Introduction to Advanced Research

This course will acquaint you with the resources to carry out the central tasks of literary scholarship. Bibliography (studying the production, dissemination, collection, location, and identification of literary artifacts and versions) forms the dynamic basis for scholarship and criticism of all kinds, just as critical sensibility guides our choice of what to look for. You will be guided through the reference works and databases in the Boston College library and elsewhere, discuss the goals, purposes, and future of the field of literary studies, explore the phenomenon of digital humanities, and produce an original project based on archival sources.