Author: Grant Glass

Hi all! Please watch this amazing video from Lindsay Ellis on Death of the Author. I want you to think about how the communities of fanfiction are different from a single author and how that might help you better understand the distinction between adaptation and fanfic.

I have office hours today, if you want to chat: https://grantglass.youcanbook.me 

Topic: Death of the Author

Instead of watching me, watch: Lindsay Ellis, “Death of the Author” 

OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: Find a Twitter of an author you like and collect their tweets:

**USE THIS LINK!Only one person at a time (try to look if someone is using the sheet)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AnU3dxehgMJNvK_BRwLg2LskPvvGmlSVws7A-x3yuRM/edit?usp=sharing

Was there a point where fans and authors clashed? Place the tweet in this google sheet

Homework:

1. Read: Cornel Sandvoss, “The Death of the Reader? : Literary Theory and the Study of Texts in Popular Culture”The_Fan_Fiction_Studies_Reader
   in The Fan Fiction Studies Reader, edited by Karen Hellekson, and Kristina Busse, University of Iowa Press, 2014
2. Post in Forums: Find a short fan fiction (or just a portion of a longer one) and talk about what it changes about the source text.

Most of you have completed these tasks, but I am just waiting to hear from a few of you.

Please complete the following before 11pm tonight

1.Sign-Up for Podcast Discussion Day

2. Fill out this Survey

3. Tell me what times you could Zoom to have a small class discussion or individual discussions with me (just take this week as a generic week in the summer for you): https://www.when2meet.com/?9276112-YX5Pf

4. Introduce yourself on our forum: https://engl149summer2020.web.unc.edu/forums/forum/introduce-yourself/

Let me know if there is any trouble completing these tasks! I have really appreciated getting to know all of you that have posted so far.

Good morning!

Sorry, the video this morning will be delayed for about an hour. I ran into some problems rendering it to Youtube. In the meantime, please make sure you complete the following tasks by 5:00pm today:

1.Sign-Up for Podcast Discussion Day

2. Fill out this Survey

3. Tell me what times you could Zoom to have a small class discussion or individual discussions with me (just take this week as a generic week in the summer for you): https://www.when2meet.com/?9276112-YX5Pf

**PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD WITH INDESIGN AND PREMIER PRO INSTALLED. https://sa.unc.edu/shop/home/?searchterm=Adobe%20Creative%20Cloud

I will email you when the video is up. Sorry for the technical delay.

If you already completed the homework for today, please look at the reading for tomorrow and post your response in the forums!

Please reach out if you have any concerns or questions.

All best,

Grant

Hi all,

Welcome to ENGL 149: Multimodal Composition Summer 2 Session! We will be exploring the world of fanfiction and the internet throughout this course. I am extremely excited to discuss this world with you. First, please take a careful look at the following pages:

Course Policies

Course Requirements

Current Schedule

The first lecture video will be posted online tomorrow morning by 9am on the Schedule page. You will notice that there are three major tasks to do tomorrow:

1.Sign-Up for Podcast Discussion Day

2. Fill out this Survey

3. Tell me what times you could Zoom to have a small class discussion or individual discussions with me (just take this week as a generic week in the summer for you): https://www.when2meet.com/?9276112-YX5Pf

If you have ANY concerns or questions–no matter how big or small, please feel free to email me at grantg@live.unc.edu.

Best,

Grant