2014年5月13日星期二

Research Plan




 Statement of purpose (what you hope to show/discover)

The BBC television show “Sherlock” represents many Chinese elements in episode 2, season 1. However, those plots which designed by western screenwriter are not very accurate.

The purpose of this study will be to explore the misunderstanding of the Chinese elements in the BBC television show “Sherlock” which designed by western screenwriters for western audiences.

Detailed statement of your research question
       How did western screenwriters misunderstand the Chinese elements in the BBC television show “Sherlock Holmes”?
There are three main kinds of error in “Sherlock”: Error of translation which is represented in misuse of Suzhou numeral, error of garble which is represented by garble of Chinese and Japanese painting and error of value which is represented in value of jade hairpin. Those mistakes could also show westerners’ attitude of China.

Primary sources (the texts you will examine)
BBC TV show “Sherlock” Episode 2, Season 1
Secondary sources (what other people say about these texts)
1.      Research of Suzhou numeral
2.      Knowledge about Unicode
3.      Character of Chinese painting
4.      Character of Japanese painting
5.      History of Japanese
6.      History of Chinese in Tang dynasty
7.      Research of Chinese jade
8.      Knowledge of Chinese national image

Plan for gathering your information that includes:
Who/what you will be studying (for example:. students in a College Composition class, how they think about the comments teachers write on their papers)
Internet/Library

Where you will collect your information (for example:. in interviews at Kean University)
Search on internet.

How many subjects you will study
Nine: BBC TV show “Sherlock”, Suzhou numeral, Unicode Standard, Chinese painting, Japanese painting, Japanese, Chinese, Jade and national image.

What methods you will use to conduct your study (for example: interviews, textual analysis, and discourse analysis)
Search and put them into different catalog. Then write summary and bibliography.

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