My Final Project

     Finding texts and solid primary sources has been a journey, but I am slowly beginning to condense my choices to have my primary sources be set and ready to dig deeper into the intertextuality project. My secondary sources are not as connected as I want them to be to my topic, so I will definitely have to do a deep dive and find sources that are not only relevant to female protagonists in novels based in the United States, but in other parts of the world as well. I also have been finding secondary sources relating to African American women which is very good, but I also need to open up my lens to have a variety of races and cultures pertaining to my topic. My topic is based on literary texts that depict a defiant female protagonist from multiple time periods and diverse locations and regions. My emphasis is specifically on women of color because as a woman of color myself, I would like to learn more about this specific area of history in literature. I definitely need to do more work on this project and I need to finalize all of my sources to begin the core part of the project, but I have no doubt that I will be able to finish and have a cohesive project. I am greatly enjoying finding resources because it is opening my eyes to many new texts that I will have to read when I get a chance. I have a list of books that I plan to read in my free time, and this project has at least doubled that list due to the primary sources I have found in my research. Again, I am struggling with narrowing down my primary sources, but I believe I will be able to do it by the end of this week. 



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  1. Avery PiersonNovember 14, 2021 at 10:41 PM

    I am having trouble finding my 4 primary sources as well, but I am hoping after throughly looking through all of my secondary sources I can find them

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  2. Michelle BNovember 18, 2021 at 12:23 PM

    Good luck and reach out if you want further guidance!

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  3. Jojo LampkaNovember 21, 2021 at 7:51 PM

    Your topic sounds so cool!

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  4. Isabella FernandezNovember 23, 2021 at 7:36 PM

    I too am struggling to find what would be best for my 4 primary sources. Your topics sounds absolutely fascinating and I cannot wait to see the final product!

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  5. KrisDecember 12, 2021 at 11:10 PM

    It's great that you want to find the time to read your primary sources. In my case, there were a couple of old plays and poems that were readily available on the internet, so I skimmed through them.

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