tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post4073926150298785739..comments2023-11-05T07:27:43.837-05:00Comments on Narrative and Technology: This is what I'm supposed to post, right?Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post-17432474341209685872013-04-13T17:23:27.352-04:002013-04-13T17:23:27.352-04:00I like the theme or the overall focus, although si...I like the theme or the overall focus, although since I like superheroes that isn't really a surprise. It also builds on your work through the semester, so I like that too. As an initial protest, on the other hand, I think the argument that super villains can serve as agents of change, social protest, etc. is a little vague - ideally even at this early point I would have liked to see you zero in on something more precise here. In other words, this initial argument is more a description of a possible range of arguments, in which you need to locate something more precise.<br /><br />As far as texts go - I'd strongly recommend that you familiarize yourself with frank miller's The Dark Knight Returns, if you haven't. I can think of many other texts relevant to your argument, some of common interest, some more eccentric, but that is the really important one. <br /><br />As far as the PowerPoint goes - as long as you use it to improve the presentation/organization of the visual evidence, that's fine. It would get to be problematic, though, if the text became deemphasized. I don't like PowerPoint in general, but if you use it carefully I can see it working here.<br /><br />To repeat the main point -you want to be sure that the argument grows into something precise, narrow and, if possible, ambitious.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.com