REPORT
Sources used
This collection of 20 classic
books, each with a special message, will
be kept at will be kept
MagillOnLiterature Plus, Fiction
Connection, Books in Print and Novelist
were mainly used for the plot, genre, appeal factors. Book covers came from
Books in print. Amazon.com was used for the book cover for “The Shrouded Woman”
. MagillOnLiterature Plus was used for much of the plot, although the other
sources were used to simplify and shorten the story to its important features.
All sources were used to identify genre and general appeal factors for each
novel. A bibliography for sources used is at the end of this page.
Search strategies
Selection of novels by genre
The main genres used for for searching fo appropriate novels
for “Classics with a Message” were Surrealist literature, Psychological
fiction, Utopian fiction, Dystopian fiction. Some novels with genres of Social
realism and Magical realism were also considered suitable.
MagillOnLiterature Plus and
Novelist were the easiest to search for required appeal factors and genre.
However keywords must be exact (to one word) except for Magill subject terms
can be + “s”.
The keywords can be searched
for in index lists which are easier to search. For classics with a message
Magill : Literary Genre : Surrealist literature, Psychological fiction,
Utopian fiction, Dystopian fiction and to a lesser extent Magical realism and
Social realism.
Novelist: Genre: Surrealist fiction, Psychological fiction
Magill was also searched using subject terms: self-discovery,
values, social issues, haunting, hallucinations and counterculture.
Novelist was also searched using appeal factors (=storyline ,pace
tone, writing style)
:
Fiction Connection was used
to find similar novels to “The Pearl” using keywords “classic” and “life changes”.
“Fahrenheit 451 and “World Light” appeared suitable from the list.
Novelist produced Boyle, T
Coghessan, and Kennedy, Williams as read alike authors. This lead to Drop City
for Boyle (counterculture) and Ironweed for Kennedy being selected.
North Sydney public library
held all books except for the two buy Maria Luisa Bombal. And “Fahrenheit 451”,
but it did have a sound recording for “Fahrenheit 451” , showing some public
interest in the selected books, since some were written decades ago.
Usefulness of bibliography
Relevance
The selection of books will
allow students to compare messages and styles of delivery from a wide range on
novelists, locations and environments. Authors included a number of women,
South Americans, two Americans including an African American , a German and Australians.
There are numbers of authors with lyrical writing style and humour. A number of the novels are
quite moving, The messages in many of these novels are
Important lifestyle
information that often was gained after many years.
Using the blong’s labels
students can choose a novel which will suit their taste as several appeal
factors have been included with each novel.
Blog format
The blog format is simple and
not cluttered. Their is some white space which helps. The outer background when
applied became a complete forest. This was much preferable to patterns crammed
in around the edges. The main Australian author website, North Sydney Library
and catalogue are directly accessible. The pictures use wrap around so there
are not large areas of unavoidable white space. The North Sydney banner is attractive
and the blog heading colours were chosen so the lettering did not disappear either
into the lines of the bridge or the white sky.
The simple black writing for general
text and light blue for lables is good for readability, and does not clash with the pictures and background forest which
give enough colour, but not too much. The label summaries are very useful for
locating books, authors and the attractive features of individual novels.
Omitted Selection
Laxness, Halldor Kiljan World Light.New York: Knopf Doubleday,
2002.
World Light
was the read-alike selected using Fiction Connection and The Pearl. The book
appeared on several other searches. It would have extended localities to
Iceland. The book was translated from the original language by the famous
Magnus Magnussen. However sections of the book in other non-English language
were not translated and one wonders if some of the translated sections had the
original meaning. Reviewers didn’t appear enthusiastic. Also the book is over
600 pages, which is a little long for HSC students.
Brynie, Faith Hickman.
“Tortilla Flat.” Masterplots,4th ed., November 2010, p1-3. Retrieved
October19,2012
from MagillOnLiterature Plus database.
Dietz, Frank.
“Fahrenheit 451”.
Masterplots, 4th
ed., November 2010, p1-3. Retrieved October19 ,2012 from MagillOnLiterature
Plus database.
Sahni, Chaman
L.. “Siddhartha.”
Masterplots, 4th ed., November 2010, p1-3. Retrieved
October19 ,2012 from MagillOnLiterature Plus database.
Lee, A.
Robert. “Invisible man.” Masterplots II: African American Literature,
Revised ed., December 2008, p1-4. Retrieved
October19 ,2012 from MagillOnLiterature Plus database.
Monaghan,
Peter. “Borderline .“.Masterplots II: British & Commonwealth Fiction
Series,
March 1987,
p1-2. Retrieved October20 ,2012 from MagillOnLiterature Plus database.
Ferrari,
Christine. “Oscar
& Lucinda.” Masterplots, 4th ed.,
November 2010, p1-3. Retrieved October20 ,2012 from MagillOnLiterature Plus
database.
Harper,
Natalie; Shuman, R. Baird. “Cabin fever.” Magill’s Survey of World Literature, Revised ed., January
2009, p1-1. Retrieved October20 ,2012 from MagillOnLiterature Plus database.
Buckner,
Sally. “The grapes
of wrath.” Masterplots, 4th ed, November
2010, p1-3. Retrieved October19 ,2012 from MagillOnLiterature Plus database.
Dziemianowicz,
Stefan.” Drop
city.” Magill’s
Literary Annual 2004, June 2004, p1-3.
Retrieved
October19 ,2012 from MagillOnLiterature Plus database.
Reynolds,
Michael S.. “Steppenwolf.”
Masterplots, 4th
ed, November 2010, p1-4. Retrieved
October19 ,2012
from MagillOnLiterature Plus database.
Ross, Robert
L..” The tax
inspector.” Magill’s Literary Annual 1993, June 1993,
p1-3.
Retrieved
October19 ,2012 from MagillOnLiterature Plus database.
Gunn, Drewey
Wayne.”The pearl.” Masterplots II: Short
Story Series, Revised ed., January
2004, p1-3. Retrieved
October19 ,2012 from MagillOnLiterature Plus database.
Arnold, Edwin
T..”Ironweed.” Magill’s Literary Annual 1984, June 1984,
p1-3. Retrieved October21 ,2012 from MagillOnLiterature Plus database.
Carrigan,
Jr., Henry L..”The glass bead game.” Masterplots, 4th ed., November
2010, p1-4.
Retrieved
October21 ,2012 from MagillOnLiterature Plus database.
Baldwin,
Dean. “His illegal self.” Magill’s
Literary Annual 2009, June 2009, p1-3. Retrieved October19 ,2012 from
MagillOnLiterature Plus database.
Berg, Mary
G.. “New island.s ”Masterplots II: Short
Story Series, Revised ed., January
2004,
p1-3. Retrieved
October20 ,2012 from MagillOnLiterature Plus database.
Sylvia, Susan
J..”The alchemist.” Masterplots, 4th ed., November
2010, p1-4. Retrieved October20 ,2012 from MagillOnLiterature Plus database.
Cunningham,
Lucia Guerra. “The shrouded woman.” Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised
ed.n, January 2000, p1-3. Retrieved October21 ,2012 from MagillOnLiterature
Plus database.
McCarthy,
Joanne. “The inheritance of loss.” Magill's Book Reviews, January 2006,
p1-1. Retrieved October21 ,2012 from MagillOnLiterature Plus database.
Paddock,
Lisa. “Bridget Jones’s diary.” Magill’s Literary Annual 1999, June
1999, p1-3. Retrieved October21 ,2012 from MagillOnLiterature Plus database.
.“Tortilla
Flat.” Description and Book appeal terms
.Retrieved October19,2012 from Novelist database.
“Fahrenheit 451”. Description and Book appeal terms. Retrieved
October19 ,2012 from Novelist database.
“Siddhartha.”Desription and Book
appeal termse. Retrieved October19 ,2012 from Novelist database.
Lee, A.
Robert. “Invisible man.” Description and
Book appeal terms. Retrieved October19 ,2012 from Novelist database.
Monaghan,
Peter. “Borderline .“. Description and Book appeal terms. Retrieved
October20 ,2012
from Novelist database.
Ferrari,
Christine. “Oscar
& Lucinda.” Descriptio and, Book appeal terms and
Image Retrieved October20 ,2012 from Novelist database.
“Cabin fever.” Description and Book appeal terms. Retrieved October20 ,2012
from Novelist database.
“The grapes of wrath.” Description and
Book appeal terms. Retrieved October19 ,2012 from Novelist s database.
.” Drop city.” Description and Book appeal terms . Retrieved
October19 ,2012 from Novelist
database.
“Steppenwolf.” Description and Book appeal terms, Retrieved October19 ,2012
from
Novelist
database.
.” The tax inspector.” Description, Book
appeal terms and Image
Retrieved
October19 ,2012 from Novelist database.
”The pearl.” Description, Book appeal terms and Image Retrieved
October19 ,2012
from Novelist database.
”Ironweed.” Description,
Book appeal terms and Image. Retrieved October21 ,2012 from Novelist database.
..”The glass
bead game.” Description, Book appeal terms and Image
Retrieved
October21 ,2012 from Novelist database.
“His illegal self.” Description and Book
appeal terms. Retrieved October19 ,2012 from Novelist database.
.”The alchemist.”
Description
and Book appeal terms. Retrieved October20 ,2012 from Novelist data
“The inheritance of loss.” Description and Book appeal terms. Retrieved October21 ,2012 from Novelist s
database.
“Bridget Jones’s diary.” Description and Book
appeal terms. Retrieved October21 ,2012 from Novelist s database.
.“Tortilla
Flat.” Annotation and Image .Retrieved October19,2012 from Books
in Print database.
“Fahrenheit 451”. Annotation and Image. Retrieved October19 ,2012 from Books in
Print database.
“Siddhartha.”Annotation and Image. Retrieved October19 ,2012 from Books
in Print database.
“Invisible man.” Annotation and Image. Retrieved October19 ,2012 from Books
in Print database.
“Borderline .“. Annotation and
Image Retrieved October20 ,2012
from Books in Print database.
“Oscar & Lucinda.”Annotations and Image Retrieved October20 ,2012 from Books
in Print database.
“Cabin fever.” Annotation and Image Retrieved October20 ,2012 from Books in
Print database.
“The grapes of wrath.” Annotation and
Image Retrieved October19 ,2012 from Books in Print database.
” Drop city.” Annotation and Image Retrieved October19 , 2012
from
Books in
Print database.
“Steppenwolf.” Annotation and Image Retrieved
October19 ,2012
from Books in Print database.
” The tax inspector.” Annotation and Image
Retrieved
October19 ,2012 from Books in Print database.
.”The pearl.”
Annotation and Image Retrieved
October19 ,2012
from Books in Print database.
.”Ironweed.” Annotation
and Image. Retrieved October21 ,2012
from Books in Print database.
”The glass
bead game.” Annotation and Image Retrieved October21 ,2012
from Books in
Print
database.
“His illegal self.” Annotation and Image Retrieved October19 ,2012 from Books
in Print database.
.”The alchemist.”
Annotation
and Image Retrieved October20 ,2012 from Books in Print database.
“The inheritance of loss.” Annotation and Image Retrieved October21 ,2012 from Books
in Print database.
“Bridget
Jones’s diary.” Annotation and Image Retrieved
October21 ,2012 from Books in Print database.
“New islands ”
Annotation and Image. Retrieved October20 ,2012 from Books in Print
database.
“House of
mist and The shrouded woman: two novels by Maria Luisa Bambal.” Retrieved
October21 ,2012 from
http://www.amazon.com/House-Mist-Shrouded-Womantwo-Novels/dp/0292708300
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