English 846: Narrative Research
Course Schedule & Assignments--Summer
I, 2007
Dr. Gian Pagnucci
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Assignment: Revised
Narrative Paper
DUE for July 6 Friday
- Drop off paper in Dr. Pagnucci's
English Dept. mailbox in 110 Leonard Hall
- Paper is due by
11:30 a.m.!
Assignment
for the future
End of Semester Deadlines
Book Club Assignment
DUE for July 3 Tuesday
- Novel: Old School
- Author: Tobias Wolf
- Read as much as you can of the
book club novel by the due date
- Take your time with the book: your
goal here is to enjoy some pleasurable reading
- It is not mandatory to finish the
book, just read as much as you can at a pace that allows you to
enjoy the novel
Revised Narrative Paper
DUE for July 6 Friday
- Drop off paper in Dr. Pagnucci's
English Dept. mailbox in 110 Leonard Hall
- Paper is due by
11:30 a.m.!
Course Schedule (Summer I,
2006)
Week
1: What Is Narrative Research?
June 4 Monday
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Getting started (course
introduction)
Assignment
due for June 5
June 5 Tuesday
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Discussion of Narrative Research
basics
- Discussion of Narrative Inquiry
Assignment
due for June 6
- Read Living the Narrative Life
June 6 Wednesday
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Discuss Living the Narrative
Life
Assignment
due for June 11
- Read
Stories from the Heart
June 7 Thursday
NO CLASS
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- We'll be going to Pittsburgh on
Friday in place of our regular class meeting
June 8 Friday
Field Research at Border's Bookstore in Pittsburgh
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Lunch at
Taipei Tokyo in Monroeville (11:45
a.m. - 1:00 p.m.)
-
Border's Bookstore Field Trip
(Approximately 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.)
- Select class novel
- I'm hoping everyone can attend,
but attendance is not mandatory (though I'm sure the trip will be a
blast for all of us)
Assignment
due for June 11
- Read
Stories from the Heart
Week 2: Getting Started Doing Narrative Research
June 11 Monday
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Discuss Book Store Trip
- Discuss
Stories from the Heart
Assignment
due for June 12
- Read
Narration as Knowledge
- Introduction, Chapters 5, 8, 13,
18, & 19
June 12 Tuesday
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Discuss
Narration as Knowledge
- Introduction, Chapters 5, 8, 13,
18, & 19
Assignment
due for June 13
June 13 Wednesday
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
-
Narrative Research Proposal
DUE (approximately one page)
- Further discussion of
Narration as Knowledge
- Introduction, Chapters 5, 8, 13,
18, & 19
Photos & Quote for Home Page
Task
due for June 13
- We'll devote a little bit of class
time to creating a home page for you (or updating your home page if
you already have one). We'll mostly use your home page as a place to
link up class documents. You are welcome, though, to personalize
your home page. So you are welcome to bring pictures (or email them
to yourself) in digital format, so we can post them on your web
site.
- Also please find one interesting
quote for posting on your web site. The quote will give visitors to
your web site something interesting to read when they get there.
- Additionally, please bring an electronic version
of your proposal (accessible in Microsoft Word)
- We will post your proposal online
so that everyone in the class has access to it
June 14 Thursday
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Create/Update Web Home Pages
- Post Narrative Proposals online
for review
- Review
Narrative Proposals
- Discuss Narrative & Art
Assignment
due for June 18
- Write Rough Draft of Narrative
Paper
- Bring about 3 copies to share
in a small group
Weeks
3: Crafting Stories
June 18 Monday
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
Narrative Draft Editing & Breakfast at
Foster Dining Hall
- Narrative Paper Draft Review Day
- Bring about 3 copies of your draft to share
in a small group
- Bring $4.15 for breakfast at
Foster Dining Hall
Assignment
due for June 19
- Read The Things They Carried
- Pages 1-150 (try to get
through as much as you can of this material; it's especially
good to read the last two stories in this section)
June 19 Tuesday
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Discuss The Things They Carried
Assignment
due for June 20
June 20 Wednesday
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Discuss Narrative Inquiry
Assignment
due for June 21
- Bring some sort of food to
share at the Big Fish Feast
- Work on Narrative Paper
June 21 Thursday
Big Fish Feast
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- View Big Fish
- Bring some sort of food to
share at the Big Fish Feast
Assignment
due for June 25
- Write Full
Draft of Narrative Paper
Week
4: Telling Your Story
June 25 Monday
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Discuss Big Fish
- Full Draft of
Narrative Paper DUE
- Set up paper conferencing schedule
Assignment
due for June 25
June 26 Tuesday thru
June 28 Thursday
Individual Narrative Paper Conferences
-
Paper Conferences
Schedule
- Meet with Dr. Pagnucci
individually to discuss your Narrative Paper
- No regular class meeting
- Individual meeting times will be
scheduled in class; you only need to attend your one individual
meeting on the day and at the time assigned to you
- Individual meetings will be held
in 213 Leonard Hall (our regular computer classroom)
Assignment
due for July 2
- Read Living the Narrative Life
- Revise Narrative Paper as needed
- Read from Class Novel
Week 5: Living the Narrative Life
July 2 Monday
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Discuss Living the Narrative
Life
- Discuss narrative ideology
- Discuss narrative dissertations
Assignment
due for July 3
- Finish reading as much as you can from
Class Selected Novel
- But don't go too fast!
- I want you to enjoy reading this
book and to remember why it is we all start out loving to hear (and
read) stories
July 3 Tuesday
Book Club Meeting
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
- Class Book Club Meeting
- One more story
Assignment
for July 6
- Finish revising Narrative Paper as
required
July 4 Wednesday -
Fourth of July Holiday
NO CLASS
Assignment
for July 4
July 5 Thursday
NO CLASS
Class Activities & Topics for Discussion
Assignment
for July 6
- Finish revising Narrative Paper as
required
July 6 Friday
NO CLASS
Assignment: Revised
Narrative Paper
DUE for July 6 Friday
- Drop off paper in Dr. Pagnucci's
English Dept. mailbox in 110 Leonard Hall
- Paper is due by
11:30 a.m.!
Assignment
for the future
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