Instructor: Mat Wenzel, MFA, M.Ed.
E-Mail: mwenzel@fsu.edu
Office: WMS 331 Office Hours: T/R 9:15 to 10:45 SYLLABUS
On page 93 Pope suggests that as part of writing an interpretation (critical or creative), one should "Come to some provisional conclusions about the significance and value of studying [a] text in its own time and terms as well as your own." Briefly, but deeply, describe what you might say about the "significance and value" of Episode 1 of S-town. What particular themes, motifs, elements, etc. would you focus on?
What do you think about Acheson's take on inductive reasoning? How does it fit (or not fit) with some of the terms/methods/ideas we've been discussing in class?
What part of Acheson's chapter on social and historical contexts be most useful for your final project. This, of course, will vary widely depending on the time your text was created or is about.
Did Acheson give helpful strategies for researching within a text? If so, which one(s)? Did Acheson reshape your thinking about "research" at all? If so, how?