{"id":148,"date":"2016-07-07T15:33:57","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T15:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/barta\/?page_id=148"},"modified":"2017-02-15T10:48:20","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T16:48:20","slug":"researched-conversations-paper-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/barta\/syllabus\/researched-conversations-paper-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Researched Conversations (Paper 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

MAJOR ASSIGNMENT: Researched Conversations<\/strong><\/p>\n

Write a well-researched, clear essay in which you present your answer to one of these basic questions: \u201cWhat is an author?\u201d \u201cWhat is a work?\u201d \u201cWhat is the relationship between text, audience, and speaker?\u201d<\/p>\n

You might want to relate your answer to discrete parts of authorship (like issues of copyright, publication, relationship to reader), or questions relating authorship to the digital self and audience of iPhone users.<\/p>\n

Using Joe Harris\u2019 terms:<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0forward or counter the argument presented in Barthes\u2019 \u201cThe Death of the Author,\u201d Michel Foucault\u2019s \u201cWhat is an Author\u201d or Neil Gaiman\u2019s keynote speech.<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0put your text in conversation with a selected text of your own choosing (handout will be provided with suggestions \/ topics if you\u2019re stumped)<\/p>\n

In forwarding<\/em> \/ countering<\/em> with critics who are defining authorship and its impact, you join their conversation and add your own distinct voice and argument on the issue. Not only do you need to interact, converse, and cite the two main \u201ctexts,\u201d you have chosen to work with, but also bring in 4-6 outside research sources to support your argument.\u00a0 (You may also use other articles from our course, but you should have at least 6 outside new sources).<\/p>\n

Requirements:<\/strong> 1,200-1,400 words of persuasive prose, double-spaced, following MLA formatting, works cited page, page numbers, title, 12 point font (Times New Roman, Calibri, or Garamond).<\/p>\n

Writerly moves:<\/strong> forward \/ counter, writing with research, analyzing secondary sources, argument, concrete versus abstract thinking.<\/p>\n

FORMATTING RULES<\/strong>: Double-spaced, 1-in margins, 12 point font, follow MLA style for citations<\/a>, page numbers.<\/p>\n

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PREWRITING: two short writing assignments.<\/p>\n

Short Writing Assignment(s) (Pick either FORWARDING or COUNTERING for SWA #2)<\/p>\n