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	''Robinson Crusoe'' exists in hundreds of editions - page references vary accordingly. When you begin your excerpt note what edition you used. Try to use a critical edition: one with a scientific apparatus that follows the original as closely as possible (and that tells you where the editors interfered with the original text). EEBO and ECCO allow the use of first editions, they are always perfect to quote.		''Robinson Crusoe'' exists in hundreds of editions - page references vary accordingly. When you begin your excerpt note what edition you used. Try to use a critical edition: one with a scientific apparatus that follows the original as closely as possible (and that tells you where the editors interfered with the original text). EEBO and ECCO allow the use of first editions, they are always perfect to quote.

	Quote your title according to the [[style sheet]]'s advice. You can use this quote later on in footnotes and bibliographies.		Quote your title according to the [https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/anglistik/download/BM7/materials/Leitfaden_Lit-Cult_2017-2018.pdf style sheet]'s advice. You can use this quote later on in footnotes and bibliographies.

	===Give information on length and structure of the book you are summarising===		===Give information on length and structure of the book you are summarising===

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Give information on length and structure of the book you are summarising=

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	Quote your title according to the [[style sheet]]'s advice. You can use this quote later on in footnotes and bibliographies.		Quote your title according to the [[style sheet]]'s advice. You can use this quote later on in footnotes and bibliographies.

	===Give information on length and structure of the book you are summarising====		===Give information on length and structure of the book you are summarising===
	Modern books use a blurb (Klappentext) to give first information. Design and table of contents offer additional information. Early modern books had their own means to offer first information. Here some important things to look at:		Modern books use a blurb (Klappentext) to give first information. Design and table of contents offer additional information. Early modern books had their own means to offer first information. Here some important things to look at:

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	If you read an article in a scientific journal restrict your text marks to a minimum. Ask yourself: what are the central ideas and statements and what are passages one has to quote to document this message?		If you read an article in a scientific journal restrict your text marks to a minimum. Ask yourself: what are the central ideas and statements and what are passages one has to quote to document this message?

	~~==How to write a good excerpt==~~
	In order to get the information out of the text write an excerpt.		In order to get the information out of the text write an excerpt.

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	Quote your title according to the [[style sheet]]'s advice. You can use this quote later on in footnotes and bibliographies.		Quote your title according to the [[style sheet]]'s advice. You can use this quote later on in footnotes and bibliographies.

	===Give information on length and structure of the book you are summarising===		===Give information on length and structure of the book you are summarising====
	Modern books use a blurb (Klappentext) to give first information. Design and table of contents offer additional information. Early modern books had their own means to offer first information. Here some important things to look at:		Modern books use a blurb (Klappentext) to give first information. Design and table of contents offer additional information. Early modern books had their own means to offer first information. Here some important things to look at:

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	you may place these condensed reflections with copy and paste at the beginning of your excerpt. (The diary of your reading is often difficult after a couple of weeks have passed). Do write your excerpt as if you had to take care for a person (yourself) suffering from progressing amnesia.		you may place these condensed reflections with copy and paste at the beginning of your excerpt. (The diary of your reading is often difficult after a couple of weeks have passed). Do write your excerpt as if you had to take care for a person (yourself) suffering from progressing amnesia.

	==What do I do with my excerpt?==		===What do I do with my excerpt?===
	Open a file for all your excerpts. A chronological order (first publications, e.g. 1719 for Defoe's ''Robinson Crusoe'') can be helpful.		Open a file for all your excerpts. A chronological order (first publications, e.g. 1719 for Defoe's ''Robinson Crusoe'') can be helpful.

	Recycle your readings.		Recycle your readings.

	==Examples==		===Examples===

	*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/downloads/excerpt_hobbes_leviathan_1651.pdf Excerpt of Thomas Hobbes, ''Leviathan'' (1651).] (Handwritten during my student years, used red colour when I quoted Hobbes, was, as it seems, extremely fascinated --[[User:Olaf Simons\|Olaf Simons]])		*[http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/anglistik/lit-wiss/downloads/excerpt_hobbes_leviathan_1651.pdf Excerpt of Thomas Hobbes, ''Leviathan'' (1651).] (Handwritten during my student years, used red colour when I quoted Hobbes, was, as it seems, extremely fascinated --[[User:Olaf Simons\|Olaf Simons]])

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	~~==Read and digest==~~
	Studying literature it is part of the job to read greater quantities of texts from different periods and genres, both "primary" and "secondary literature".		Studying literature it is part of the job to read greater quantities of texts from different periods and genres, both "primary" and "secondary literature".

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	:Is the author mentioned? Are there indications of a genre: "A novel"? Are there misleading elements: this is the true story written by Robinson Crusoe - whilst we know that it is Defoe's work. Are these elements handled in order to mislead or simply a convention readers understand as such? What information do we get about the publisher(s)? Scandalous titles can give (openly) misleading information.		:Is the author mentioned? Are there indications of a genre: "A novel"? Are there misleading elements: this is the true story written by Robinson Crusoe - whilst we know that it is Defoe's work. Are these elements handled in order to mislead or simply a convention readers understand as such? What information do we get about the publisher(s)? Scandalous titles can give (openly) misleading information.
	* List of subscribers		* List of subscribers (an indication that people expected this book to come out and even paid for it in advance)
	* Dedication (to whom is the book dedicated and to what effect?)		* Dedication - to whom is the book dedicated and to what effect? Irony, Flattery, Advertisement (persons of such a high status will appreciate this book)
	* Preface (why should one read this book?)		* Preface (why should one read this book?)
	* Table of contents		* Table of contents

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How to write a good excerpt

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	* Frontispiece (an engraving - what does it show?)		* Frontispiece (an engraving - what does it show?)
	* Original title page information		* Original title page information
	:The Original Defoe title page ~~transcribed~~:		:The Original Defoe title page read (here with line breaks):

	::THE\| LIFE\| AND\| STRANGE SURPRIZING\| ADVENTURES\| OF\| ''ROBINSON CRUSOE'',\| Of ''YORK'', MARINER:\| Who lived Eight and Twenty Years,\| all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the\| Coast of AMERICA, near the Mouth of\| the Great River of OROONOQUE;\| Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, where-\|in all the Men perished but himself.\| WITH\| An Account how he was at last as strangely deli-\|ver'd by PYRATES.\| [rule]\| ''Written by Himself''.\| [rule]\| ''LONDON:''\| Printed for W. TAYLOR at the ''Ship'' in ''Pater-Noster-''\|''Row''. MDCCXIX.		::THE\| LIFE\| AND\| STRANGE SURPRIZING\| ADVENTURES\| OF\| ''ROBINSON CRUSOE'',\| Of ''YORK'', MARINER:\| Who lived Eight and Twenty Years,\| all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the\| Coast of AMERICA, near the Mouth of\| the Great River of OROONOQUE;\| Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, where-\|in all the Men perished but himself.\| WITH\| An Account how he was at last as strangely deli-\|ver'd by PYRATES.\| [rule]\| ''Written by Himself''.\| [rule]\| ''LONDON:''\| Printed for W. TAYLOR at the ''Ship'' in ''Pater-Noster-''\|''Row''. MDCCXIX.
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	*In case of secondary literature: summarise the argument and comment on its consistency.		*In case of secondary literature: summarise the argument and comment on its consistency.

	you may place these condensed reflections with copy and paste at the beginning of your excerpt. (The diary of your reading is often difficult after a couple of weeks have passed). Do write your excerpt as if you had to take care for a person (yourself) suffering from progressing amnesia.		you may place these condensed reflections with copy and paste at the beginning of your excerpt. (The diary of your reading is often difficult after a couple of weeks have passed). Do write your excerpt as if you had to take care for a person (yourself) suffering from progressing amnesia.

	==What do I do with my excerpt?==		==What do I do with my excerpt?==

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Give information on length and structure of the book you are summarising

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	* Frontispiece (an engraving - what does it show?)		* Frontispiece (an engraving - what does it show?)
	* Original title page information		* Original title page information
	::The Original Defoe title page transcribed:		:The Original Defoe title page transcribed:

	::THE\| LIFE\| AND\| STRANGE SURPRIZING\| ADVENTURES\| OF\| ''ROBINSON CRUSOE'',\| Of ''YORK'', MARINER:\| Who lived Eight and Twenty Years,\| all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the\| Coast of AMERICA, near the Mouth of\| the Great River of OROONOQUE;\| Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, where-\|in all the Men perished but himself.\| WITH\| An Account how he was at last as strangely deli-\|ver'd by PYRATES.\| [rule]\| ''Written by Himself''.\| [rule]\| ''LONDON:''\| Printed for W. TAYLOR at the ''Ship'' in ''Pater-Noster-''\|''Row''. MDCCXIX.		::THE\| LIFE\| AND\| STRANGE SURPRIZING\| ADVENTURES\| OF\| ''ROBINSON CRUSOE'',\| Of ''YORK'', MARINER:\| Who lived Eight and Twenty Years,\| all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the\| Coast of AMERICA, near the Mouth of\| the Great River of OROONOQUE;\| Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, where-\|in all the Men perished but himself.\| WITH\| An Account how he was at last as strangely deli-\|ver'd by PYRATES.\| [rule]\| ''Written by Himself''.\| [rule]\| ''LONDON:''\| Printed for W. TAYLOR at the ''Ship'' in ''Pater-Noster-''\|''Row''. MDCCXIX.

	::Is the author mentioned? Are there indications of a genre: "A novel"? Are there misleading elements: this is the true story written by Robinson Crusoe - whilst we know that it is Defoe's work. Are these elements handled in order to mislead or simply a convention readers understand as such? What information do we get about the publisher(s)? Scandalous titles can give (openly) misleading information.		:Is the author mentioned? Are there indications of a genre: "A novel"? Are there misleading elements: this is the true story written by Robinson Crusoe - whilst we know that it is Defoe's work. Are these elements handled in order to mislead or simply a convention readers understand as such? What information do we get about the publisher(s)? Scandalous titles can give (openly) misleading information.
	* List of subscribers		* List of subscribers
	* Dedication (to whom is the book dedicated and to what effect?)		* Dedication (to whom is the book dedicated and to what effect?)

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	==Read and digest==		==Read and digest==
	Studying literature it is part of the job to read greater quantities of texts from different periods and genres, both "primary" and "secondary literature".		Studying literature it is part of the job to read greater quantities of texts from different periods and genres, both "primary" and "secondary literature".

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	==Read and digest==		==Read and digest==
			Studying literature it is part of the job to read greater quantities of texts from different periods and genres, both "primary" and "secondary literature".

	~~Studying literature you are bound~~ to read a ~~lot of texts from different periods and genres, both "primary" and "secondary literature"~~.		===Underline passages? Leave little notes alongside the text!===
			Most of us feel compelled to underline passages while reading. Underlined passages can allow a fast second reading if one knows exactly what one underlined. After a while one just has a book with lots of underlined passages which is more difficult to read than a fresh text. Leave marginal notes with information why this is an important passage.

	~~===Underline passages? Leave little notes alongside the text?===~~		If you read an article in a scientific journal restrict your text marks to a minimum. Ask yourself: what are the central ideas and statements and what are passages one has to quote to document this message?

	Most of us feel compelled to underline passages while reading. Underlined passages can allow a fast second reading if they are clearly structured, e.g. with marginal notes offering information about the relevance of the respective passages. Texts with too much colouring and underlining and no further structuring will be a confusing second reading as soon as one has forgotten why one underlined these passages.

	If you read an article in a scientific journal restrict your text marks to a minimum. Ask yourself: what are the central ideas and statements and what are passages one has to quote to document this message? ~~Concentrate on passages you would quote, give indications why you would quote them in your work.~~

			==How to write a good excerpt==
	In order to get the information out of the text write an excerpt.		In order to get the information out of the text write an excerpt.

	~~==How to write a good excerpt==~~

	===Identify your text===		===Identify your text===
			''Robinson Crusoe'' exists in hundreds of editions - page references vary accordingly. When you begin your excerpt note what edition you used. Try to use a critical edition: one with a scientific apparatus that follows the original as closely as possible (and that tells you where the editors interfered with the original text). EEBO and ECCO allow the use of first editions, they are always perfect to quote.

	''Robinson Crusoe'' exists in hundreds of editions - page references vary accordingly. When you begin your excerpt note what edition you used. Try to use an edition you can quote in any context - the first edition of ''Robinson Crusoe'' is available on the web, it is the perfect edition to quote. If you buy an edition rather pay a bit more to get a "critical" edition.		Quote your title according to the [[style sheet]]'s advice. You can use this quote later on in footnotes and bibliographies.

	Quote your title according to the [[style sheet]]'s advice ~~- that will help you~~ later ~~to list your title~~ in footnotes or bibliographies ~~with simple copy and paste~~.

	===Give information on length and structure of the book you are summarising===		===Give information on length and structure of the book you are summarising===
	~~Use the~~ books ~~structure~~ to ~~get an overview~~. Here some important things to look at:		Modern books use a blurb (Klappentext) to give first information. Design and table of contents offer additional information. Early modern books had their own means to offer first information. Here some important things to look at:

	'''~~Frontmatter~~'''		'''Front matter'''
	* Frontispiece		* Frontispiece (an engraving - what does it show?)
	* Original title page information		* Original title page information
	::The Original Defoe title page transcribed:		::The Original Defoe title page transcribed:

	:::THE\| LIFE\| AND\| STRANGE SURPRIZING\| ADVENTURES\| OF\| ''ROBINSON CRUSOE'',\| Of ''YORK'', MARINER:\| Who lived Eight and Twenty Years,\| all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the\| Coast of AMERICA, near the Mouth of\| the Great River of OROONOQUE;\| Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, where-\|in all the Men perished but himself.\| WITH\| An Account how he was at last as strangely deli-\|ver'd by PYRATES.\| [rule]\| ''Written by Himself''.\| [rule]\| ''LONDON:''\| Printed for W. TAYLOR at the ''Ship'' in ''Pater-Noster-''\|''Row''. MDCCXIX.		::THE\| LIFE\| AND\| STRANGE SURPRIZING\| ADVENTURES\| OF\| ''ROBINSON CRUSOE'',\| Of ''YORK'', MARINER:\| Who lived Eight and Twenty Years,\| all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the\| Coast of AMERICA, near the Mouth of\| the Great River of OROONOQUE;\| Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, where-\|in all the Men perished but himself.\| WITH\| An Account how he was at last as strangely deli-\|ver'd by PYRATES.\| [rule]\| ''Written by Himself''.\| [rule]\| ''LONDON:''\| Printed for W. TAYLOR at the ''Ship'' in ''Pater-Noster-''\|''Row''. MDCCXIX.

	::Is the author mentioned? Are there indications of a genre: "A novel"? Are there misleading elements: "this is the true story written by Robinson Crusoe" - whilst we know that it is Defoe's work. Are these elements handled in order to mislead or simply a convention readers understand as such? What information do we get about the publisher(s)? Scandalous titles can give (openly) misleading information.		::Is the author mentioned? Are there indications of a genre: "A novel"? Are there misleading elements: this is the true story written by Robinson Crusoe - whilst we know that it is Defoe's work. Are these elements handled in order to mislead or simply a convention readers understand as such? What information do we get about the publisher(s)? Scandalous titles can give (openly) misleading information.
	* List of ~~Subscribers~~		* List of subscribers
	* Dedication		* Dedication (to whom is the book dedicated and to what effect?)
	* Preface		* Preface (why should one read this book?)
	* Table of contents		* Table of contents

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	===Produce a kind of quick diary while reading the text===		===Produce a kind of quick diary while reading the text===
	*While reading it is good to take quick notes - with page references. If the book has individual chapters take a short ~~not~~ after each chapter. In case of a drama: give indications for each scene.		*While reading it is good to take quick notes - with page references. Write page numbers on the left hand side and add short remarks on content. If the book has individual chapters take a short note after each chapter. In case of a drama: give indications for each scene.
	*Note page references (or act and scene numbers) so that you can find information in your book.		*If there are interesting topics you may also produce an index of interesting passages under different headings.
	*If there ar interesting topics you may also produce ~~a register~~ of interesting passages under ~~these~~ headings.

	===After reading the entire text/drama===		===After reading the entire text/drama===
	*Give a short summary		*Give a short summary
	*Try to reflect your reading: Why did you read this text? What do you think you can do with ~~it in~~ your ~~work~~?		*Try to reflect your reading: Why did you read this text (working on a seminar paper with a certain question, or simply: private amusement)? What do you think you can do with your reading?
	*Note surprising moments, interesting topics		*Note surprising moments, interesting topics
	*In case of secondary literature: ~~summarize~~ the argument and comment on its consistency.		*In case of secondary literature: summarise the argument and comment on its consistency.

	you may place these condensed reflections at the beginning of your ~~excerpts~~		you may place these condensed reflections with copy and paste at the beginning of your excerpt. (The diary of your reading is often difficult after a couple of weeks have passed). Do write your excerpt as if you had to take care for a person (yourself) suffering from progressing amnesia.

	==What do I do with my excerpt?==		==What do I do with my excerpt?==
	Open a file for your excerpts. A chronological order (~~noting~~ first publications, e.g. 1719 for Defoe's ''Robinson Crusoe'') can be helpful.		Open a file for all your excerpts. A chronological order (first publications, e.g. 1719 for Defoe's ''Robinson Crusoe'') can be helpful.

	~~Use them in different contexts of later work~~.		Recycle your readings.

	==Examples==		==Examples==

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	==Read and digest==		==Read and digest==

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	If you read an article in a scientific journal restrict your text marks to a minimum. Ask yourself: what are the central ideas and statements and what are passages one has to quote to document this message? Concentrate on passages you would quote, give indications why you would quote them in your work.		If you read an article in a scientific journal restrict your text marks to a minimum. Ask yourself: what are the central ideas and statements and what are passages one has to quote to document this message? Concentrate on passages you would quote, give indications why you would quote them in your work.

	~~===Get the information out of the text!===~~		In order to get the information out of the text write an excerpt.

	~~You cannot learn and remember everything. It is much more important to remember where you saw the information. That is why you have~~ to get the information ~~'''~~out of the text~~''' - into a medium you yourself organise. If you work on a topic open a file in which you gather notes telling you where you found relevant information.~~

	~~If you read an article or book, create~~ an excerpt ~~that will help you later to trace back relevant information~~.

	==How to write a good excerpt==		==How to write a good excerpt==
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	* Frontispiece		* Frontispiece
	* Original title page information		* Original title page information
			::The Original Defoe title page transcribed:

			:::THE\| LIFE\| AND\| STRANGE SURPRIZING\| ADVENTURES\| OF\| ''ROBINSON CRUSOE'',\| Of ''YORK'', MARINER:\| Who lived Eight and Twenty Years,\| all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the\| Coast of AMERICA, near the Mouth of\| the Great River of OROONOQUE;\| Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, where-\|in all the Men perished but himself.\| WITH\| An Account how he was at last as strangely deli-\|ver'd by PYRATES.\| [rule]\| ''Written by Himself''.\| [rule]\| ''LONDON:''\| Printed for W. TAYLOR at the ''Ship'' in ''Pater-Noster-''\|''Row''. MDCCXIX.

	::Is the author mentioned? Are there indications of a genre: "A novel"? Are there misleading elements: "this is the true story written by Robinson Crusoe" - whilst we know that it is Defoe's work. Are these elements handled in order to mislead or simply a convention readers understand as such? What information do we get about the publisher(s)? Scandalous titles can give (openly) misleading information.		::Is the author mentioned? Are there indications of a genre: "A novel"? Are there misleading elements: "this is the true story written by Robinson Crusoe" - whilst we know that it is Defoe's work. Are these elements handled in order to mislead or simply a convention readers understand as such? What information do we get about the publisher(s)? Scandalous titles can give (openly) misleading information.
	* List of Subscribers		* List of Subscribers