Animation Styles

So i've been thinking on what I want to do for the practical portion of my essay. I want to do an animation that morphs through different styles of animation throughout history. And since i'm looking at both eastern and western styles I want it to be able to flow in between them without too much of a jarring effect.
I've purchased a sketchbook and wrote "animation style practice book" on it and i'm going to fill it with several different artists styles to try my hand at doing them myself. Hopefully through this i'll be able to switch between different styles more easily and get my animation done more quickly.

Triangulation and Methodology

Last week we had a Lecture with Richard Miles on some of the important factors to think about when writing our essays. He talked to us about Triangulation, a method in which to prove a theory using multiple resources and quotes in favour of and against said theory. He told us that if we use other points of view in our essay to help bolster and strengthen our opinions and theorems, that it would make our essay come out better. He also told us to use opinions against our topic and criticise them in order to do the same.
He also explained to us the concept of Methodology. Simply put, a methodology is a set of methods, principles, and rules for the regulation of a subject, or thinking about ways of thinking. It can also be defined as a structural approach to a subject of analysis, and that the processes are immensley complicated. He told us it was important to show the limitations of our methodology, so we can know that it is only one way of viewing the subject of analysis.
He suggested we look at Successful Study for Degrees, a book by a person named Barnes. I'm going to see if i can find it online.