Wednesday, February 17, 2010
required blog post
Forget the immediacy of your lives for a moment and trace the genealogy of one of your sensibilities. Choose something about yourself -- your preference for root vegetables or your belief in social justice -- and reconstruct its lineage. What are the first traces of this inclination? How did it develop over time?
slight scheduling changes
Feb. 22 mailing a self
1. Carroll Smith-Rosenberg, "The Female World of Love and Ritual" [BB] [Lauren presents]
2. Konstantin Dierks, “The Familiar Letter and Social Refinement in America, 1750-1800,” in Letter Writing as a Social Practice, in David Barton and Nigel Hall, eds., pp 31-42 [BB] [Dawn presents]
3. Letters of M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, on BB. Note: most of these are handwritten and will take a good deal of time to decipher.
~Optional: David M Henkin, The Postal Age: The Emergence of Modern Communications in Nineteenth-Century America, pp. 93-118 [BB]
~Optional: Lucille Schultz, “Letter-Writing Instruction in 19th Schools in the United States,” in Letter Writing as a Social Practice, in David Barton and Nigel Hall, eds., pp 109-130 [BB]
24 “This is my letter to the World / That never wrote to Me--”
1. Emily Dickinson, selections on BB
2. Elizabeth Hewitt, “Dickinson’s Lyrical Letters,” Correspondence and American Literature, 1770-1865, pp. 142-172 [BB]
3. William Decker, “A Letter Always Seemed to Me Like Immortality,” from his
Epistolary Practices, pp. 141-175 [BB]
March 1 the one that went unwritten
1. M. Carey Thomas, Before They Could Vote, pp. 219-232
2. Margo Culley, “Introduction” to her A Day at a Time: Diary Literature of American
Women, from 1764 to 1985, Smith and Watson, Women, Autobiography, Theory: A Reader, pp. 217-221 [BB]
1. Carroll Smith-Rosenberg, "The Female World of Love and Ritual" [BB] [Lauren presents]
2. Konstantin Dierks, “The Familiar Letter and Social Refinement in America, 1750-1800,” in Letter Writing as a Social Practice, in David Barton and Nigel Hall, eds., pp 31-42 [BB] [Dawn presents]
3. Letters of M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, on BB. Note: most of these are handwritten and will take a good deal of time to decipher.
~Optional: David M Henkin, The Postal Age: The Emergence of Modern Communications in Nineteenth-Century America, pp. 93-118 [BB]
~Optional: Lucille Schultz, “Letter-Writing Instruction in 19th Schools in the United States,” in Letter Writing as a Social Practice, in David Barton and Nigel Hall, eds., pp 109-130 [BB]
24 “This is my letter to the World / That never wrote to Me--”
1. Emily Dickinson, selections on BB
2. Elizabeth Hewitt, “Dickinson’s Lyrical Letters,” Correspondence and American Literature, 1770-1865, pp. 142-172 [BB]
3. William Decker, “A Letter Always Seemed to Me Like Immortality,” from his
Epistolary Practices, pp. 141-175 [BB]
March 1 the one that went unwritten
1. M. Carey Thomas, Before They Could Vote, pp. 219-232
2. Margo Culley, “Introduction” to her A Day at a Time: Diary Literature of American
Women, from 1764 to 1985, Smith and Watson, Women, Autobiography, Theory: A Reader, pp. 217-221 [BB]
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
schedule of presentations
Just so we're all on the same page:
2/3: Emily
2/8: Stephanie
2/10: Beverlei and Katelyn (please collaborate!)
2/17: Kristin and Shakti (collaborate also!)
2/22: Dawn and Lauren (same thing...)
2/24: Rayna
3/15: Adelyn
3/17: Aarthi
3/22: Mary
3/29: Gillian
4/7: Brittney
4/12: Erika
4/21: Elizabeth
2/3: Emily
2/8: Stephanie
2/10: Beverlei and Katelyn (please collaborate!)
2/17: Kristin and Shakti (collaborate also!)
2/22: Dawn and Lauren (same thing...)
2/24: Rayna
3/15: Adelyn
3/17: Aarthi
3/22: Mary
3/29: Gillian
4/7: Brittney
4/12: Erika
4/21: Elizabeth
No Smith and Watson reading
Please cross out the Smith and Watson reading for Monday. Concentrate on the Benstock and Fuller readings.
Monday, February 1, 2010
oral presentations
Oral presentations will begin this Wednesday. As you prepare for your own presentation, I'd like you to consider -- and incorporate -- the following:
1. What is the central argument of the text?
2. How does the author construct her argument?
3. What kinds of sources does the author use to make her argument?
4. What are the strengths or advantages of her argument?
5. What are the weaknesses or limitations of her argument?
6. How might we use the essay or chapter to understand better the primary texts we've read?
7. What questions does the text raise for you in your developing understanding of life writing?
I hope that you will try to tackle most of these questions, though some may be more appropriate than others, depending on your selection. You may choose to what extent your presentation is interactive. You may also choose how to use technology (and you may well choose not to use it at all). The room is wired for a laptop, if that suits your particular purpose. You may also elect to create a handout or other visual aids. The delivery is up to you.
Good luck!
1. What is the central argument of the text?
2. How does the author construct her argument?
3. What kinds of sources does the author use to make her argument?
4. What are the strengths or advantages of her argument?
5. What are the weaknesses or limitations of her argument?
6. How might we use the essay or chapter to understand better the primary texts we've read?
7. What questions does the text raise for you in your developing understanding of life writing?
I hope that you will try to tackle most of these questions, though some may be more appropriate than others, depending on your selection. You may choose to what extent your presentation is interactive. You may also choose how to use technology (and you may well choose not to use it at all). The room is wired for a laptop, if that suits your particular purpose. You may also elect to create a handout or other visual aids. The delivery is up to you.
Good luck!
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