Writing Blogpost #4: Afterlives

We’ve reached the end of the Pet book project! Well done everyone. I bet you have learned a lot more from a book than you thought you ever could! While this blogpost will have a theme, please feel free to take some space in your post to reflect on what you have learned and to … Read more

Writing Blogpost #3: Word & Image

As we discussed in class, your third post is more open ended than the first two. Having built an impressive conceptual lexicon of critical and technical terms, it is now time to consider the dynamics of image and word within your pet picture book. I want you to let your creativity run free and explore … Read more

Writing your second blogpost: mise-en-page and mise-en-texte

Let’s start with mise-en-page, and shift up our font! Mise-en-page or page format refers to how your text sits on the page. You should write a careful, detailed description of this. Even if you have an apparently neutral page… …in reality there are several elements creating that experience of neutrality. Neutrality is a convention produced … Read more

Welcome to our course blog!

Hello students, this is our course wordpress. During our first weeks of class, you are going to select a book or bookish object from Wesleyan’s library and archives. You are going to adopt this book as your “pet” and get to know it throughout the semester. I want you to really get to know this … Read more