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The greater emphasis on information books in elementary schools has led to an increased emphasis on informational writing as well. Although some have suggested utilizing mentor texts to engage children in informational writing, there has... more
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WomenCinemakers, Special Edition, Vol.23
As a tool for understanding, narrative is fundamental to human cognition. A wealth of theory and growing empirical evidence strongly indicate that reading a narrative activates a simulation with critical cognitive and emotional... more
提要: 工地書寫於近兩年間興起,本文以林立青、曾文昌作品為例,透過比較其異同,探究非虛構寫作中的抒情主體。林立青以工地主任凝視工地人事物,其位置既是又不是工人,憑藉特殊的視野照見工地與工人在臺灣社會中所受忽視、歧視,以及其中的階級與權力。曾文昌身為鐵工師傅,自我表述人生經歷、價值觀、職業守則,此一現身已經接近自傳的形式。兩相對照,正可看出臺灣工地書寫中的抒情主體的誠(Sincerity)與真(Authenticity)。... more
A partir do diagnóstico de um afastamento entre o público geral e o universo das instituições de ensino e pesquisa, os estudos em Comunicação e percepção pública da ciência buscam soluções para que essa situação se reverta – processo em... more
Truman Capote was the creator of a milestone in popular culture: In Cold Blood (1966), a ‘nonfiction’ novel based upon the real murder of the Clutter family committed by Dick Hickock and Perry Smith in the town of Holcomb (Kansas), 1959.... more
Richard Goodwin's Essay on his Investigation into the Media
Recommended citation: Gifreu-Castells, A; Misek, R.; Verbruggen, E. (2016). Non-fiction Transmedia (Eds.). VIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture Vol. 5, 10. Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision in collaboration... more
{Arik Wolk, Washington University in St. Louis} New Jersey is the ultimate little brother. Surrounded by two of the nation’s largest cities and full of suburbs, its denizens often define themselves by how far they are from Philadelphia or... more
Recommended citation: Gifreu-Castells, A. (2017). Estrategias participativas y colaborativas en la narrativa factual (Ed. y Coord.). Obra Digital, 12-1. Vic: Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya. ISSN: 2014-5039.... more
This is my movie review about Bob Ong's Lumayo Ka Nga Sa Akin, a filipino nonfiction book. It was one of the requirement's of my last semester's Philippine Literature Class.
When formulating a theory of recitation in contemporary theatre, what we need to develop is an entirely new interpretive model, in order to frame the heterogeneity of performing practices which has been characterising experimental theatre... more
The importance of fire is examined in ritual and magic.
Article published in Narrating the Past
After the fall of communism, Romanian literature, theatre and film seem to have grown an appetite for reality. Journals and autobiographies, nonfictional confessions and novels, plays and performances bearing socio-political weight,... more
[PhD Thesis] This thesis seeks to establish a connection between the Brazilian nonfiction novel from the seventies and the contemporary book-length work of literary journalism. The former was condemned as a spurious literary form by... more
I propose that Comparative Cultural Studies, a hybrid field of scholarship grounded in critical humanities and social sciences which seeeks to make explicit connections between culture and society, is an appropriate theoretical frame in... more