be lower than the original one.

2) Please submit your final essays in Word format, – it is difficult for me to make corrections on pdfs. The essay (2,000-2,500 words) should be accompanied by the adjusted abstract, 3-5 keywords and bibliography. The last three components are not included in the word count.  

3) Referencing system: to harmonise the referencing system, use MLA version 8:  https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_ guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html 

4) Additional references for Canadian Cinema: Quite a  few of you have chosen to work with film, and most of you have referred to Timothy Corrigan’s Guide to Writing about Film and this is appropriate, but You will also need a reference that applies specifically to Canadian film, especially if you are thinking of applying a national film angle to your analysis. There are 2 books that can help you with this, one written by George Melnyk, the other edited by him. They are One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema (2004) by George Melnyk, University of Toronto Press and Great Canadian Film Directors (2007) George Melnyk (Ed.) University of Alberta Press. Large sections of both are available on Google books.   

5) Discussion of your abstract: there is a schedule attached. I have sent you all the Zoom link so we can talk in small groups at the time attributed. You can also send your questions by email.