BIBLIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT
Tom Stoppard, Rock ‘N Roll (2006)
Czechoslovakia 1968 – 1989
Vaclav Havel
LETTERS TO OLGA (1989)
OPEN LETTERS (1992)
DISTURBING THE PEACE (1990)
Paul Wilson (translator) member of the Plastic People
The Plastic People of the Universe (Czech rock group)
Ivan Jirous (group manager)
“The Trial” (essay, 1976, by Havel; the origins of Charter 77; discussed by Havel in DISTURBING THE PEACE)
Havel, “Stories and Totalitarianism,” 1987
Czeslaw Milosz, THE CAPTIVE MIND
Arkady Ostrovsky
Syd Barrett
Pink Floyd
“The Piper at the Gates of Dawn”
Pan
Sappho
Rita Klimova
Karl Marx
THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
Alexander Dubcek
Prague Spring 1968
Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia 1968
Velvet Revolution 1989
The assignment is the 1st part of the research writing. This assignment should be typewritten, double-spaced, 1 page, and submitted hard copy (on paper) in class on the date due. (See below for what is required in the assignment.)
Use the list to explore and investigate the items that are connected to the subjects of 1) Czechoslovakia, 1968 – 1989; and 2) Czechoslovakian independence from the former Soviet Union in 1989 (“The Velvet Revolution”).
Use GOOGLE, WIKIPEDIA, and other online encyclopedias and reference works for basic information and common knowledge. Identify of special interest to you 3 subjects for further possible research. That way you keep open research options and flexibility depending on the fruitfulness of findings.
Then take a look at several databases to find scholarly books and articles on the three subjects:
DATABASES (see the Library’s Home Page; speak with one or more of the library’s reference librarians):
Academic Search Premier
JSTOR
History Reference Center
ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENTS: The 1-page assignment should list (in alphabetical order) the 3 subjects you have focused on and researched. For each one, provide 2 promising items that you have found, their titles, the publications they are
from, their lengths, and their online addresses.
