Ph.D

Paper Code: 
VAH 141 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Unit I: 
Research in Literature

Introduction to Research                            (The craft of research pp. 10-14, 49-63)

  • What is Research?
  • Why Write it up?
  • Why a Formal Paper?
  • From Questions to a Problem

 

Unit II: 
The Process of Critical Reading:

Close Reading (Prose and Poetry)/ Close Reading of Painting/ Sculpture/ Advertising (Print Media, Electronic Media, Photography, Film (Supportive Media)

 

Unit III: 
Resources

Think: Evaluating your sources                                    (MLA Handbook  pp. 10-12)

Gathering information about your sources                 (MLA Handbook  pp. 13-18)

Taking Notes                                                 (The craft of research pp. 10-14, 49-63)

Unit IV: 
Documentation

Why document sources?                                               (MLA Handbook  pp. 3-6)

Plagiarism and academic dishonesty                            (MLA Handbook  pp. 6-10)

Organize: Creating your documentation                       (MLA Handbook  pp. 19)

  • The lists of works cited                                    (MLA Handbook  pp. 20-53)
  • In – text citations                                              (MLA Handbook  pp. 54-58)

 

Unit V: 
Academic Writing

Preparing a research proposal (organizing material/ ideas, developing an argument, facilitating coherence and cohesion)

Introductions and conclusions                                    (The craft of research pp. 232- 46)

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Extracts from ‘Facilitating Coherence across Qualitative Research Paper’. Ronald J. Chenail & Maureen Duffy (Nova Southeastern University, Fort Landerdale, Florida, USA)  and Sally St. George & Dan Wulff (University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
  • MLA Handbook, New York: MLA, 2016 (Eighth Edition), Print.
  • The Craft of Research, Booth et.al, The University of Chicago Press, 2016 (Fourth Edition), Print.

 

Academic Year: 
2018-2019
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