5 Research Writing in Book History
Your chance to add your chapter to the story of the making of print culture.
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Week five is writing week--your chance to pull together your research questions and findings into a case study essay. Your essay is like one episode in the long history of books as a technology.
Project 1: Case Study in the Making of Print Culture, 1450-1980
Project 1 template and guidelines (Google Docs file)
Be sure to review the sample case studies and other resources posted on the Week 3 page.
Your Purpose Your purpose in the case study is to describe a key event (or person, or technology) in the history of print culture, analyze it using one or more of the key concepts in the course (technology, commerce, culture, reading and literacy, writing and authorship), and explain the importance of the event for our understanding of print culture. Your Audience Your audience for the case study is your classmates and your instructor. You can assume that your audience is familiar with the outlines of print culture, and that we have all read the background materials in the course texts and videos. Your role is to explain the details of your topic and connect it to the shared knowledge base developed in the course so far. |
Case Studies Tell StoriesAs you draft your essay, think about your case study as a kind of story. Consider how you would answer these questions:
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