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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
Citations for novels...
For my own pleasure, I collect quotations that I like. After the quotation, I always include the source of the quotation. Since I read a lot of novels, they figure prominently in my quotation collection.
The question I have relates to how to properly attribute the quote when it is spoken by a character in the novel. Whatever the character is saying, may not reflect the actual views of the author, so it seems wrong to simply attribut the quote directly to him or her. Perhaps a fictional example will clarify what I mean: if a character in a John Smith's Example novel says, "I hate Americans," it seems wrong to just attribute the quote as "-- John Smith, Example, Some Publisher, 2010, p. 238." John Smith may or may not hate Americans just because a character says that in a novel. Any suggestions as to the best way to handle this?
The question I have relates to how to properly attribute the quote when it is spoken by a character in the novel. Whatever the character is saying, may not reflect the actual views of the author, so it seems wrong to simply attribut the quote directly to him or her. Perhaps a fictional example will clarify what I mean: if a character in a John Smith's Example novel says, "I hate Americans," it seems wrong to just attribute the quote as "-- John Smith, Example, Some Publisher, 2010, p. 238." John Smith may or may not hate Americans just because a character says that in a novel. Any suggestions as to the best way to handle this?
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I suggest you add the character designation and use a quotation within quotation marks. > For example, the speaker is Jason Nutjob. '" Jason Nutjob in John Smith's Example , Some Publisher, 2010, p.
- I suggest you add the character designation and use a quotation within quotation marks.
- > For example, the speaker is Jason Nutjob.
- '" Jason Nutjob in John Smith's Example , Some Publisher, 2010, p.
- " Jason Nutjob in John Smith's Example , Some Publisher, 2010, p.
- 238
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I suggest you add the character designation and use a quotation within quotation marks. < If you want to simplifiy, take out the inner quotation marks and let the reader assume you are quoting exactly from the text.> For example, the speaker is Jason Nutjob.
"'I hate America.'" Jason Nutjob in John Smith's Example, Some Publisher, 2010, p. 238
Or (simplified):
"'I hate America.'" Jason Nutjob in John Smith's Example, Some Publisher, 2010, p. 238
Or (simplified):
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