The Twitter Essay
Over the course of the term, you will be writing what Jesse Stommel has called "Twitter essays." He writes, "[S]tudents condense an argument with evidentiary support into 140 characters, which they unleash upon a hashtag . . . in the Twitter-verse. Tweets often attempt to convey as much information in as few words as possible."
Your Twitter essay process will work as follows:
In class, we will discuss the insights raised in the Twitter essays, so this whole process must be complete in advance of the coming class meeting.
Your Twitter essay process will work as follows:
- Formulate a concise, novel insight about a passage or piece of music specified in the Course Outline.
- Compose an essay of exactly 138-140 characters, including the hashtag #MTH331 and the hashtag that corresponds to the passage about which you are writing (also found in the Course Outline. Your Twitter essay should provide some insight into an aspect of the instrumentation of that passage.
- Peer Review: after you have completed the requisite number of Twitter essays for the week, search #MTH331. Respond to (and perhaps retweet) at least two Twitter essays that talk about passages other than the ones about which you wrote. In your response, analyze the observations the author made and/or offer additional thoughts. Include the author’s handle and #MTH331 somewhere in your tweet.
In class, we will discuss the insights raised in the Twitter essays, so this whole process must be complete in advance of the coming class meeting.
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