This is a compare and contrast research paper between the Bronx Tale movie AND the broadway play. In 10 pages (in addition to a one page bibliography with sources cited CHICAGO STYLED), the similarities and differences of the movie and play need to be talked about.
Some of these similarities and differences should include research about how the production of the play as well as the music was different from that of the movie. You can also talk about how the music in the movie and play reflected certain characters.
The music of the play and the movie should also be compared being that the movie had its own soundtrack with songs from bands/artists from the 60’s and 70’s. The broadway play had its own score composed by composer Alan Menken. Lyrics were written by Glenn Slater.
10 sources are required for this paper. Please be sure to use TWO New York Times articles. THIS IS VERY MANDATORY! 5 out of the 10 sources need to come from printed sources (such as books or reliable article sources). I will attach my professor’s directions for any further details and information.
American Musical
TheaterFinal Paper
The goal of this final assignment, due on Wednesday, December 16 at 5 p.m., is for you todemonstrate your skills in doing research, writing, and creating footnotes and a bibliography.The paper should be 10 full pages long (including footnotes), plus one page of Bibliography.This is, first and foremost, a research paper. You are going to present a thesis and argue yourthesis, using scholarly and journalistic sources to bolster your argument. Of course, youropinions, insights, and analyses can be part of the paper. But mostly the goal of the paper is toshow how well you can read and digest scholarly and high-quality journalistic writings and howwell you can cite these sources. Your own conclusions should be based, in part on the writings ofreputable scholars and journalists.You may write about any topic related to the American musical theater, but you must clear itwith me. Once you and I agree on a topic, I will help you find sources online.You should cite from at least 10 sources. At least half of these sources must come from printsources (books and articles). At least two sources should be articles from the New YorkTimes.
Online sources
Wikipedia may NOT be used as a primary source, only as a starting point. There should beNO Wikipedia articles in your Bibliography.On the other hand, many Wikipedia article provide bibliographies, many of which can help youidentify scholarly sources that will help you pursue your topic.
Citation
Please do not use “citation creator” or other footnote-makers included in your software. Iexpect you to type out your footnotes by hand. Clearly not all of your “citation creators” useChicago style in the way that I have taught it to you. If you cut-and-paste your citations, beprepared to rewrite whatever doesn’t follow the directions that I have given you. If you need helpwith your citations and Bibliography, please ask me. I will help you.
Moreover, I notice that when some of you cite The New York Times, the name of the papercomes out repeated twice and not italicized. Type out the text by hand. Spell out full words fordates.
Footnotes
Footnotes are cited First Name Last Name. Parts of footnotes are separated by commas.Publications details are in parentheses and must include the city of publication: the publisher and the year. The page range follows the second parenthesis mark and is preceded by a comma. Hereis an example:
Elizabeth A. Wollman, A Critical Guide to the American Stage Musical (London: Bloomsbury,2017), 23-25.
Use ibid. if the next citation is also by Elizabeth Wollman. All you’ll need to add is the pagerange.If you cite Wollman again later on, use short form:Wollman, A Critical Guide, 92.BibliographyNote that the author’s names go Last Name, First Name, in alphabetical order. Parts of thecitation are separated by periods. The publication information does not include parentheses. Youdon’t have to put the page range or the chapter number in the bibliography.RemindersNames of musicals are italicized.Names of songs are “In Quotation Marks.”Check your spelling. Look for the little red squiggles under words – that will tell you when aword is misspelled. Blue squiggles indicate that you’ve repeated a word or that a word ismissing. Go through the whole paper and check for these.And, finallyIf you need help, ask for it. But please don’t wait until the last minute to do so.The deadline for submission of the paper is final, and there will be no “do-overs.”
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