Comparison of film and short story
4 Dezembro 2017, 10:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins
Detailed analysis of Sarah Polly's film Away from Her reading it in light of Alice Munro's original short story "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" Comparision of voice, focus and narrative flow.
Also discussed how students should present bibliography in final essay. Full style sheet below.
Style Sheet
Identification of the article and author:
Title: Times New Roman; uppercase and lowercase characters; size 12; 1,5 spaces; centred; bold.
Author: 3 spaces (2 x 1,5) below the title; centred.
Affiliation: after the author’s name.
Text and Quotations:
Text: Times New Roman, size 12; 1,5 spaces; justified
Books and Films: referred to in the text should appear in upper case letters and italics followed by the date of publication/release e.g. Gone with the Wind (1939). When you introduce the work refer to its original date of publication even if the version you read is a later one, i.e. The Handmaid’s Tale (1985). However when you are quoting or paraphrasing from the book you read put the author, date of publication and page number of the book you actually used i.e. (Atwood, 2013 12-14). You will refer to both dates in the Works Cited ... see entry.
Chapters, essays and individual poems or items from collections: should be presented in straight texts with quotation marks followed by the date of publication e.g. the poem “Invictus” (1875).
Internet sources: Reference should be made to the author and web page as indicated in the following example: (Hesse, http://www.phase9.tv/moviefeatures/kingarthurfeature1.shtml). Please note hyperlinks, underlining and colour changes must be removed from internet page references.
Quotations in the text: use quotation marks and if you use punctuation marks after the quotation, place them after closing the quotation marks. If you wish to omit sections of the quoted text please indicate that you are so doing by using square brackets and three points, e.g. […].
Quotations with 4 or more lines: should be set off from the body of the text and indented to the left, 1,75 cm; size 12; 1 space; do not use quotation marks. If you wish to omit sections of the quoted text please indicate that you are so doing by using square brackets and three points, e.g. […].
Parenthetical
reference in the text: in brackets/parentheses,
author’s last name and page number. Separate author’s last name and page number
with one space: ex.: (Postman 3-4)
One work by the author of two or more works: place a comma
after the author’s last name, add a shortened version of the title of the work,
and supply the page number(s): ex.: (Toffler, Future 211)
When using the author’s name in your sentence: place only the page number(s) of the source in parentheses: ex.: (25)
in footnote saying where they can be sourced, if applicable.
List of Works Cited:
Works cited: at the end of the document. Paginate this section as a continuation of the text; the title of this section should be centred; Times New Roman; size 12; bold as below
Works cited
Order: list entries in alphabetical order according to the
last name of the author. If you are
listing more than one work by the same author, alphabetize the works according
to the title. Instead of repeating the author’s name, type three hyphens.
Books:
When citing a book or chapter, provide the following information: Author’s last name, first name. Book Title. Additional information. City of publication: Publisher, publication date, pages (chapters etc).
Sample Entries:
A book by one author:
Light, Richard J. Making the Most of
College: Students Speak Their Minds. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 2001.
A book when you are not using
the original edition: you refer both to the original publication
which you place in square brackets [1991], and the date of publication of the
version you used.
Light, Richard J. Making the Most of
College: Students Speak Their Minds. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 2001 [1991].
An Anthology or Compilation:
Valdez, Luis, and Stan Steiner, ed(s). Aztlan:
An Anthology of Mexican American Literature. New York: Vintage-Knopf, 1972.
A Work in an Anthology:
Silko, Leslie Marmon. “The Man to Send Rain Clouds.” Imagining America: Stories from the Promised Land. Eds.Wesley Brown
and Amy Ling. New York: Persea, 1991, 191-95.
A Translation:
Giroud, Françoise. Marie Curie: A
Life. Trans. Lydia Davis. New York: Holmes, 1986.
A Book with a Title in its Title:
Habich, Robert D. Transcendentalism and
the Western Messenger: A History of the Magazine and Its Contributors,
1835-1841. Rutherford: Fairleight Dickinson UP, 1985.
Films:
When citing a film, provide the following information: Director’s last name, first name. (dir) Film Title, Producer, running time, format, year of release
Sample Entry:
Weir, Peter. (dir) The Dead Poets’ Society, Touchstone Pictures, running time: 128 minutes, DVD, 1989.
Articles in Periodicals:
When citing an article in a periodical, provide the following information: Author’s last name, first name. “Article title”, Periodical title, Publisher, Vol Date: pages.
Sample Entry:
Hasson, Uri et al. “Neurocinematics: The Neuroscience of Film”, Projections: The Journal for Movies and Minds, Berghahn Journals, Vol 2 (1) 2008: 1-26.
Articles/Reviews/Interviews in Periodicals and Newspapers:
When citing one of the above, provide the following information: Author’s last name, first name. “title” Title of Publication, Date: inclusive pages.
Sample Entry:
Nehamas, Alexander. “Plato’s Pop Culture Problem, and Ours”, New York Times, 10 September 2010:6.
Internet or Web Sources:
When citing information form Internet or World Wide Web sources, provide the following information: Author’s last name, first name. “Article title”, Online publication, and/or Name of institution or organization sponsoring Web site, Date of publication, [online] Available at web address [last accessed Date of last access].
Sample Entries:
Articles, Reports, Definitions etc Online Journals & Data Bases and Organizational Web Sites:
Dauvergers, Mia. “Crime Statistics in Canada, 2007” Juristat: Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 85-002-X, Vol 28, no. 7, 2007, [online], Available at http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/85-002-x2008007-eng.pdf [last accessed 1.02.2012].
n/a, “Standard Psychology Instruments and Questionnaires” [online] Available at http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/research/vr/Projects/SocialPhobias/questionnaires.htm [last accessed 28.08.2012]
Articles/Reviews/Interviews in Online Periodicals, Newspapers, Review Sites etc.:
Goldstalk “From a Mother Who Lost Her Son” IMBd Boards Pay It Forward, 2007, [online] Available at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0223897/board/nest/48930202 [last accessed 10.10.2011].
Littleton, Scott and Ann C. Thomas, “The Sarmatian Connection: New Light on the Origins of the Arthurian and Grail Legends” The Journal of American Folklore, 1978, [online] Available at http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/539571?uid=3738880&uid=2&uid=4&sid=21101954191263. [last accessed 26.10.21012].
Schwarzbaum, Lisa “Elizabethtown” Entertainment Weekly, 2005, [online] Available at http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1116758,00.html [last accessed 10.10.2011]