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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
    *  



## Setup + Media
### Examples to load on our computers
#### 10:30am section
"M.A.A.D City" by Kendrick Lamar
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/10yrPDf92hY" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

A Coney Island of the Mind, by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5b11c1bfba3e4a2e2cbe3a/1557831039986-PM3ZVDGFSMHFX5DD272R/074_coneyIsland.HERO.jpg?format=1000w)

![](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71b6ajp6+vL.jpg)

#### 1:30pm section
Gabe, "Nothing to My Name" by Cui Jian
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Adam, "03 Adolescence" by J.Cole
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qn1qdC7hXRg" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>


Felipe, In the Heights
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Felipe, Hamilton
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