my bibliography Posted by Andrew

Working Thesis: I argue that Brandon Sanderson’s works create awe because they (a) are written in the fantasy genre, which has inherent awe in it, (b) are written in the hard fantasy genre, which also has aspects of awe inherent in it, and (c) are written with Sanderson’s own unique style, which also carries with it elements and aspects of awe.

Campbell, Joseph. The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Princeton: Bollingen, 1972. Print.  Joseph Campbell points out major tropes and themes in form that are prevalent in fantasy and science fiction, including such things as the hero’s journey, where the hero needs to take a long trip across the world to find out who he really is.

Card, Orson Scott. How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest, 1990. Print.  Orson Scott Card talks about how authors should use characters, pacing, and so forth in order to not distract the reader with them, but in order to more fully get the reader involved with the story.

Stockmann, Britta,  and Jens Jahnke.  Literature and board games at the beginning

of 21st century.  http://www.hc.amu.edu.pl/numery/5/stockjahnke.pdf A discussion of some tropes of literature.

Coppermind.net.  This is the official wiki page for everything Brandon Sanderson related.  Tons of goodies can be found here if you want to know more about his books.

Druyan, Ann. “Ann Druyan talks about Science, Religion, Wonder, Awe . . . and Carl Sagan.” ETC: A Review of General Semantics. 63.1 Jan 2006: 25-35. Raises the argument of why people separate science and religion, and how they are different ways of searching for truth.

LeGuin, Ursula K. “Myth and Archetype in Science Fiction.” The Language of the Night. New York: Putnam, 1979. 73-81.  LeGuin discusses where many archetypes came from and why we still use them today.

Mouallem, Oscar. The Ten Rules of (Golden Age) Detective Fiction http://metrowir.com/2013/06/21/the-ten-rules-of-golden-age-detective-fiction/  This deals with my topic because Sanderson often uses some of the elements of the detective genre in his books.  The best example I can think of is trying to find the spy in Well of Ascension.

Seventeenth Shard: The official website for all things Sanderson.  My intended audience hangs out here, and is one of the places where I could publish. http://www.17thshard.com

Trimble, John R. Writing with Style: Conversations on the art of writing. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2000.  Print.   John discusses, in chapter 7 especially, which is about readability, how we need to evoke a sense of spretitura with our writing, making it seem flawless in order for the reader not to get distracted by it.

TvTropes.org “Standard Fantasy Setting.” Tvtropes.org/pmwiki.php/Main/StandardFantasySetting.  In which different forms of fantasy are discussed, including setting, but also branching out into characters and races and so forth.

Next Steps: Finding more research on my topic.  Incorporating that research into my paper. Writing sections of my paper.  Putting the paper together.  Making the paper flow coherently.  Editing and polishing my paper.  Publishing my paper.