Ok, so I've been a little bad about keeping up on my blog since getting sick and then becoming overwhelmed with my project. I should have talked out my problems with my research and Femme Fatale project here, but I did not. So here is to a new start, and a new attempt at catching and keeping up!
My rhetorical precis was a bit of a challenge. Over the last few weeks I had been trying to get my sources together. I found an overwhelming amount of relevant information about Film Noir and the use of the Femme Fatale in these features. I think in part I have not had a very clear understanding of where I wanted to begin and what I wanted to accomplish in this semester, so my research has been far to vast. I was looking at any and everything that had content regarding Noir Cinema and women. I failed to see that searching this would bring up about a million scholarly articles. I then attempted to sift through these, which seemed like an endless project in itself.
Finally, after exasperating myself, I settled on 4 sources to start. One was an article that I had been looking at from Film Quarterly and the other three were reviews in Film Quarterly of the books I wanted to check out, but that were already in the possession of some other lucky scholar. While waiting to get my hands on those books, I found the book reviews extremely helpful. Instead of stressing beyond belief about reading all 3 books, these reviews helped give me great insight from someone already well versed in the contents.
I’m glad all the research for the precís helped you make some headway. It did the same for me in my search efforts. I suppose the more failed searches you have, the better your odds are of finally getting a legitimate source. It’s kind of like sailing and finding the right island...okay that was dumb. Sorry. Really though, I hope you do get to sail away some day. Just don’t go all Chris McCandless on everyone (Hopefully you’ve read or seen Into the Wild otherwise that allusion made NO sense at all).
ReplyDeleteUm. Wow. I’m a terrible research correspondent. I loath this sorry sorry excuse for feedback I’m giving you right now. It seems that the Film Quarterly has been a useful aid to you, which is good.
I'm kind of bummed you scrapped the whole punk idea. But this is still pretty cool. Cool Beans. Cool Cats. Cooli-oo-li-o.
And don't apologize about keeping up or whatever. Considering my track record, you are a blog-SAINT.
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