Embodying Character, Adapting Communication; or, the Senses and Sensibilities of Epistolarity and New Media in the Classroom

This essay describes a classroom role-playing activity that incorporates both modern social media and the tools of eighteenth-century composition. Students communicate with each other as characters in the assigned novel, by either texting, tweeting, or writing longhand with quill pens. The exercise...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jodi Wyett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aphra Behn Society 2017-06-01
Series:ABO : Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts 1640-1830
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Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/abo/vol7/iss1/8/