Narrative: Theory and Practice
ENGL 282
Summer 2016
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01
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What is "narrative" and how does it shape the way we understand the world around us? How are stories constructed in language? How do writers create a sense of time, plot, and character? In this course, we will explore these questions by identifying the strategies and structures of narrative across various media. Genres under study will include folktales, prose fiction, and film, but also less traditional subjects of narrative inquiry, such as journalism, poetry, photography, and digital media. Students will put theory into practice, investigating the mechanisms of narrative by writing in multiple genres. For the final project, students will have the choice of either a critical essay or a work of creative writing. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 - Summer Session II |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Theory: Peter Abbot, Roland Barthes, Wayne Booth, Northrop Frye, EM Forster, David Herman, Trin T. Minh Ha, Susan Sontag, among others Practice: Angela Carter; Arthur Conan Doyle, Natasha Trethewey, David Foster Wallace, among others
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly short writing assignments and a final project of approx. 10-15 pages |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course fulfills the Theory requirement and contributes to the Theory and Literary Forms concentration of the English Major. |
| Instructor(s): Burger,Pamela Times: .MTWRF. 01:30PM-03:10PM; Location: WYL113; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 11 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 3 | FR: 0 |
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