Important: Changes for next week
February 16th, 2008 by BobPlease note these changes to the reading & screening lineup for next week:
Reading: Textual Poachers chapters 3 & 4 (“Fan Critics” & “Not A Fairy Tale”). Save chapter 5 (“Scribbling in the Margins”) for week 6.
Screening: Rather than gathering everyone together on Tuesday night, I would like you to view this week’s material on your own time. Here’s the plan: go to the library and view two episodes of either Beauty and the Beast or Twin Peaks. (Both box sets are on reserve at McCabe.) You can do this anytime up till Thursday’s class. On Thursday, we’ll split into groups to discuss the texts and fan-reading strategies of the different series, based on the episodes you chose to watch.
I’m making these changes after reviewing the Jenkins chapters and deciding that next week will be most productive if we collectively put together a “big picture” of the TV texts: comparing our impressions and noting patterns across multiple episodes, rather than working from a singular text as we did with “Amok Time.”
Please let me know if you have any questions about this change in plans. And as always, thanks for being flexible …
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