Narrative Form
Dr. Jennifer Shaddock
Semester 
Days and Times Room
(Tentative
course model. Content may change.)
Oral
Traditions and the Structure of Narrative
| Week 3 Day 4
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"Language and Literature from a Pueblo Indian Perspective," Leslie Silko (handout) |
| Week 4 Day 1
Day 2 Day 3
Day 4 |
Guest speaker, Native American or Hmong Oral Literature (?) Creation and origin myths (handout) Video: "The Power of Myth," Joseph Campbell Student Presentation(s)—Handbook term "Natural Narrative," (2-12 TB) Cultural analysis of your own natural narratives Review of textuality and culture exams
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| Week 5
Day 1
Day 2 |
Music as Narrative "Bruce Springsteen and the Dramatic Monologue," Alan Rauch (handout) Music as Narrative—Class offerings
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Written
Narrative
| Week 5 Day 3
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Student Presentation(s)—Handbook term The Development of Writing—What is the function of writing? "A Writing Lesson," Claude Levi-Strauss (handout) "Is Writing Becoming Irrelevant?," William Phillips (handout) Literary Writing Children's Literacy "Where the Wild Things Are: Sendak's Journey into the Heart of Darkness," Jennifer Shaddock (handout) Bring in revised versions of children's literature Romantic (Symbolic): "Young Goodman Brown," Nathaniel Hawthorne (handout) |
| Week 6 Day 1
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Realist (Empirical): A Sherlock Holmes short story, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (handout) Postmodern (Self-Reflective): "Lost in the Funhouse," John Barth (handout)
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Visual Narrative
| Week 6 Day 3
Day 4
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Film as Narrative—Viewing: Do the Right Thing Chapter 7, "Afrocentrism and Do the Right Thing," (RiPC) Discussion of Do the Right Thing in relation to "Afrocentrism and Do the Right Thing" Discuss Narrative Essay Assignment |
| Week 7 Day 1 Day 2 |
Conclusion of discussion about Do the Right Thing Peer Critique, Narrative Essay |
Schedule Continues on the …
