Méthodologie
Civilisation Britannique L2 S3
Méthodologie d’analyse d’un corpus de
documents, LCS.
2022-2023
Université
@ BORDEAUX
MONTAIGNEMy work can be separated in three visual stages:
-the Introduction
-the Analysis
-the Conclusion
“As you may see these three stages are separate from one and another, you
should neither start to analyse in the introduction nor conclude in the analysis.
In the Introduction
1) Thanks to the theme/ subject/ thesis provided by the
professor, you must define the subject: British poltics/ political
dissention/ women in 18" century poltics/ British cities and countryside...
2) Then you are expected to present the document(s), author-
source-date-context-addressee-main topics (ora very brief
‘summary but do not enter the analysis right away!)
You may repeat this process for each document.
3) After completing these steps in this order, you may
formulate the question that will guide your whole
analysis. Your work can only contain one question or
thesis, do not ask questions inside your analysis.
4) Finally, contrary to other academic works, you do not
have to state your outline.Pour lintroduction vous pouvez utiliser le moyen
mémotechnique suivant P.P.P:
1) Préambule : presentation du theme.
2) Présentation(s) de(s) document(s).
3) Problématisation du sujet.
In the analysis,
@QYour work cannot be divided into two parts like:
1) document A
Il) document B.
You have to compare both documents, draw some parallels, or
identify concepts which set them apart. These documents were
given to you for a compared analysis, do not hesitate to
analyse them separately or as one.
1) Your ideas must be structured, and one at a time, one per
paragraph.
2) To illustrate your idea(s) you must quote the text(s) or
justify with analytical material from the images, you must
at all time support your ideas with the documents. You are
aiming at analysing the document(s) shedding some light
onto its potential meaning(s).
1. You should not just only give @ quote or sum-up what the text is about, you would only
‘paraphrase,
@ When | quote, | signal it with inverted comas “...” and give the
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line number /. 8 so that the identification of the origin of your
quote may be clear to any reader (this actively participates to
an easy reading when correcting!) e.g: “My cozen Abigail is grown3) After that | develop on my idea and the quote, you must
not stop at quoting, this last step is meant for you to
explain how this quote from the text supports your idea.
You must prove the logical connection in between the two.
To sum up: one solid idea = idea + quote + interpretation
Pour le développement vous pouvez utiliser le moyen
mémotechnique suivant |.C.J:
1) Ide : presentation de votre axe danalyse dans ce paragraphe.
2) Citation : je m’appuie sur les sources pour illustrer mon propos.
3) Justification : 'explique le lien entre mon idée et la citation, et les
nouvelles informations que celle-ci apporte.
Inthe conclusion
4) You need to sum up what you have uncovered so far, not
just repeat the ideas you developed but the things you
uncovered.
2) Then you answer the question/ thesis from your
introduction, do not ask a different question, or do not
try to rephrase it in any way.
3) You can add an opening at the end, yet this is not
mandatory. The opening should be linked to the topic
understudy, or linked to the general theme (slavery,
women, landscape...) but you need to remain precise.Pour: fa conclusion vous pouvez utiliser le moyen
“ mémotechnique suivant R.R.O:
1) Rappel:: je condense la totalité de ce que j'ai découvert au fil de analyse.
2) Réponse : je réponds a la question posée dans Vintroduction, grace &
miles découvertes.
3) Ouverture : je compare ou illustre mon théme d’étude avec un
‘évenement ou un texte aux problématiques similaires.
The don’ts = S
>To begin one’s work with “Once upon a time” or “A long
time ago” or “Twas” you are not narrating, this is not the
beginning of a fairy tale.
>To give one’s opinion on the matter, we don’t wish or
intend to know your opinion on the subject you are
working on. You must at all time remain focused on the
document(s) understudy, and most of all remain objective.
>To paraphrase, repeat or rephrase the text, merely
explaining what the text is about.
">To give dates or context you are very much unsure of:
*1794 abolition of slavery, *1834-1836 American Civil
War.
>To quote other authors or works that are not directly
referenced in the text or subtext.
>To talk about something entirely different, the French
“Hors Sujet”