English 881/781: Special Topic — Narrative Inquiry & Narrative Theory

ENGL 781/881 Course Syllabus (Fall 2021)

“Home is where your story begins.”

Instructor Information

• Dr. Pagnucci’s Contact Information
• Dr. Pagnucci’s Office Hours

Course Access

• Semester: Fall 2021
• Banner Course Numbers (CRN): 11375/12184
• Section: 001
  • Past Graduate Student Home Pages
• Meeting Time: 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Mondays
• Classroom: Leonard Hall – Room 307
• Zoom Classroom Meeting Link: https://iupvideo.zoom.us/my/pagnucci
• Zoom Classroom Meeting ID: 724 357 1701

Course Story
(A.K.A. Course Calendar)

• Literacy Narratives
  • Story Assignment – Literacy Narrative
  • Chapter 1 – The Story Begins
  • Chapter 2 – Stories of Literacy
  • Chapter 3 – Labor Day HOLIDAY
  • Chapter 4 – Teaching Literacy Narratives
  • Chapter 5 – Story Reading Groups (Literacy Narrative First Drafts)
• Family Stories
  • Story Assignment – Family Story
  • Chapter 6 – Family Stories
  • Chapter 7 – Truth, Trauma, and the Power of Telling
  • Chapter 8 – Story Reading Groups (Family Stories)
• School Stories & Language Legends
  • Story Assignment – School Story/Language Legend
  • Chapter 9 – School Stories
  • Chapter 10 – Language Legends
  • Chapter 11 – Story Reading Groups (School Stories & Language Legends)
  • Chapter 12 – Conferences about Stories/Language Legends with Dr. Pagnucci
• Living a Narrative Life
  • Course Assignment – The Book of Stories
  • Chapter 13 – The Big Fish Feast
  • Chapter 14 – Thanksgiving HOLIDAY
  • Chapter 15 – Reading The Book of Stories
  • Chapter 16 – The End of the Story (for now)

Narrative Inquiry Foundations

• The Story of Narrative Inquiry
  • Narrative Scholars Research Task
  • IUP English Narrative Dissertations
  • Narrative Bibliography
• The Nature of Narrative Inquiry
• Storytelling Techniques and Sample Stories
• Microsoft Sway
  • Software for Bringing Stories to Life

Course Legend (or Course Information & Policies)

• Course Overview, Philosophy, Goals, & Expectations
• Course Grading and Major Assignments
• Course Texts
• Course Technology
• Course Policies
• IUP Policies

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Stories for a Rainy Day

• Stories of Healing
• Hero Stories
• “Tell All the Truth But Tell It Slant” by Emily Dickinson
  • Commentary on the Poem by Camille Turner
• TED Talk: “The Danger of a Single Story” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Bibliographies

• Literacy Bibliography
• The Routledge Encyclopedia of Narrative Theory (RENT)

Course Resources

• Composition Studies Resources
• English Professional Conferences
• English Professional Organizations
• Guide: Dissertation Chapter 1
• Past Course Activities

Journals Related to Narrative

• English Education (focuses on public school issues)
• Journal of Narrative Theory (journal aimed at theoretical explorations of narrative issues)
• Wikipedia Entry: Autoethnography
• Narrative Inquiry (journal which publishes narrative inquiry research)
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• Storyworlds: A Journal of Narrative Theory (an interdisciplinary journal featuring cutting-edge research on storytelling practices across a variety of media)
• Writing on the Edge (focuses on composition issues and stories)

Narrative and Storytelling Resources

• AERA Narrative and Research Special Interest Group (SIG)
• The Centre for Narrative Research
• Center for Narratological Study
• Creative Nonfiction Resources
  • Developed by Mary Sagal
• The Interdisciplinary Center for Narratology (ICN)
• The International Society for the Study of Narrative Literature
• Project Narrative
• Society for the Study of Narrative Literature
• “Why Study Narrative? Education and Debate” (by Trisha Greenhalgh& Brian Hurwitz, 1999; article focusing on narrative-based medicine)
• Wikipedia Entry: “Autoethnography”
• Wikipedia Entry: “Narrative Inquiry”

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Thanks

• I want to thank IUP C&T alum Dr. Carrie Fitzpatrick who helped create the original design for this page along with locating many of the resources linked here.