Journal Anchors
 

1) Summarize, in so far as you can, the separate story lines that exist in the text. Which is the dominant 'story'? What in the text leads you to this decision? If you see no dominant 'story', explain with careful quotation how you 'see' or 'understand' the text.

2) Trace the development of ideas about the construction of identity in the text, Patchwork Girl. Use quotation from the text and performance to support your interpretations. Keep titles of textbnlocks and structures of paths

3) Choose one voice, or set of voices, which you can trace through a major section of the text. Why did you choose this voice/these voices? How would you describe it/them? What is/are its/their role(s) within the text? How does/do it/they contribute to the discussion of either gender or identity? 

4) Choose one titled section of the text from the storyspace map. Read all the text blocks within that titled section. What themes/ideas are common to all the text blocks? Or are the themes diverse? Why might all these text blocks be included together in this section? What does the titled section as a whole achieve as a unit of the entire text? 

5) Define text-as-performance. Analyze your experience as a reader of hypertext fiction. What have you liked? What have you disliked? What have you found easy/difficult? To what extent has the author disappeared and surrendered authority to the reader, or is the authority of the reader to construct the text simply an illusion orchestrated by the author? Justify your decision. 

6) What have you learned from reading Patchwork Girl? You should look at the content of the book, your experiences as a digital reader, and your computer skills. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 
© lesley smith and dean taciuch
fall 2002
new century college & the department of english
in the
college of arts and sciences
george mason university
last updated: 28 october, 2002