Schooling
Narratives:
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We focused on detail and
theme when reading the work by Lu and Elbow.
Now let’s work through
some student samples. As you read
through the essays by Lisa Beckham and Anca Golea (both Spring 2002 students), notice how both
narratives record a change or transformation in the writer. Notice how both writers come to a
realization. Actually, during the
Spring 2002 student conference, Lisa Beckham remarked that she hadn’t come to
the realization she states until she started writing and revising her
essay. She had another, simpler goal
in mind when she began writing: she was going to paint her instructor as a
“bad” teacher. Her thesis became more
complex (she could see positives together with negatives) when she glimpsed,
however briefly, the counter “argument” or counter perspective. Again, as you’re reading
through these selections, jot down a few sentences about the transformation
effected through each narrative. Or in
simpler terms, how does the writer change over the course of the narrative? Need still another
example? Read “Earnest
the Bear,” an essay from Bob Callen’s Fall 2002 class. Eldred-University of Kentucky English-University of
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