American War Short Story

AGENDA:

Work on "American War" short story--do research, collect materials, etc. for narrative "interruptions"--be sure such "interruptions" help to further your plot and characterization as important back story or setting information.

American War Short Story Assignment

Nonlinear narrative/Metafiction/Intertextuality

AGENDA:

EQ: What is accomplished by a nonlinear narrative scheme (see question 2)

Definitions:
Nonlinear narrative, disjointed narrative or disrupted narrative is a narrative technique, sometimes used in literature, film, hypertext websites and other narratives, where events are portrayed, for example out of chronological order, or in other ways where the narrative does not follow the direct causality pattern of the events featured, such as parallel distinctive plot lines, dream immersions or narrating another story inside the main plot-line. It is often used to mimic the structure and recall of human memory, but has been applied for other reasons as well.

Metafiction is a literary device used self-consciously and systematically to draw attention to a work's status as an artifact. It poses questions about the relationship between fiction and reality, usually using irony and self-reflection. It can be compared to presentational theatre, which does not let the audience forget it is viewing a play; metafiction forces readers to be aware that they are reading a fictional work. 

Intertextuality is the shaping of a text's meaning by another text. Intertextual figures include:allusion, quotation, calque, plagiarism, translation, pastiche and parody.^[1][2][3] Intertextuality is a literary device that creates an ‘interrelationship between texts’ and generates related understanding in separate works (“Intertextuality”, 2015). These references are made to influence that reader and add layers of depth to a text, based on the readers’ prior knowledge and understanding. Intertextuality is a literary discourse strategy (Gadavanij, n.d.) utilised by writers in novels, poetry, theatre and even in non-written texts (such as performances and digital media). Examples of intertextuality are an author’s borrowing and transformation of a prior text, and a reader’s referencing of one text in reading another.
Intertextuality does not require citing or referencing punctuation (such as quotation marks) and is often mistaken for plagiarism (Ivanic, 1998). Intertextuality can be produced in texts using a variety of functions including allusion, quotation and referencing (Hebel, 1989). However, intertextuality is not always intentional and can be utilised inadvertently. As philosopher William Irwin wrote, the term “has come to have almost as many meanings as users, from those faithful to Kristeva’s original vision to those who simply use it as a stylish way of talking about allusion andinfluence.

Your assignment:

Write a short story of at least 5 pages that:

1. Has a historical background of your choice--

2. Explores multiple narrative lines
a. traditional 3rd person narrative

b. possible prologue from narrator  telling the story about the protagonist

c. Intertextuality:
Evidence paragraphs or sections--quotes, interviews, newspaper clippings, historical facts, documents, etc.



HMWK:  finish american War. Prepare for test on Ameerican War on Monday, Feb. 25

American War

AGENDA:

Reading quiz: Answer the questions on the reading quiz for American War.   (Open book)

BLOG POST: Respond to questions 5-8 from previous post of discussion questions

REVISING, EDITING: With a partner, work on revising and editing a final copy of your two Qualities

HMWK: Read Ch. 7 and 8

Book of Qualities

AGENDA:

Grammar:  Do Verb Quizzes

Continue to work on your Book of Qualities "Portraits"

Ruth Gendler The Book of Qualities

AGENDA:

Grammar practice:

http://www.grammaruntied.com/blog/?page_id=1344

The Qualities

Create two "quality" personifications similar to the ones that Ruth Gendler has written.  Go to Gendler's website for examples.
Select an emotion and give it the qualities of a human being--personification!  How does this emotion act, "feel", live?  Who are friends of this emotion?  What does this emotion look like physically (if he or she were a person)?  Use vivid DESCRIPTION to PERSONIFY this emotion.

Those of you who would like to can also draw a picture of your "character" and we will try to publish a class book of "The Qualities" at the end of the marking period

American War:  Read to Part II, pg. 86

Post a blog comment to Questions 1-4 from the previous post