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# EXPOS20 From Homer to Jay-Z
Craft & Complexity in Verbal Art and Oral Tradition
11/18 10:30-11:45am, 1:30-2:45pm
Preceptor: Sheza (pronounced "Shiza") Alquera
Enrollment: 30

## Background
* Where are they now?
* Standard Expos20 research paper, 9-10 pages on a topic of their choosing
* They have narrowed in on their research question, they are looking for sources now
* The paper length can be overwhemling, and Sheza trying to figure out how to break it down and structure it.
* They are working on their annotated bibliography, will have it ready by Monday then will move on to the drafting phase.
* Wants help outlining. Visualizing and mapping out the structure.
* Ideas for the session
* BEAT activity? Activity around source functions.
* Lyrics, theoretical model, historical context…
* Source map: [source map.ai](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B08GrQK8YOPdMEh2MkhjMlE1Qjg/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-SPknjMW86EWvUnGMw2lqww)
* They are doing some of this work in their annotated bibliographies
* Story Shapes activity for helping them to structure their ideas
* ** Mapping activity to outlining, followed by a pitch.

Response papers: [on google drive](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-AqNgvzXbJNmtHublyxU2xebLUgkaaxP)
Full notes: [on google drive](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A18teJJYAPkPhvhKZ1_6JUSJDWy8AWN_IBWt62W6t00/edit#)

## designLab notes
* Oral-formulaic composition - poets have a storehouse of fomulas that are in the right meter and they add to that
* Jay-Z doesn't write down his lyrics! Improvises his songs.
* Chorus vs. verse
* form and content distinction
* Rewrite a rap verse that you know by heart and tweak it in a way that makes it feel "wrong",
* messing with the number of syllables in a word so that it doesn't match with the meter
* moving it to a different language that doesn't match
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## Setup + Media
### Examples to load on our computers
#### 10:30am section
"M.A.A.D City" by Kendrick Lamar
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A Coney Island of the Mind, by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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#### 1:30pm section
Gabe, "Nothing to My Name" by Cui Jian
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Adam, "03 Adolescence" by J.Cole
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Felipe, In the Heights
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Felipe, Hamilton
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