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British Literature to 1800 (Fall 2016): August 2015
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British Literature to 1800 (Fall 2016). Monday, August 31, 2015. For Wednesday: Chaucer, "The Knight's Tale" Parts I and II, pp.26-53. Answer any TWO of the following questions. Q1: Why do you think the Knight tells a story of “modern” knights and chivalry in ancient Greece? Why might someone use the past to tell of the present? How does one setting help reinforce the other? Which of the two do you feel suffers more for love of Emily? How might this be a commentary on the love story itself? How might thi...
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British Literature to 1800 (Fall 2016): October 2015
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British Literature to 1800 (Fall 2016). Monday, October 26, 2015. For Wednesday: School for Scandal, Acts III and IV. Answer TWO of the following. Q1: In Act IV, Joseph attempts to seduce Lady Teazle in an interesting manner. What is his argument for taking an indiscretion against Sir Peter, and why is Lady Teazle almost convinced by it? What does this say about the morals of a so-called "man of sentiment"? Why do their arguments strike us as curiously artificial and borrowed? Friday, October 23, 2015.
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British Literature to 1800 (Fall 2016): For Friday: Pope, The Rape of the Lock, Cantos 3-4
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British Literature to 1800 (Fall 2016). Wednesday, November 2, 2016. For Friday: Pope, The Rape of the Lock, Cantos 3-4. Synopsis of Canto 4: Crushed by the weight of her tragedy, Belina is insensible. So Umbriel, one of the spirits, goes down to the underworld (echoing The Odyssey, where Odysseus visits Achilles in death) to seek an audience with the Queen of Spleen. For 18. Been content to seize/Hairs less in sight, or any hairs but these! Answer TWO of the following:. The stakes to losing these in 18.
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The Virtual Astrolabe : November 2014
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Sunday, November 30, 2014. Prokofiev’s Symphonies: A Cycle for the Ages? 160; Or even more to the point, does a cycle have to consist of equally popular and lasting works, or can some have almost no identity outside of the cycle itself? 160; Here’s a quick look at Prokofiev’s seven—er, seven and a half—symphonies and why they should be considered as a cycle in their own right, as well as magnificent compositions individually. . Labels: 20th century music. Monday, November 24, 2014. Century virtually adop...
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British Literature to 1800 (Fall 2016): December 2014
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British Literature to 1800 (Fall 2016). Wednesday, December 3, 2014. The Winners of the Creative Assignment! First: Dillon Darnell, "The Persuasive Politician". Second: Cheyenne Counts, "Separation Along the Walls". Third: Elyse Marquardt, "A Love Unrequited". Congratulations and PLEASE come by my office sometime this week to collect your prize! If you don't, I'll simply bring it to the Final Exam, but that means you would have to wait a whole week- the suspense would eat you alive! A Clerk of Oxford.
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Freshman Composition I (Fall 2016): September 2014
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Freshman Composition I (Fall 2016). Tuesday, September 30, 2014. Finding Sources for Paper #2. EX: I want to write a guide about how to self-publish your own novel. What are other writers saying about this? What is their advice? Is it the same as mine? Who would the naysayers be to my approach/ideas? Step #3: The link brings me to a summary of the article complete with an abstract: “. The author discusses his experience. The Breeders." Topics include the benefits and drawbacks in his experience of at...
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Freshman Composition I (Fall 2016): For Thursday: Escape From Camp 14, Chapters 16-20; also, Paper #3 assignment
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Freshman Composition I (Fall 2016). Tuesday, October 25, 2016. For Thursday: Escape From Camp 14, Chapters 16-20; also, Paper #3 assignment. For Thursday, read Chapters 16-20 of Escape from Camp 14. There are no questions this time, though we'll do an in-class writing response based on a specific passage in the work. We'll also discuss more writing techniques to help you with Paper #3, which I handed out in class (see below):. Paper #3: The Conversation of Camp 14. Choose ONE of the following:. How can y...
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Freshman Composition I (Fall 2016): September 2016
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Freshman Composition I (Fall 2016). Friday, September 23, 2016. For Tuesday: Coates, “The Case for Reparations”. For Tuesday: Coates, “The Case for Reparations”. Answer TWO of the following:. Q1: Coates gives us a prominent naysayer early in the essay,. What else is causing the poverty and disparity in many inner-city African-American neighborhoods? Q2: What does Coates mean when he writes, “To proudly claim the veteran and disown the slaveowner is patriotism à la carte” (19)? Where to the ‘sins of...
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The Virtual Astrolabe : Machiavelli Among The Stars: A Re-Reading of Frank Herbert’s Dune
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Saturday, August 15, 2015. Machiavelli Among The Stars: A Re-Reading of Frank Herbert’s Dune. 8220;How would you like to live billions upon billions of lives? 8221; Paul asked. “There’s a fabric of legends for you! Think of all those experiences, the wisdom they’d bring. But wisdom tempers love, doesn’t it? And it puts a new shape on hate. Now can you tell what’s ruthless unless you’ve plumbed the depths of both cruelty and kindness? You should fear me, Mother. I am the Kwisatz Haderach.”. Is the work Ma...
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Freshman Composition I (Fall 2016): For Tuesday: Harden, Escape From Camp 14, Chs.21-Epilogue
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Freshman Composition I (Fall 2016). Saturday, October 29, 2016. For Tuesday: Harden, Escape From Camp 14, Chs.21-Epilogue. Be sure to finish the book for Tuesday's class (or get close) so we can discuss the closing chapters. Remember to start thinking about Paper #3 (assigned posted in the post below this one). Answer ONE of the following:. How does this suggest that (like Q1) escape is as much mental as it is physical? Q3: The South Korean government will pay employers "up to eighteen hundred dollars if...