Extras

If you have any helpful tips or links  please post them in the comment section below and we'll upload them to the blog to help everyone out. 

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The Writing Centre

If you feel you need 1-on-1 assistance with your academic writing you are welcome to take your essay to the Writing Centre. Located in Crozier Street the Writing Centre is part of Stellenbosch University's Language Centre. The consultants are trained to assist writers from all academic disciplines and take a client-centred approach to their consultations. Meaning that you will get the best possible help, tailored to your specific problem.

To make an appointment contact Anne-Mari Lackay on 021 808 2989 or email her at amlackay@sun.ac.za

For more information on the Writing Centre click here.

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Victorian Reading Group

If you're keen to get more out of English 178 and love the romanticism of the Victorian era, please get involved with the Victorian Reading Group. You can do so by contacting by going online and following The Old Curiosity Shop blog. The reading group will meet once a week and is aimed at fostering a love of all literature Victorian in the hearts and minds of any budding young literary scholar. 

The reading group will require you to prepare for each session, but as the texts are going to be short it won't place any undue pressure on your already busy schedule, (The shortest texts, will be cartoons and the longest, short stories) and provide a great place to meet like-minded fellow students who you might otherwise only come into contact with at a post-graduate level. 

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The "Little" and Big Trick

If you're unsure of how to format a title of a poem, play, novel or film in your essay  just think of the "little" and big trick to MLA titling. All smaller texts from a collection, anthology or course handout, should be indicated by the use of "quotation marks" in your essay. The title of the larger works, for instance the collection, anthology or course handout itself, along with the titles of books, plays and movies should be indicated with Italics. 

If you're still not sure visit About.com for more information and a list of titles to format in either quotations or italics. 

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Trouble with Turn-It-In?


Watch the how to video for a step-by-step guide through the Turn-It-In process.

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Saving Your Document by the Correct Title


For the sake of your tutor who might have up to 50 students please save your documents using the guidelines presented in the following video:

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Trouble with making an Academic Argument?

If you are having problems with wrapping your head around this potentially difficult matter, try downloading this simple guide to making an academic argument. It is only five pages long and explains the basics of making a claim/argument, supporting it with evidence and informs you of the importance of reading with a critical eye. 

Download it by clicking here.

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Literary Theory

Making use of literary theory to perform a reading or strengthen your argument can be very daunting at first. But there are a few books which can help ease you into the seemingly abstract world of literary criticism. A couple of great resources to have as a student of English Literature are Peter Barry's Beginning Theory: An introduction to literary and cultural theory and The Routledge  Dictionary of Literary Terms. You can download PDF's versions of both of these by clicking on the links below. 

Remember to reference them properly when you quote from them (For information on how to do this click here).

Beginning Theory: An introduction to literary and cultural theory

The Routledge  Dictionary of Literary Terms

The Beginning Theory PDF sadly lacks page numbers so it should not be used for post-graduate references, but you'll be able to get away with it at undergraduate level. I hope it helps.

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