Should you write the date of the text? (1 Viewer)

[bigbirdbanana]

Should you say 'Joseph Heller's 1961 novel Catch 22' etc? Or just not worry about the date, because mine looks a little bad because 3 of my texts are from 1961 and 1962, oops haha. I know i should've found ones which spanned the period more, but these ones worked best with what i was arguing.

My point is, will it be detrimental to my mark if i don't include the year? Thanks!

 

[Phoenix Fury]

I don't think it's required however I've always considered it 'the thing to do'. Of the examples from BoS I read as well as other students in my school, the vast majority included the year.

 

[bigbirdbanana]

Thanks heaps for the reply! I think i'll include it just to be safe

 

[Phoenix Fury]

Yeh it wont hurt at all.
Also having your texts from the same period almost certainly isnt a problem either so long as they relate well to your main and you can analyse them well etc.

 

[bigbirdbanana]

Thank goodness! Haha, such a relief to hear that, thanks so much