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Jeanne D. Heuving
BCULST 581
Bothell Campus
Advanced investigation of the theory and practice of textual research methods. Identifies the different components of textual research and explores their interrelation. Prerequisite: BCULST 501 or permission of instructor. Offered: AWSpS.
Class description
BIS 581: APPROACHES TO TEXTUAL RESEARCH: WHAT CAN WE DO WITH TEXTS? In posing the question, what can we do with texts, this course inquires into diverse ways research into texts might occur when texts are understood as produced through interactive exchanges with their audience(s) or reader(s). We consider relationships between rather different groups and texts, whether Oprah's Book Club, social action groups, or avant garde reading collectives. The seminar will engage how texts configure their interactions with their audience(s) and how some texts attempt to alter basic forms of consumption or reading. Seminar members will have the opportunity of interacting with Beverly Dahlen and her project, A Reading, and Joe Milutis's "New Jersey As an Impossible Object," among other changing weekly investigations. For a final project, students can elect to create their own text in relationship to a chosen audience; to interact with selected communities through specific texts, documenting this interaction; or to write a research paper on one of the seminar subjects.
Student learning goals
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Class assignments and grading
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