Quotes
Life is too important to be taken seriously. --Oscar Wilde
Course Info
Course: ENG 1131
Section: 6259
Room: CBD 110B, Weil 410
Time: T 5-6, R 6 & W E1–E3
Instructor: Nicholas Guest-Jelley
Office: TUR 4415
Office Hours: TR 7 and by appointment
Email: njelley@ufl.edu
Project 1 due Tuesday, Feb. 10
Read/View
* Text Book
on representation through narrative
* On your own about your event/TV show
* JFK
Web
At this point, we are concerned with getting the content online. You want to have striking images and well-thought-out text, and you want to be sure that your links are working between the separate web pages.
ASSIGNMENT:
Dramatize a historical event as a character contest or “run-in” from a favorite TV show. To do so, write out a scene for the show’s characters to enact that involves them in the event. This exercise in representation should take the form of a narrative, with some of Labov’s elements present and others missing, should not be written as a short story, but as a TV script, supplemented with images from the show and event.
As we will see from Assassination Rhapsody the connection between images and narrative don’t have to be explicit for meaning to emerge between them. Since you are not writing out an entire episode, you may want to include a plot summary of what has happened before the scene begins and, perhaps, how it turns out. Doing the project is entering into a dialogue about the event and media representations of it. As you work on it, you should use your own point of view to evaluate and select your material.
Ask yourself, how would you like to see the event represented? This allows you to do away with the nagging questions TV execs have to deal with regarding if their shows will make money.
Project Design
Aim for about 5 web pages with both images and dialogue (and stage directions).- Text Book: Knowledge of narrative form
- Your knowledge of popular culture (and specific TV show) including your tastes
- Research on your historical event
Brief example: What if the Fresh Prince of Bel Air did an episode about the 2008 election?
Project 1 Presentation:
- Due: Tuesday, Feb 10.
- Points: 25
- Length: 5-7 minutes
- Objective: Present your website in 5-7 minutes. Walk us through your story and discuss how your thinking developed throughout this process.
- Your goal should be to convey what you learned and what that experience of learning felt like. Be prepared to answer questions regarding why you made your decisions and how your learning experience differed than if you have simply analyzed a story rather than told one. This presentation is also designed to help you develop a crucial skill: to be able to think on your feet.