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58320
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Lecture-Discussion
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CWU
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12:30PM
-1:45PM
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MW
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Location Pending
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Sanders, T
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- Availability:
- Closed
- Part of Term:
- 1
- Date Range:
- 08/24/26-12/09/26
- Credit:
- 3 hours
- Section Title:
- Storytelling: Contemp Narr Art
- Section Info:
- Storymaking: Craft in the Contemporary Narrative Arts - In Storymaking, we’ll explore the wide array of conceptual and technical strategies, or “craft,” across the spectrum of contemporary narrative arts: short fiction, novels, film, video games, graphic novels, television, picture books, theater—all art forms centered around story. Working from a creator’s point of view, we’ll deconstruct the storytelling tools, techniques, and processes used in these varied narrative fields, while also emphasizing foundational concepts of storymaking across form and genre. In other words, we will read and watch and listen and play. We will break down film scenes, close-read short fiction, explore ludonarrative game arcs, and contemplate many other form-specific aspects of storycraft. We’ll examine multi-form adaptations such as The Last of Us (video game and TV show), Jaws (novel and film), and Kindred (novel and graphic novel). We’ll also have guests visiting class from time to time, working practitioners in their narrative fields. Although not a workshop, Storymaking culminates in a final project in a narrative form chosen by the student and instructor, to be shared with the class. Meets with CW 463 2G (78669) and 2U (68461).
- Restriction(s):
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Not intended for Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
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