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Writing about the humanities

Writing about the humanities. 2367, SP14. Four chapters. Chapter 1: Skills Chapter 2: Overview Chapter 5: Writing About Fiction Chapter 7: Writing About Film. 1: skills. Pre-Writing: Lists (2-3) Annotation (3-4) Freewriting (4-6) Summarizing/Analyzing (6-8). 1: Skills . Writing:

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Writing about the humanities

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  1. Writing about the humanities 2367, SP14

  2. Four chapters • Chapter 1: Skills • Chapter 2: Overview • Chapter 5: Writing About Fiction • Chapter 7: Writing About Film

  3. 1: skills • Pre-Writing: • Lists (2-3) • Annotation (3-4) • Freewriting (4-6) • Summarizing/Analyzing (6-8)

  4. 1: Skills • Writing: • Draft (8-10) • Editing/Proofreading (11-13) • Revision (10-11)

  5. 2: Overview • General Approach to Writing the Humanities: • 1) React to Understand • 2) Interpret to Explain • 3) Evaluate for Significance

  6. 2: Overview • React to understand (20-26): • Emotions stirred • Felt Reaction • Influence • Impression • The Starry Night (21-23) • Sexton’s “Starry Night” (23-24) • The Starry Night Context (24-25)

  7. 2: Overview • Interpret to explain (26-3): • DiYanni’s model: • Observe Details • Connect Observations • Develop Inferences • Draw Conclusions from Inferences • My model: • 1) Make a claim. • 2) Establish warrants for the claim. • 3) Test the warrants against others that support alternate claims. • 4) Outline the conclusions of the claim, if the warrant is true.

  8. 2: Overview • Evaluate for significance (33-36): • Values? • Class discussion. • Exercise on p 35.

  9. 5: Fiction • Elements of Fiction (86-89): • Plot • Structure • Character • Setting/Context/Mood • Point of View • Style • Irony • Symbolism • Theme • Others?

  10. 5: fiction • Exercises for: Annotation , Freewriting, Analysis (90-91) • Complete in class?

  11. 5: Fiction • Steps to Writing a Literary Analysis (91) • 1. Annotate the work. • 2. Freewrite. • 3. Outline structure. • 4. Identify elements (& explain their function). • 5. Describe the context. • 6. Consider point of view or perspective. • 7. Discuss with others. • 8. Select two key passages. Relate them. • 9. Write a draft. • 10. Revise after feedback. • Example: Huck Finn, 93

  12. 7: Film • A Note on Film vis-à-vis: • Theater • Photography • Fiction

  13. 7: film • Elements of Film (130-135): • Photography (48-53) • Subject, Color, Purpose, Lighting, Style, Composition • (Shots, Focus, Sequence) • Fiction Elements • Acting • Mise en Scene • Diegesis • Movement • Editing • Sound/Music

  14. 7: Film • Film Review: 138-139

  15. Review • Chapter 1: Skills • Chapter 2: Overview • Chapter 5: Writing About Fiction • Chapter 7: Writing About Film

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