COMM 3038 Narrative Approaches to Culture
People often try to "re-story" experiences in order to share their significance. This advanced seminar examines the significance of narratives in interpersonal and cultural exchange. It will help students to define, understand and interpret culture via narrative approaches including interpretive, feminist, critical, postmodern, aesthetic and postcolonial perspectives. Students will apply methods including observation, interviewing, and writing field notes as well as interpretive analyses, including thematic, metaphorical and narrative analysis. A new wave in cultural exploration is encouraging scholars to undertake novel ways of expressing narratives (e.g., short stories, novels, documentaries). Exploring the narrative construction of culture, students will pursue a research project. Pre-req: COMM1001; COMM2010 strongly recommended.