English 101

Text Wrestling Analysis Proposal

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Instructions

First, you will determine which text it is that you’d like to analyze. Choose from one of these texts: 

· Debates in the Digital Humanities Chapter 10: Putting the Human Back into the Digital Humanities: Feminism, Generosity, and Mess (Elizabeth Losh, Jacqueline Wernimont, Laura Wexler, and Hong-An Wu)  https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/untitled/section/cfe1b125-6917-4095-9d56-20487aa0b867#ch10

· Debates in the Digital Humanities Chapter 29: Navigating the Global Digital Humanities: Insights from Black Feminism (Roopika Risam)  https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/untitled/section/4316ff92-bad0-45e8-8f09-90f493c6f564#ch29

· Debates in the Digital Humanities Chapter 46: Why I Dig: Feminist Approaches to Text Analysis (Lisa Marie Rhody)  https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/untitled/section/508c8664-15c8-4262-a72a-e49299873d11#ch46

New York Times - When Mean Girls Grow Up:  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/style/mean-girls-rosalind-wiseman.html?smid=url-share

Read each of the readings above once. Then, narrow it down by asking yourself:

1.

1. Which texts were most striking or curious? Which raised the most questions for you as a reader?

2. How do the texts differ from one another in content, form, voice, and genre?

3. Which seem like the “best written”? Why?

4. Which can you relate to personally?

5. Try to narrow down to two or three texts that you particularly appreciate. Then try to determine which of these will help you write the best close reading essay possible. Follow the steps from #1 once you’ve determined your focus text.

Next, you will write a 250-word proposal indicating which text you’ve chosen, what your working thesis is, and why you chose that text and analytical perspective. (This will help keep your teacher in the loop on your process and encourage you to think through your approach before writing.)

Submission Guidelines: Submit a .docx or .pdf file in  MLA format that contains your text wrestling analysis proposal. This assignment should be at least 250 words long (approximately 1 page long when double-spaced). You may write more than one page if you need to.

Summary and Response: TV Show or Movie

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Instructions

Practice summary and response using a movie or an episode of a television show (this semester, the options are only movies). Note, although it can be more difficult with a show or movie you already know and like, you can apply these skills to both familiar and unfamiliar texts. The TV show or film you choose must come from Kanopy. To access Kanopy, use this link and type in your CCC username and password to log-in:  https://www.kanopy.com/en/ccc. Then, select one of these movies at the bottom of this post to write your summary and response about.

Watch it once all the way through, taking notes using the double-column structure above. As a reminder, the double-column note-taking method has two columns. The left column has the heading “Notes and Quotes." The right column has the heading “Questions and Reactions.” As you move through a text (or in this case a TV show or movie), write down important ideas and words from the TV show or movie on the left, and record your intellectual and emotional reactions on the right. Be sure to ask prodding questions of the TV show or movie along the way, too. You do not have to turn these notes in for class. Only the summary and response paragraphs need to be turned in.

Watch it once more, pausing and rewinding as necessary, adding additional notes.

Write one or two paragraphs (at least 125 to 200 per paragraph) summarizing the episode or movie as objectively as possible. Try to include the major plot points, characters, and conflicts.

Write a paragraph that transitions from summary to response: what were your reactions to the episode or movie? What do you think produced those reactions? What seems troubling or problematic? What elements of form and language were striking? How does the episode or movie relate to your lived experiences?

Submission Guidelines: Submit a .docx or .pdf file in  MLA format that contains your summary and response. This assignment should be two paragraphs that are least 125 words each. Therefore, your document should be at least 250 words overall (which is  approximately one page double-spaced). You may write more than one page if you need to.

Choose one of the following movies to write your summary and response about.

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022; 2 hours and 19 minutes long)

Me You and Everyone We Know (2005, 1 hour and 31 minutes)

Everybody Leaves: Todos Se Van (2015, 1 hour 48 minutes)

Every Three Seconds: Choosing Action over Apathy (2014, 1 hour 40 minutes)

Text Wrestling Analysis Proposal

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Instructions

First, you will determine which text it is that you’d like to analyze. Choose from one of these texts: 

· Debates in the Digital Humanities Chapter 10: Putting the Human Back into the Digital Humanities: Feminism, Generosity, and Mess (Elizabeth Losh, Jacqueline Wernimont, Laura Wexler, and Hong-An Wu)  https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/untitled/section/cfe1b125-6917-4095-9d56-20487aa0b867#ch10

· Debates in the Digital Humanities Chapter 29: Navigating the Global Digital Humanities: Insights from Black Feminism (Roopika Risam)  https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/untitled/section/4316ff92-bad0-45e8-8f09-90f493c6f564#ch29

· Debates in the Digital Humanities Chapter 46: Why I Dig: Feminist Approaches to Text Analysis (Lisa Marie Rhody)  https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/untitled/section/508c8664-15c8-4262-a72a-e49299873d11#ch46

New York Times - When Mean Girls Grow Up:  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/style/mean-girls-rosalind-wiseman.html?smid=url-share

Read each of the readings above once. Then, narrow it down by asking yourself:

1.

1. Which texts were most striking or curious? Which raised the most questions for you as a reader?

2. How do the texts differ from one another in content, form, voice, and genre?

3. Which seem like the “best written”? Why?

4. Which can you relate to personally?

5. Try to narrow down to two or three texts that you particularly appreciate. Then try to determine which of these will help you write the best close reading essay possible. Follow the steps from #1 once you’ve determined your focus text.

Next, you will write a 250-word proposal indicating which text you’ve chosen, what your working thesis is, and why you chose that text and analytical perspective. (This will help keep your teacher in the loop on your process and encourage you to think through your approach before writing.)

Submission Guidelines: Submit a .docx or .pdf file in  MLA format that contains your text wrestling analysis proposal. This assignment should be at least 250 words long (approximately 1 page long when double-spaced). You may write more than one page if you need to.