ENG 115/116 - Storytelling

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DigiPen Institute of Technology

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Prerequisite(s): None Storytelling is one of the oldest art forms, yet narrative- the description of an event-is also one of the most complex human endeavors. The art of narrative is endless, and we have created an almost boundless number of forms for telling stories: gesture, speech, writing, painting, photography, cinema, television, comics, newspapers, music, theater, and video games. Contemporary narrative strategies and structures share much in common with the most archaic of storytelling traditions. This course begins by investigating the psychosocial drive to tell stories, and proceeds to examine how the principal elements of narrative assert themselves in a variety of narrative genres and across different media. Students will explore the rhetoric of narrative in its many guises, and gain an appreciation for both classical and contemporary formulations of story structure. In particular, this course focuses on how narrative may be adapted across media and genres. A series of written assignments focuses on the demands of storytelling made by different genres. Such a study discloses the particular attributes of each genre, and exposes the inextricable bond between narrative form and narrative content. Additionally, we will consider several ways to interpret narrative, negotiate the temporal restrictions of commercial storytelling applications, and begin to think about the ethics of storytelling.

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.digipen.edu

Phone Number:

(425) 558-0299

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Semester

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