Ahistoricality commented on '"Confessional Narratives" Syllabus'
ethos, pathos and logos—the three elements which you likely learned in high school Either your students went to much better schools than I did, or HS English has changed more than I realized. (or both)...
View ArticleSEK commented on '"Confessional Narratives" Syllabus'
And based on my students' work, I don't think so. Based on their work, no ... but based on what they tell me, yes. In other words, I think they're taught it in a perfunctory fashion, remember the words...
View Articlenutellaontoast commented on '"Confessional Narratives" Syllabus'
At the risk of sounding noob... could you define "confessional narrative" briefly? i felt like I understood until I saw "Ghost World" on the list... which I thought was narrated in a different style...
View ArticleLB commented on '"Confessional Narratives" Syllabus'
At the risk od sounding noob... Could you elaborate on ethos, pathos and logos as elements of rhetoric?
View ArticleJPool commented on '"Confessional Narratives" Syllabus'
At the risk of sounding snotty... I know you're trying for a playful and self-aware voice, but to me you're coming off snotty, especially in the section that begins, "The reason for studying this mode...
View ArticleSEK commented on '"Confessional Narratives" Syllabus'
could you define "confessional narrative" briefly? Any narrative in which a primary intent is to create a version of "self" by telling "your" story. I'm trying to keep the definition as expansive as I...
View ArticleJPool commented on '"Confessional Narratives" Syllabus'
As for mentioning the obviousness of something obvious, you know what I'm up to there: it's obvious to me, and it'll be obvious to them the second I mention it ... but they've never thought about it in...
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