Thesis Outline SOL

Thesis Outline

[Steve asks: 1) how can you be sure you meet the criteria for a thesis? See handbook. 2) I would like to see included a formulation of a method for analysing texts and critically evaluating work as you make the diary. Where is your anotated bibliography?]

Introduction

Dear Diary,

Over the past year I have been experimenting with different narrative structures when producing work; these included THE JOURNEY TO FUJI project, in which I first experiment with storytelling; a poem ZHUANGZI which I used as a place holder, in which I substituted the names of people and objects; the APPLE story, in which I use the HERO’S JOURNEY structure, a fairy-tale structure in which the protagonist overcomes obstacles to achieve an aim; BLUETOOTH also the HERO’S JOURNEY, but told in a more fairy tale manner- in which the APPLE takes a central role; the BOWS AND CLOUDS which uses the Bible as a structuring device. After these experiments I worked on a ‘framing’ narrative structure, also known as ‘recursive narrative’ or ‘box narrative’ or ‘story within a story’. In relation to current technological standards and pop-culture I play with similarities within these stories, to I create my own myths and change symbolic messages. By using these structures you more readily engage the viewer (reader); making a path for the viewer and also confusing them, to create a mystery.

The body of your text

The body of my text is the journey you undertake in writing: it is how you get from point A to point B, with the conclusion as the final destination. The body starts in March 2015 when I realize the project THE JOURNEY TO FUJI till the end of my graduation around May 2016, so the whole thesis is a process of more than a year. A process that I’m undertake to make a graduation project. The body will be short important pieces with a date, time and title. The pieces are happenings that are important for the research and the process. For example in the pieces you can find; my own works, annotations of theory, other artist, assessment feedback or talks with tutors, experiments, all working through them and analysing them. All this pieces I’m going to write in a personal diary method. It will give you the feel if you are reading an actual diary, so it fits the work what I’ve been doing. The thesis itself can become a work of art.

Conclusion

Did I answer the questions I sought to explore in my introduction statement? Was I successful in going through examples or case studies to prove my point? I think that because I don’t have a clear question, I will not be able to answer them clear. In all my works when I research something I never got a clear conclusion, because I have never ending research. They are researches of a life time. In this Research Diary the conclusion will be my end work and a synopsis of the things that I have discovered over the months about a narrative structure and system of beliefs.

References

Borges, Jorge Luis, Margarita Guerrero, and Andrew Hurley. The Book of Imaginary Beings. New York: Viking, 2005. Print.

"Butterfly Dreams (Zhuangzi Quote)." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 04 Jan. 2016.

Carroll, Lewis, and John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ; &, Through the Looking Glass. New York: Macmillan, 1963. Print

Dawood, N. J. Aladdin: And Other Tales from the Thousand & One Nights. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, Eng.: Penguin, 1957. Print.

Vogler, Christopher, and Michele Montez. "The Hero's Journey." The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers. Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese Productions, 2007. N. pag. Print.