DePaul University Via Sapientiae College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Theses and Dissertations College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences 6-2019 The fan fiction eadingr guide: the use of multimedia and comments as close reading tools Lauren Rouse DePaul University,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://via.library.depaul.edu/etd Recommended Citation Rouse, Lauren, "The fan fiction eadingr guide: the use of multimedia and comments as close reading tools" (2019). College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Theses and Dissertations. 274. https://via.library.depaul.edu/etd/274 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Via Sapientiae. It has been accepted for inclusion in College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Via Sapientiae. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE FAN FICTION READING GUIDE: THE USE OF MULTIMEDIA AND COMMENTS AS CLOSE READING TOOLS A Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts June 2019 BY Lauren Rouse Department of English College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences DePaul University Chicago, IL ii Abstract This paper considers the benefits of including multimedia in fan fiction multimedia and its effects on the close-reading and critical analysis skills of readers. By completing an illustrative and cumulative case study with three fan fiction authors who are currently writing and publishing a new fiction (fic), the author was able to view the production and promotion of fan fiction and its accompanying multimedia.