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  • References (1): MLA
    (MLA Style Guide--official site with a few guidelines on MLA documentation style. Hereafter cited as MLA) Sample research papers from the MLA Style Center.

    MLA Formatting and Style Guide.  MLA citation style guidelines from the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University. Sample research paper.

    MLA Style Guide. This site from the Western Oregon University Library provides examples of MLA in-text citations, references, and how to format a paper.

    MLA Style. An detailed guide on using the MLA citation style from the publisher W. W. Norton.

    EasyBib.  The EasyBib citation generator provides students with examples of how to cite sources using the MLA style.  EasyBib also provides a free citation generator for the MLA citation style.

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  • References (2): Research Writing: General

Lester, James and James Lester, Jr. Writing Research Papers: A Complete Guide,  Global Edition. 15th edition, Pearson, 2015. [content table]
Graff, Gerald and Cathy Birkenstein. They Say / I Say : The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing. 2nd edition, W.W. Norton & Co., 2010.
Hubbuch, Susan M. Writing Research Papers across the Curriculum. 4th edition, Harcourt, 1996.
Kumar, Ranjit. Research Methodology: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners. 3rd edition, SAGE, 2010.

Berry, Ralph The research project : how to write it. London New York : Routledge, c2000 [FJU E-TEXT]
Bailey, Stephen. Academic writing: A Handbook for International Students. Routledge, 2006. [FJU E-TEXT]
Ellison, Carol. McGraw-Hill's Concise Guide to Writing Research Papers. McGraw-Hill's, 2010. [FJU E-TEXT]
Murray, Rowena. How to write a thesis. Open University Press, 2006. [FJU E-TEXT]
Swetnam, Derek. Writing your dissertation. How to Books [FJU E-TEXT]
Cryer, Pat.  The Research Student's Guide to Success. In Open up Study Skills. McGraw-Hill/Open UP. 2006.  [FJU E-TEXT]

  • References (3): Research Writing: Literary

Eliot, Simon and W. R. Owens. A Handbook to Literary Research. Routledge in association with the Open University, 1998. [1st Ed.]
Harner, James L. Literary Research Guide : An Annotated Listing of Reference Sources in English Literary Studies. 5th edition, Modern Language Association of America, 2008. (Our Gong-bo [公博] library: 820.9016 H229 Also available at the library database. )

Literary Movements for Students: Presenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on Literary Movements  [FJU E-TEXT]
Literary Research: Strategies and Sources A Scarecrow Press series. (http://libguides.du.edu/content.php?pid=109023&sid=820333; http://zh.scribd.com/doc/80753437/Literary-Research-and-Canadian-Literature-Strategies-and-Sources

Scarecrow’s Literary Research: Strategies and Sources Series [availble at different local university libraries]

Film: Corrigan, Timothy. A Short Guide to Writing About Film. 7th edition, Longman, 2010. Short Guide Series.

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  • References (4): Guides to Critical Theory & Practice
  • Online: Literary Theory and Criticism
    *Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory. Manchester UP; Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, 1995. [content table 1]
    *Bertens, Johannes Willem. Literary Theory: The Basics. Routledge, 2001. [content table 2]
    Habib, Rafey. Modern Literary Criticism and Theory : A History. Blackwell Pub., 2008. [content table 3]
    Habib, Rafey and Rafey Habib. Literary Criticism from Plato to the Present: An Introduction. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
    Leitch, Vincent B. and Vincent B. Leitch. American Literary Criticism since the 1930s. 2nd edition, Routledge, 2010. [content table 4]
    Nealon, Jeffrey and Susan Searls Giroux. The Theory Toolbox: Critical Concepts for the Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences. 2nd edition, Rowman & Littlefield 2011. [content table 5]
    *Saukko, Paula. Doing Research in Cultural Studies : An Introduction to Classical and New Methodological Approaches. SAGE, 2003. Introducing Qualitative Methods. [content table 7]
    Selden, Raman et al. A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory. 5th edition, Pearson Longman, 2005.
    *Tyson, Lois. Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide. Garland Pub., 1999. [content table 9]

Carter, David.  Literary Theory. Pocket Essentials, 2006.  [FJU E-TEXT]
Castle, Gregory. The Blackwell Guide to Literary Theory.  Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell Publishers, 2007. [FJU E-TEXT]
Seldon, Raman. Reader's Guide to Contemporary Theory. Harvester, 1993. [801.950904 Se48] [content table 8]

Yoon, Bogum, et al. Critical literacy practice [electronic resource] : applications of critical theory in diverse setting. Singapore : Springer Singapore, 2015. [FJU E-TEXT]

Film: Bateman, John A. and Karl-Heinrich Schmidt. Multimodal Film Analysis : How Films Mean. Routledge, 2012. Routledge Studies in Multimodality, vol. 5.
*Rose, Gillian. Visual Methodologies: An Introduction to the Interpretation of Visual Materials. Sage, 2001.

Practice:

*Green, Keith & Jill Lebihan.  Critical Theory & Practice: A Coursebook.  Routledge , 96. [801.95 G796 1996]
Bressler, Charles E.  Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1994.) 1st edition; 2nd edition
Ryan, Michael.  Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction.  MA: Blackwell, 1999. Seldon, Raman.  Practicing Theory and Reading Literature.  Kentucky, 1989.
Literary Theories in Praxis. Ed. Shirley F. Staton. Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania P, 1987. [001.95 L712]

  • References (5): Critical Theory Anthology

Leitch, Vincent B. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. 1st edition, Norton, 2001.
Lodge, David. Modern Criticism and Theory: A Reader. Longman, 1988.
Parker, Robert Dale. Critical Theory: A Reader for Literary and Cultural Studies. Oxford University Press, 2012.
Rivkin, Julie and Michael Ryan. Literary Theory: An Anthology. 2nd edition, Blackwell Pub., 2004.

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  • References (6): Critical Concepts & Literary Terms

Bennett, Andrew and Nicholas Royle. An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory. 4th edition, Pearson/Longman, 2009. [808 B471 2004][content table 10]
Felluga, Dino Franco. Critical Theory: The Key Concepts. First edition. edition, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015. Routledge Key Guides. [content table 11]
Sim, Stuart et al. Introducing Critical Theory: A Graphic Guide. Totem Books USA, 2005.
Quin, Edward. A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms (Facts on File Writer's Library) Checkmark Books; 2 edition (September 1, 2006) Scribd.
Eaglestone, Robert. Doing English: A Guide for Literature Students. NY: Routledge, 2000.
Lentricia, Frank, et al eds. Critical Terms for Literary Study. 《文學批評術語》. 張京媛等譯. 香港:牛津大學.

Key in "Literary Terms" at FJU library's database, you will get the following two E-books:
-- A new handbook of literary terms [electronic resource] / David Mikics.
Mikics, David, 1961-
-- The Routledge dictionary of literary terms [electronic resource] / [edited by] Peter Childs and Roge

Film: Jess-Cooke, Carolyn and Constantine Verevis. Second Takes : Critical Approaches to the Film Sequel. State University of New York Press, 2010. The Suny Series, Horizons of Cinema.

  • References (8): Film Analysis and Studies
    Bateman, John A. and Karl-Heinrich Schmidt. Multimodal Film Analysis : How Films Mean. Routledge, 2012. Routledge Studies in Multimodality,vol. 5.
    Braudy, Leo and Marshall Cohen. Film Theory and Criticism : Introductory Readings. 7th edition, Oxford University Press, 2009.
    Jess-Cooke, Carolyn and Constantine Verevis. Second Takes: Critical Approaches to the Film Sequel. State University of New York Press, 2010. The Suny Series, Horizons of Cinema.

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    References (9): Thematic, Interdisciplinary Approaches & Studies of Genre

    Finch, Jason. Deep Locational Criticism: Imaginative Place in Literary Research and Teaching. John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2016. Fillm Studies in Languages and Literatures,, vol. volume 3.
    Fo?t, Bohumil. An Introduction to Fictional Worlds Theory. Peter Lang Edition, 2016. Literary and Cultural Theory,vol. volume 43.
    Terentowicz-Fotyga, Urszula, ed. Space in Literature: Method, Genre, Topos. Series: Mediated Fictions. Peter Lang, 2018. [connecting with cognitive linguistics]
    Nänny, Max and Olga Fischer, eds. Form Miming Meaning: Iconicity in Language and Literature. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1999. [connecting with semiotics]
    Ewers, Hans-Heino. Fundamental Concepts of Children's Literature Research: Literary and Sociological Approaches.  Routledge, 2009.
    Fleischhack, Maria and Elmar SchenkelGhosts, eds. Ghosts—or the (Nearly) Invisible: Spectral Phenomena in Literature and the Media. ALPH: Approaches to Literary Phantasy. Peter Lang, 2016.

  • References (10): Online Resources

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