For the final project in this class, you may choose one of two options: 1) a 5 – 8 page paper or 2) something else.
Option 1. A paper. Students choosing the paper option may select a specific text (or a group of texts) representing a narrative form not yet discussed in this course. This need not be a form typically construed as narrativistic, and in fact, the paper’s goal should be to analyze the form using one of the approaches to narrative discussed earlier (e.g. Chatman’s or Ryan’s). A successful paper will discuss the discursive and narratological features of the text in question and deal specifically with those differences which necessitate adapting received narratological models. One useful angle may be to analyze the emergence of this particular form.
Other paper topics are welcome. Here are some suggested alternate topics: read more »
