art objects such as paintings, sculpture, and photographic images, as well as non-narrative objects such as branded merchandise (lunchboxes, T-shirts, etc.) and toys. Because the purpose of this assignment is the phenomenon of transmedia storytelling, your primary texts must represent at least three different media. To support your analysis,

For this assignment you will research and write an essay in which you examine, using scholarly methods, some aspect of a transmedia storytelling property of Harry Potter. The final revised essay must be between around 10 to 14 pages in MLA format. Required Sources: You will cite at least TEN substantial sources in your research paper.  he following paragraphs explain the types of sources you must cite. Your essay must analyze at least THREE (no more than five) primary source texts. For the purposes of this assignment, primary sources include narrative texts such as novels, stories, comics, movies, TV shows, video games, and fanfic; primary texts may also include songs and other performance pieces (dance), art objects such as paintings, sculpture, and photographic images, as well as non-narrative objects such as branded merchandise (lunchboxes, T-shirts, etc.) and toys. Because the purpose of this assignment is the phenomenon of transmedia storytelling, your primary texts must represent at least three different media. To support your analysis, you must cite at least SEVEN secondary source texts, such as scholarly books or articles, popular books or essays, magazine articles, websites, reviews, biographies, or other forms of interpretive commentary such as blog posts, opinion pieces (in podcasts or video format), or reference works (encyclopedias or handbooks). Of those seven sources, at least three must be academic peer-reviewed scholarly sources (either articles, books, or book chapters), and no more than two reference works will count toward the total.