We're going to start annotating Tarzan. The idea behind the annotation project is to make our reading visible and, in particular, to make the contexts we use to read Tarzan explicit, public, and collaborative.
Your goal in the annotation project is to link the text of Burroughs' novel to its many intertexts, especially the intertexts that we're looking at in class. These would include: London, Donnelly, Debs/Taft/Roosevelt/Wilson, Turner, anti-imperialist poetry, Madam Butterfly, etc. Using the power of annotation, we want to create together a richer, deeper, but also broader text on top of and intertwined with Burroughs' Tarzan.
To do this, we'll use Google's Sidewiki. To use Sidewiki: first, sign into your Google account; second, download and install Google's Sidewiki into your Firefox or Chrome browser - - make sure that you make the Sidewiki panel visible by clicking on View --> Toolbars - -> Google toolbar; start annotating.
Once you've installed Sidewiki, surf over to our Tarzan page. There, you'll find the full text of the novel.
The easiest way to annotate is to highlight a piece of text. A new entry box will appear in the Sidewiki panel on the left side of the page. Give your comment a title and then add some commentary - - which can include links. You can also watch a helpful video here.
The guidelines for annotation are simple: link the Tarzan text to the various contexts that we've read either through quotation or hyperlink; explain the connection between Tarzan text and context.
You might think about a theme or set of themes or motifs that you're interested in exploring in Tarzan: devolution/evolution; class conflict and representation; the exotic; the primitive; manliness; etc. As you read through your book - - highlight or underline pieces of the Tarzan text that seem related to your theme. After you've collected some interesting moments, use Sidwiki to share your connection and ideas.
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