Topical Tumblr Curation/ Group Led Reading Discussion (10%)
These topics, which correspond with weeks in the syllabus, will include:
- The Sound of the Silents? Reconstructing Silent Film History
- Rudolph Valentino, Desire & spectatorship
- Louise Brooks & stardom
- Textual Poaching & Negotiative Reading
- Finding Personal Meaning in Media
- Audience Discontent & Antifandom
- Social Action & the Politics of Audience Authorship
- Transformative Work, Fan Fiction, & Fan Video
- Feels Culture
Group led discussion should last about a half an hour to forty five minutes, though often it spins into larger class discussions for which I’ll take the lead. I will assign groups to specific weeks early in the semester, taking into account your interests as much as possible.