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HIST 112/B1 “Modern World“ Winter 2022 Analysis of a Scholarly Article (1) LENGTH: 750-1000 words (3-4 pages) CITATION STYLE: Chicago Footnote -use the Notes-Bibliography System -for more details refer to the Chicago Manual of Style QuickGuide: http://www

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HIST 112/B1 “Modern World“ Winter 2022

Analysis of a Scholarly Article (1)

LENGTH: 750-1000 words (3-4 pages)

CITATION STYLE: Chicago Footnote

-use the Notes-Bibliography System

-for more details refer to the Chicago Manual of Style QuickGuide: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

 

FONT: Times New Roman 12 point

 

FORMAT: Top of page:        Your name

Course number

“Analysis of a Scholarly Article”

Date

 

Other formatting requirements:

-double-spaced 

-numbered pages

-1 inch margins (top, bottom, left, right)

-indent paragraphs

-Full bibliographic information for the source at the end of the paper using Chicago style                 

Write a 750-1000 word (3-4 page) analysis of ONE (1) of the following scholarly articles:

 

 

All articles are available through the UofA library. 

To find the articles go to: <http://www.library.ualberta.ca/>

-type in bibliographic information, such as author: __; title:____

 

 

 

 

Your analysis must include the following:

 

-Background or context for the article. Imagine that the person reading your analysis has never read the article. For example, what period and what country is the article discussing, or what people or events is it about. The background can be provided in a sentence or two.

 

-A summary of the thesis put forth by the author.

 

-Historiographical contributions of the article. How does it contribute to the larger conversation among historians (historiography) about this topic?

 

-A summary of the structure of the author's argument. Explain what the parts of the article are and how they fit together to the back up the thesis/argument. This will probably be the lengthiest part of your analysis.

 

-An analysis of the sources that the author uses. In particular, what kinds of primary sources is the author using (legal documents, memoirs, newspaper articles, letters, etc.) The author may talk about this in the article, or you may have to inspect the footnotes. How do they shape the content of the article?

 

-An assessment of how well the author argues his or her thesis. What are the strengths and/or weaknesses of the article?

 

-A question or questions you would ask the author about this topic or project.

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You will be marked on how well you address the questions listed above, along with how well your analysis is written and how well you can integrate the various sections of the analysis. A marking guide is available on the eClass site.

 

Be succinct. Be specific. Use your own words. Back up your claims with references to the article, but for this paper avoid direct quotations from the article. Cite the article using the Chicago style.

 

Tips:

 

-To avoid slipping into a simple description, make the author of the article active in your analysis.

For example:  ý Avoid simple description: “The article is about Julien Raimond’s contributions to the Haitian revolution.”

            þ Make the author active: “Garrigus argues that without considering Julien Raimond’s contributions, the Haitian revolution cannot be properly understood.”