Writing the final paper has been a fairly smooth process for me so far. However, I am struggling with the research aspect of the assignment. I’m having a really tough time finding appropriate sources and deciphering how they apply to my essay. I found a few good resources on jstor, but they are kind of outdated and might not be the best ones to use. Do our sources have to be recently published, or is it okay if they are about ten years old?
Another issue I’m having is that my poem is from the Electronic Literature Collection. Some of my poem’s content isn’t textual (it’s visual). As a result, I’m having difficulty articulating parts of my poem using words, because the poet doesn’t use words in the first place. Lastly, I am having problems with length–my essay is now 4.5 pages, so I need to make it longer–however, there’s only so much you can write about one poem. However, I think I will eventually overcome these obstacles–and hopefully my essay will turn out just fine.
Me too. I didn’t know how to use the things I found online.