1. Here is a collection of terms that may help us to write about life writing and autobiography:
Author Audience Closure Coherence Conclusion Ethics Experience Publishing format Identity Memory Narrative Occasion* Space/Place Style* Time TraumaOccasion: passage, transition, loss, realization, rationalization, condition, motivation, evolution, failure, triumph
Style: artful, sly, warm-inviting, angry, sincere, insinuating, vengeful, bold, saucy, sophisticated, simple, opaque
2. Look at the website Post Secret:
How is this site autobiographical?
3. Homework: Journal 4: Visit an online autobiography site (visual diary, online scrapbook, online memoir, talk show) for one week and keep a summary/record of its changes. Write a 400 word report (typed) on your findings. Due: April 1, 2014. Let me know if you have any questions.
