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Discussion Leaders

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Here are the scheduled leaders for discussion – sorry I couldn’t give everyone your choices:

Week 3:    Week of Sept. 22 – Character
Kyle & Jared

Week 4:    Week of Sept. 29 – Narrative Comprehension & Cognition
Allen & James

Week 5:    Week of Oct. 6 – Narrative Temporality and Spatiality
Alex & Luisa (1/2 week)

Week 6:    Week of Oct. 13 (No class 10/14) – Focalization & Point of View
Alex & Luisa (1/2 week)

Week 7:     Week of Oct. 20 – Narration & Voice-Over
David & JJ

Week 8:    Week of Oct. 27 – Authorship
Nick & Waylon

Week 9:    Week of Nov. 3 – Classical vs. Art-Cinema Narration
Brett & Charlie

Week 10:    Week of Nov. 10 – Experimental Modes of Narration
Jason & Leslie

Week 11:    Week of Nov. 17 – Television & Serial Form
Scott & Ioana

Week 12:    Week of Nov. 24– New Media Narratives
Aaron (1/2 week)

Week 13:    Week of Dec. 1 – Videogame Narrative Logics
Matt & Andrew

How to read

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Last week, a number of you complained about the density factor in the chapters from Herman’s book. Hopefully subsequent readings will be easier to comprehend, but certainly we’ll be reading a fair amount of tough stuff throughout the semester – it is your “capstone” major course, after all!

As a helpful tool for reading academic books and articles, I highly recommend “How to Read a Book,” a brief strategy for comprehending advanced non-fiction written by University of Michigan professor Paul Edwards. Even if you can’t adopt all of his strategies, there should be some tips that will help out. Good luck & happy reading!