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Instructions
Overview
Think back to the quotation by Friedrich Nietzsche cited at the introduction to this unit:
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.
For many of us, this unit may have felt as if we were fighting a monsterengaging in a battle against writers block, finding our voice, or even crafting effectively. Monstersboth literal and metaphoricalexist within the confines of thought, and if you also remember the quotation by Louise Bourgeois that we encountered in Exploration 1: The Frankenstein Effect, thought is intricately bound to our voice and identity: You pile up associations the way you pile up bricks. Memory itself is a form of architecture.
Therefore, for this portfolio, you will include your carefully crafted and revised work on monsters. Additionally, you will also explore the architecture of your own memory and voice through one introductory prose or poetic piece in which you introduce your work on monsters by creatively responding to the following question: What are the bricks that contribute to your voice and the way that you see the world?
Specific instructions for this assignment are found in the Assignments section of the appropriate Module in Content.
Outcomes
Analyze how authors establish voice and literary effect using craft elements such as patterns, characterization, symbols, and figurative language.
Critique the use of patterns, characterization, symbols and figurative language in professional and student writing using appropriate vocabulary and workshop skills.
Compose creative works using monsters as vehicles.
Instructions
Assure that you have read all module readings and have completed all module discussions and assignments before you complete your portfolio.
Use your peers comments from the writing workshop to revise the two creative works that you submitted for feedback.
Use your peers comments to revise and edit the character sketch that you submitted to Discussion 3: Characterization: The Monster.
Reflect on your revisions. Write a one-page narrative in which you discuss your revisions, your intentions behind your revisions, and what you learned from the process.
Try to solidify your own definition of the word monster. Write out the definition and revise as necessary. Be sure to contemplate everythingright down to the part of speech.
Reflect on the bricks of your identity. Spend some time contemplating the following question: What are the bricks that contribute to your voice and the way that you see the world?
Consider the moments, interactions, events, people, books, animals, emotions, etc. that have contributed to how you write and how you perceive the world around you.
Think carefully about the architecture of your identitywhat makes you who you are?
Prepare a creative response to the question. You may write poetry or prose. Feel free to take creative liberty in your answer to this question.
Edit and revise your creative introduction about the bricks of your identity.
Submission Documents and Required Order
Your creative introduction to this portfolio: The Bricks of My Identity.
Your definition of the term monster.
A copy of each original work that you submitted for the writing workshop (Submit the draftsno edits.)
The revised versions of your creative works.
The draft of your character sketch that you submitted to Discussion 3: Characterization: The Monster.
A developing story for the character that you sketched in Discussion 10. Give your character a story by developing plot and conflict. This does not need to be a complete story but should offer an emerging plot and/or character interactions.
A one-page revision narrative in which you discuss the revisions you made and why. Note: Start to identify the specific stylistic techniques that define your craft in your reflection. Try to really think about your emerging style and voice as a writer.
Use these poems
I Am Monster
I am a swimmer
I wonder what it will feel like to swim in the Olympics
I hear the sound of the crowd cheering my name
I see a stadium full of people
I want to win a gold medal
I am a swimmer
I pretend I am in Olympic training camp
I feel proud
I touch the shiny gold medal
I worry that my sick brother won’t be able to make it to my swim meet
I cry about my brother’s sickness
I am a swimmer
I understand how much my brother wants to see me swim
I say that when I win the gold, he will be there
I dream about my brother standing up and cheering for me
I try to help him get better every day
I hope my dreams come true
I am a swimmer
Monster
Because I could not appear for Monster, it did kindly appear for me. Monster, Monster, every where, Yet not a drop to appear. A msw, however hard it tries, Will always be time. Does the msw make you shiver? does it? All that is inaesthetic is not dancing, dancing, by all account is aesthetic. Now tasteful is just the thing, To get me wondering if the dancing is sensuous. Just like bloody things, is the devil. Never forget the sly and guileful devil.
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