tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post8520596052836224089..comments2023-11-05T07:27:43.837-05:00Comments on Narrative and Technology: Final Proposal Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post-30041318573361656082013-11-24T11:23:48.162-05:002013-11-24T11:23:48.162-05:00The topic is fine and your bibliography is fine. ...The topic is fine and your bibliography is fine. I don't have any objections to it, but I see a potential source of trouble (which I think you see too). The link between sports heroes and superheroes on the one hand, and between superheroes and Jimmy Corrigan on the other hand, demands some work.<br /><br />Jimmy Corrigan is clearly, at least on some ways, a satire of the idea of a heroes in general and superheros in particular. Fine. Clearly we have something of an obsession with sports heroes in our culture. Also fine. But what are you doing with the combination? I think you're doing something like arguing that the satire of heroes in JC is something we should apply (including you, in your own life & experiences) to the somewhat different category of sports heroes. I'm fine with that, or with anything similar to that - but making those connections work will be the big challenge here.<br /><br />Incidentally, I have a book in mind that you would probably like, and that might even be useful in the essay. It's just an idea, but you might want to look at it at least. It's an account of the role of basketball and basketball players (and heroes) on the Crow indian reservation in Montana.<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Counting-Coup-Story-Basketball-Little/dp/0446677558Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.com