Survey Article

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Survey Article

• CMPE 185

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What is a Survey Article?

• A survey article is a collection of perspectives
  on a specific subject.
• May also be thought of as a background essay.

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Goals for this project

• To practice in-depth library research on a
  specific subject.
• May be used as part of your Final Project, as
  background or overview.

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Choosing a topic

• Recommended Pick something youre familiar with.
• If you choose to cover something youve already
  investigated in a previous project, choose a
  small aspect of that project.
• Create a topic statement.

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Target Audience

• Your audience has some knowledge of what youre
  discussing, but they arent experts.
• You can assume the audience knows roughly as much
  about the subject matter as you did before you
  researched the matter in depth.

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Resources

• You must cite at least FOUR sources.
• At least THREE of these must be from printed
  sources.
• You may use only ONE source thats only available
  online.
• (If you have access to an online source of an
  article that is physically printed elsewhere,
  this is acceptable as a printed source.)
• You must cite all four sources.
• Library search
• Build subject-heading and keyword searches around
  your topic statement.
• When you find relevant articles or books, see
  what those authors cite as references.

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More resources

• Article Databases (which you should now have
  experience with) are particularly useful.
• Pick 3-5 articles to start with.
• Dont just pick the first three you find. Choose
  the most relevant.
• Be sure to note all citation information.
• Emailing yourself/photocopying citation
  information will save you time.
• Talk to your friendly neighborhood Reference
  Librarian.

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Organize your Information

• Decide what your main points are.
• Locate key information from the texts.
• Present the clearest explanations possible for
  each topic and subtopic.
• Keep an eye out for contradictory information.
• Remember, your job is to present opinions and
  information, not to judge them.
• Treat each source fairly.

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Example Survey Article

• Title The One Penny Admission.
• TOPIC STATEMENT The one-penny price of admission
  to a play in Shakespeares time was affordable
  across social strata.

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Note

• This is only an outline of a Survey Article.
• Your Survey Article must be written out.
• Yes, this has been an issue in the past.

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Starting facts

• The base admission price at public theaters
  remained one penny from the 1570s to 1642.
• Source Andrew Gurr, The Shakespearean Stage p.60
• During that time period, the value of English
  currency changed drastically.
• While inflation was limited under Elizabeth I
  (reigned 1558-1603), English currency lost value
  under James I (reigned 1603-1625).
• Source James Mackey, A Monetary History of
  England p. 143

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• The audience was diverse made up of women and
  men of different classes, including sailors,
  artisans, merchants, apprentices, and visiting
  tourists.
• Source Jean E. Howard, The Stage and Social
  Struggle in Early Modern England p. 13

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• Price comparisons
• A penny was the cost of a beer or a cheap meal,
  and only a third the price of a pipe full of
  tobacco.
• E.K. Chambers, The Elizabethan Stage p.37
• The industrious artisan earned about 6 shillings
  a week
• Andrew Gurr, The Shakespearean Stage p. 199

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Additional Material
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Quick reference guide to currency in Renaissance
England

• A penny is represented as d.
• A shilling is represented as s.
• A pound is represented as .
• Values
• 12 pence 1 shilling
• 20 shillings 1 pound
• Other common coins
• 1 crown 5 shillings
• ½ crown 2 shillings, 6 pence
• 1 angel 6 shillings
• 1 groat 4 pence

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A London hotel menu from 1589

• 1100 AM Dinner
• A pece of bief xviii d.
• Orenges ii d.
• A loyne of veale iii s
• 2 chickens xiiii d.
• Evening supper
• A shoulder of mutton xvi d.
• 2 rabettes x d.
• A pigges pettie toes viii d
• Colde bief xiii d.
• Cheese ii d.
• (Source M.F.K. Fisher, The Art of Eating p.60)

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Admission Structure

• General admission for new plays 2 pence
• General admission for older plays 1 pence
• Bottom galleries additional 1 pence
• Top gallery additional 2 pence
• Hall theaters, general admission 6 pence

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Figure 1 The Old Globe Stage (Courtesy of The
Shakespearean Stage, Andrew Gurr)
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Figure 2 The Rose Theatre. (Courtesy of The
Shakespearean Stage, Andrew Gurr)
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Figure 3 London Theatres.