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%title Friday — Critical Reading
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* Intro
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* Intro self (incl "this is for MFA" spiel)
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* Allow others to intro
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* Ice breaker: What is your least favorite part of your favorite movie?
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* Lead into what is a text:
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* Books/writing, yes, but also anything that tells a story --- film, games, etc
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* Thus, what is critical reading?
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* Intentional engagement with a text, especially WRT the self:
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* Back to ice breaker: how do you intentionally engage with your favorite film?
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* How do we intentionally engage with a text in furry?
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* What do we like in a furry text?
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* What *don't* we like?
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* Notably, not asking what makes a text furry --- that we are furries is what enables us to read in that context
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* Thus, how do we engage with a text that *we* feel is furry *as* furries?
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* What goes into critical reading?
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* Layers:
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* Mechanical: presentation, word choice, language usage, writing style, etc
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* Subjective: emotional impact, plot effectiveness, description, evocativeness
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* "7 Trips Through the Score" --- may n ot need that many, but multiple (or at least slow) reading can let us focus on one layer at a time
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* Reading exercise:
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* Pick 1 of these 2 categories to pay attention to first and read, then read for the second
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* Critique tomorrow, but preview: we're not tearing a text apart, we're asking it questions:
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* How did we feel the plot worked? Was there a structure? Could we follow it?
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* What was told? What was left out? How did (not) knowing make us feel?
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* What type of language usage was there? Word choice? Style usage?
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* How about emotional impact? Was the story impactful? Did the mechanics help or hiinder?
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* Was it evocative? How did the furry elements play into it? Did you want to learn more? Was it engaging?
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* Be ready to summarize
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* (~10 minutes to read)
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* Someone summarize
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* Talk through each
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* Talk through how the exercise felt:
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* Was it useful? Tiring? Enjoyable?
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* Tomorrow, we'll go through critiquing writing and actually workshop a piece --- one of mine that has already been workshopped and published, so it's just an example of critiquing for a present author without putting anyone on the spot
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* Do you want optional homework for Sunday?
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* Write a short ~500 word snippet (or offer one already written) to go through a gentle workshopping
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* While writing, think about what we talked through today
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* Email to me, I'll put it online for all to read in the workshop
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* Will be asking how it felt/etc
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