English 881/781: Narrative Inquiry

Summer 2020 — English 781/881: Special Topic – Narrative Inquiry

“Home is where your story begins.”

Course Information

• Semester: Summer 2020
• Banner Course Numbers (CRN): 30760/30761
• Section: 001
  • Past Graduate Student Home Pages
• Classroom: Online
• Meeting Time: Online

Course Story
(A.K.A. Course Calendar for Summer 2020)

• The Book of Stories

Course Legend (or Course Syllabus)

• Course Overview, Philosophy, Goals, & Expectations
• Course Policies
• Course Grading
• Course Texts
• Course Technology
  • IUP Zoom

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Bibliographies

• Narrative Bibliography
• 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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• 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.