ENMC 352-MDST 352 (Schedule #705RB-700Q3)
University of Virginia
Spring 2007
201 Clemons :: TR 12:30-1:45pm
Mr. David Golumbia
Office: 304B Bryan
Spring 2007 Office Hours: TR 11am-12:30pm & by appt

Vernaculars, Media, Texts

Final Paper Assignment

Please write an 8-10pp paper (approximately 2000 words) on any topic related to the subject matter of this class. I urge you to discuss the topic with me prior to starting the paper, either via email or during my office hours. If you are having trouble coming up with a topic, talk to me sooner rather than later. The paper is due at the beginning of class on May 1. NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED!

The following are some guidelines on the kind of paper that is acceptable, but the choice of topic is up to you. You may write on a topic similar to those indicated for the shorter paper, but you may NOT incorporate or substantially use one of your earlier papers into the longer paper. Your paper does not need to focus on a linguistic aspect of a novel or media object, as long as the novel/media object itself is at least partly presented in a vernacular.

1. A close reading of one of the novels or movies we have read/watched/listened to in class.
2. A comparison of two or more of the works.
3. A discussion of a linguistic aspect of a vernacular language, in more depth than the basic research report given as a possible assignment for the shorter paper. (This might include a linguistic analysis of a particular language, a reading of some of the technical literature on a language, a sociolinguistic discussion, etc.)
4. A close reading of a novel or media object that we did not read/view/listen to in class, but which features a vernacular language like the works we viewed/watched/listened to in class.

Last updated April 6, 2007.