Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Texas State University/French Poetic Realism (Spring 2023)

Poetic Realism is associated with Classical French cinema from the 1930s to the mid 1950s. French directors offered a model for other national cinemas to follow in the sophisticated degree of mastery that they were able to achieve in sound technology. We will watch films by great directors like Jean Renoir, Julien Duvivier, Marcel Carné, Jean Grémillon, Jean Vigo, and Jacques Feyder. These directors, screenwriters like the poet Jacques Prévert and Charles Spaak, composers like Maurice Jaubert and Georges Auric, and set designers like Alexandre Trauner all contribute to creating the unique mood and look of truly groundbreaking movies. Students will contribute to existing articles in Wikipedia. The articles to which they contribute will possess limited information regarding contemporary reception and recent academic criticism, production details, etc. and &quot;stub&quot; articles on French film from 1930 through the end of the German Occupation (1940-44).

Week 3
Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
 * Evaluating Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 5
Films

Week 7
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 8
Guiding framework

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 9
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
 * Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Week 10
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the &quot;mainspace.&quot;

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 11
Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 12
It's the final week to develop your article.


 * Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
 * Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

Write a paper going beyond your Wikipedia article to advance your own ideas, arguments, and original research about your topic.