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Autobiographies, news articles, personal essays and other types of non-fiction are meant to tell us the truth, but at the same time they often engage with the reader by employing narrative devices from the world of fiction. This section deals with how such narrative devices are used in narrating the truth.
1.læsning: On literary journalism (background) - lektie: read for comprehension!
2.læsning: Lawrence Wright: "The Donkey" - getting into the story. (interview, 2014) - lektie: read for comprehension!
3.læsning: Spencer Klavan: Games boys play - how Gears of War helped me come out (article, 2019) - lektie: read for comprehension!
4.læsning: Autobiography and autofiction (background) - lektie: read for comprehension!
5.læsning: Alison Bechdel: Fun Home - a family tragicomic (graphic short story/comic, 2006) - lektie: read for comprehension!
6.læsning: On true crime (background) - lektie: read for comprehension!
7.læsning: The Knoxville Girl (17th century murder ballad) - lektie: read for comprehension!
8.læsning: Charles Dickens: Mr. Charles Dickens and the execution of the Mannings (1849) - lektie: read for comprehension!
1.læsning: Literary journalism
1.læsning: Literary journalism
Narrative nonfiction.pdfVocabulary: narrative, literary, subjective, objective, longform article, "donkey", investigative, social critique, denotation, connotation, figurative language, portray, metaphor, narrative hook, dialect, narrative device
How has journalism evolved? What changed in the 1960's?
What is meant by:
literary journalism
new journalism
gonzo journalism
What narrative techniques are characteristic of these?
2.læsning: The Donkey - getting into the story
2.læsning: The Donkey - getting into the story
The donkey.pdfWhat, according to Wright, are the things that will carry the reader through the story?
Why, according to Wright, is it important to make the reader care about the character or "the donkey" in the article?
How does Wright prepare before writing one of his longform articles?
3.læsning: Games boys play
3.læsning: Games boys play
games boys play.pdf"How does the author engage (with) his readers?" - this is a common question to be commented on at your written or oral exam. Examine what carries you through this article, bearing in mind the things you learned in 2.læsning:
How does the article open? What is the hook?
How is the scene described?
What makes you care about the characters? Why?
What is characteristic of the style/language?
What else catches your interest or motivates you to read the article?
notice that a full analysis will also include points from the retorical pentagram (p.329 i tools for analysis)
4.læsning: Autobiography and autofiction
4.læsning: Autobiography and autofiction
autofiction introduction.pdfWhat is characteristic of a memoir?
What is characteristic of an autobiography?
What do the two genres have in common, and how do they differ?
For what secondary reasons might an author choose to write in either genre?
What does Erving Goffman's theory about "front-stage and back stage" have to do with these genres?
5.læsning: Fun home - a family tragicomic
5.læsning: Fun home - a family tragicomic
fun home.pdf6.læsning: True crime
6.læsning: True crime
truecrime intro.pdfHow does "true crime" differ from "crime fiction"
7.læsning: The Knoxville Girl
7.læsning: The Knoxville Girl
knoxville girl.pdf8.læsning: Charles Dickens: The execution of the Mannings
8.læsning: Charles Dickens: The execution of the Mannings
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