Group Project Criteria

A passing critical edition will fulfill the following criteria:

  1. Introduction. Includes an error-free 300- to 400-word introduction to the text in Spanish. This should include, at a minimum, the following information:
    • Date of publication
    • Biographical information about the author
    • Historical context, including location and relevant sociopolitical information
    • Relationship to other literary production of the time (e.g., national and international literary movements, other works by the author)
  2. Title. Includes the original title of the text. (Do not use quotation marks or italics, as you are creating a primary source.)
  3. Author. Includes the author’s name and, in parenthesis, their birth and death dates.
  4. Annotations. Provides at least ten annotations to the text. There should be at least one of each of the following categories:
    • Definition of unusual words, slang, or words in local dialect or languages other than Spanish
    • Explanation of a literary allusion or historical or geographical reference
    • Comment on literary style or form, and what it exemplifies or means
  5. Image. Includes at least one properly cited image from the public domain that will help readers to better understand some aspect of your selected work. The image should be accompanied by a caption that describes the image as well as its pertinence to the text, and a bibliographic citation.
  6. Discussion Questions. Include 5-6 open-ended questions for analysis and interpretation of the text. Try to focus on higher-order tasks like analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
  7. Citations. Includes in-text, parenthetical citations for all bibliographical references, as well as a separate Works Cited page in MLA Style.
  8. Presentation. In the final weeks of this course, the digital product is presented by the group in a ~7-minute presentation of their critical edition to the class. The presentation involves the participation of each group member, and highlights three of their annotations and the group’s process for arriving at them. There will also be peer review of the documents presented.
  9. Group Participation. Each group member will be evaluated by their peers on their overall contribution.