Assignment
Some general parameters for your final project:
1. Independent definition of your topic.
2. Independent research.
3. A topic that includes substantive analysis of text and music. You will likely limit yourself to a small number of musical settings (2 – 3), though particular topics may merit surveying a greater number.
4. “Outside research” that bears directly on your textual interpretation i.e. is not simply “background” information. (You won’t score any points for having a large bibliography that you don’t put to use in your paper.)
5. Annotated poems and musical scores.
6. May involve meeting with a language professor to discuss elements of the poetic form and/or meaning.
7. May involve comparison of 2 -3 recordings.
8. A formal paper 8-10 pages in length (no more, no less).
Online Reference Books
- Oxford Reference Online100 well-known and trusted dictionaries and reference books combined into a single cross-searchable web database. Includes:
- Pocket Oxford German dictionary German-English
- Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary: French-English
Print Reference Books
Below are key reference books that provide a general overview of a topic or help identify synonyms, related terms, or basic data. These sources often include references and lists of further readings.
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians by Call Number: HAT 2d Floor Stacks ML 100 .N48 2001ISBN: 0195170679Publication Date: 2004This is also available online as Grove Music Online.
The Oxford History of Western Music by Call Number: HAT Reference ML160 .T18 2005ISBN: 0195169794Publication Date: 2005v. 3. The nineteenth century
Encyclopedia of German Literature by Call Number: HAT Reference PT91 .E53 2000ISBN: 1579581382Publication Date: 2000
European Writers by Call Number: Hatfield Library Reference (PN501 .E9 )ISBN: 0684165945Publication Date: 1983
Nineteenth-Century French PoetsCall Number: HAT Reference PN771 .D43 v. 217- Modern French PoetsCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference (PN771 .D43 v.258 )
- Russian Literature in the Age of Pushkin and Gogol: Poetry and DramaCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference (PN771 .D43 v.205 )
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German & French Dictionaries
Oxford-Duden German Dictionary: German-English, English-GermanCall Number: HAT Reference PF3640 .O94 2005ISBN: 0198609744Publication Date: 2005
The Larousse French-English, English-French Dictionary by Call Number: Hatfield Library Reference (PC2640 .G68 1993 )ISBN: 2034201000Publication Date: 1994
