Hello Yrma,

Are these of any assistance?

The first has a ResearchGate link that is not full text, but you might want to contact the author; however, the first link is full text:

Bowen, G. A. (2009). Document analysis as a qualitative research method. Qualitative research journal, 9(2), 27-40.

http://www.fooddeserts.org/images/paper0086.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/240807798

This is not looking at literature, but might help:

Karppinen, K., & Moe, H. (2012). What we talk about when we talk about document analysis. Trends in Communication Policy Research: New Theories, Methods and Subjects. Bristol: Intellect, 177-193.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299366807

This is re social research, but might be of relevance (the first link is full text):

Gaborone, B. (2006). The use of documentary research methods in social research. African sociological review, 10(1), 221-230.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/34300950/Scott.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1492424772&Signature=yDmmo22dRVrjdDMLEsUxvCjeb28%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DThe_Use_of_Documentary_Research_Methods.pdf

This is the RG link, but again, not full text:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267994948

This is a ResearchGate link that might help (Discover Document Analysis Research; explore articles, projects, researchers, and questions & answers):

https://www.researchgate.net/topic/Document-Analysis

This mentions archival literature and document analysis:

https://www.researchgate.net/journal/1433-2833_Document_Analysis_and_Recognition

Very best wishes to your student with his/her work on Charles Dickens,

Mary

Article Document Analysis as a Qualitative Research Method

Article The Use of Documentary Research Methods in Social Research

Chapter What We Talk about When We Talk about Document Analysis

You may also use critical discourse analysis approach.

Reading:

http://semiotics.nured.uowm.gr/pdfs/Beaugrande.pdf

Thanks a lot Mary! 

It is generous of you to provide me  with vast number of resources and links. I am sure they will be of great help to me and my student  as well. 

My best regards,

Yrma

Hello Hussin,

You are right. Discourse analysis will be necessary for this kind of research. Thank for the link.

Regards,

Yrma

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