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| COM 75-624 | Summer 2022 |
Course Schedule and Resource Links:
| Journalism |
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| COM 75-624 | Summer 2022 |
Course Schedule and Resource Links:
Please note: All regularly scheduled meetings are conducted on Google Meet, at: meet.google.com/ert-quem-irm
Week one:
May 11: Introduction to Writing Nonfiction Narrative
In Class Exercise Readings: Phillips | Dwyer-Cup | Dwyer-Pic
May 12: Writing the Self
PDF Reading: Earley, "Missing Alice"
New Kings Readings: Introduction; Buford, from Among the Thugs
TTS Readings: xv-xvii, 10-16, 70, 78-83, 100-103, 158-159, 228-230
Week two:
May 16: Profile Narratives
PDF Readings: Smith, "The Man Who Couldn't Read"
New Kings Readings: Orlean, "The American Man at Age Ten"; See also: Orlean's Author's Note for American Man at Age Ten
Story Craft Readings: Ch 1, 2, 4
May 17: Profile Narratives
New Kings Readings: Lewis, "Jonathan Lebed's Extracurricular Activities"
Story Craft Readings: Ch 5, 10
TTS Readings: 19-24, 28-33, 39-45, 71-74, 128-129, 170-172, 177-178, 235-239
May 18: Screen and Discuss Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)
Due: Article 1 and Author's Note [electronic submission, 8:30AM]
May 19: Article 1 Critique Workshop
Week three:
May 23: Editorial Consultations
Due: Article 1 Revision [electronic submission, by noon]
May 24: Screen and Discuss Spellbound (2003)
Due: Article 2 and Author's Note [electronic submission, 8:30AM] and Proposal for Article 3 [email by 2:30pm]
May 25: Article 2 Critique Workshop
May 26: Comprehensive Nonfiction Narratives
PDF Readings: Finkel, "The Last Housewife in America"; Finkel, Excerpt from Thank You For Your Service
Story Craft Readings: Ch 9
May 27 (Friday): Due: Article 2 Revision [electronic submission, noon]
Week four:
May 30: No Class--Memorial Day
May 31: Comprehensive Nonfiction Narratives, Continued
PDF Readings: Streep, "What the Arlee Warriors Were Fighting For"; Shaer, "When the Virus Came for the American Dream"
Story Craft Readings: Ch 3
June 1: Comprehensive Nonfiction Narratives, Continued
Story Craft Readings: Ch 6, 7, 8
TTS Readings: 135-39, 59-62, 89-91, 129-148, 172-176, 178-183, 239-243, 284-287
Due: Proposal for Article 4 [email by 2:30pm]
June 2: Screen and Discuss Time (2020)
Week five:
June 6: Editorial Consultations
Due: Article 3 and Author's Note [electronic submission, 8:30am]
June 7: Article 3 Critique Workshop
June 8: Editorial Consultations
Due: Article 3 Revision [electronic submission, noon]
June 9: Screen and Discuss Grizzly Man (2005)
TTS Readings: 48-59, 98-100, 103-121, 148-149, 205-216
Week six:
June 13: Screen and Discuss Behind the Curve (2018)
Due: Article 4 and Author's Note [electronic submission, 8:30AM]
June 14: Article 4 Critique Workshop
June 15: Editorial Consultations
June 16: Editorial Consultations
Due: revised Article 4 [electronic submission, by 5pm]
June 17: No Class Meeting
Due: revised article for the Fear & Loathing Collection [electronic submission, single-spaced + new Author's Note (by noon)]
Fear and Loathing on the San Gabriel Collection
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