Annotated Bibliography on the novel Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
YOU ARE ONLY COMPLETING THE ANALYSIS PORTION OF THE ANNOTATED BIB! DO NOT SUMMARIZE AT ALL!!!!!!!
INSTRUCTIONS
– Analysis of the argument’s strengths and weaknesses/limitations
–> focus on substance of argument (content and meaning)
–> briefly address technical nature of argument (location of these in article, etc.)
– Did you find the argument persuasive? Why or why not?
** consider:
–> article’s historical import
–> theoretical import
–> critical import
–> usefulness to particular audiences
– Would you recommend this article? Why or why not?
– What is its value, if any? Why?
– How does it compare to other articles addressing the same issues? More successfully or less successfully? Why?
· If the article is a google example of a particular theoretical approach (feminism, queer theory, structuralism, trauma theory, etc.) – compare it to other articles in annotated bibliography that derive from the same theoretical perspective, noting which of the articles is most useful and why
– To what particular audiences would you recommend this article? Why?
· Is the argument persuasive but narrowly focused? – Recommend it only to specialists in the field
· Does the argument have significant weaknesses but is interesting/provokes thought? – Recommend to students as a starting point for their own ideas
· Is an argument dated but groundbreaking? – Recommend it as the foundation of a whole series of articles that have developed from it
must be 6 ENTRIES! USING THESE 6 SOURCES.. AT LEAST 1 PAGE OF ANALYSIS PER SOURCE:
Bloom, James D. “Queering, Gazing and Containment in Giovanni’s Room.” European Journal of American Culture, vol. 34, no. 1, Intellect, 2015, pp. 25–47, https://doi.org/10.1386/ejac.34.1.25_1.
Armengol, Josep M. “In the Dark Room: Homosexuality and/as Blackness in James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture & Society, vol. 37, no. 3, Spring 2012, pp. 671–93. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1086/662699.
Grandt, Jürgen E. “INTO A DARKER PAST: JAMES BALDWIN’S ‘GIOVANNI’S ROOM’ AND THE ANXIETY OF AUTHENTICITY.” CLA Journal, vol. 54, no. 3, 2011, pp. 268–93, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44325797.
DeGout, Yasmin Y. “Dividing the Mind: Contradictory Portraits of Homoerotic Love in Giovanni’s Room.” African American Review, vol. 26, no. 3, 1992, pp. 425–35, https://doi.org/10.2307/3041915.
Tuhkanen, Mikko. “James Baldwin on the American Express and the Queer Underground.” English Language Notes, vol. 45, no. 2, Duke University Press, 2007, pp. 123–31, https://doi.org/10.1215/00138282-45.2.123.
Abur-Rahman, Aliyyah I. “‘Simply a Menaced Boy’: Analogizing Color, Undoing Dominance in James Baldwin’s ‘Giovanni’s Room.’” African American Review, vol. 41, no. 3, 2007, pp. 477–86, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40027408.
