June 26 -
Opening Discussion
Introduction to Narrative and Argument
Assignment: Post 250 word narrative of yourself on class bulletin board.
Bring a copy to class 6/27!
June 27 -
Rebellious Narrative and Audience
Assignment: Expand, revise, post, 500 word self narrative. Bring a copy to class 6/28 ! Print out Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas
June 28 -
Narrative and Prolepsis
Assignment: 250 word response to a partner's narrative. Bring copy to class, 6/29
June 29 -
Arguing for your narrative
Assignment: Frederick Douglas. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, Including Appendix. Bring copy to class July 5.
July 4 -
Memorializing Rebellion: Nothing but fireworks
July 5 -
Autobiography and Polemic: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas
Assignment: argumentative essay, 250 words on Douglas's main arguments, posted. Bring a copy to class July 6.
July 6 -
Types of Argument: Ad hominem, causal, defintional
Assignment: revise and expand draft of Postargumentiave essays into 1000 word argument on one of Douglas's techniques. Post by Jul 7, am.
July 7 -
Virtual Class: Post 250 word "critique" on partner's essay. Must be posted by 7/8 am.
Assignment: Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, Part One, On the Prejudices of Philosophers Bring copy to class 7-10.
Cruise Search engine: google.com: Who was Nietzsche? Quiz.
July 10 -
Rendez-Vous With A Question Mark - Rebellious Thought
Assignment: reread Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, Part One, On the Prejudices of Philosophers Bring copy to class 7-11. Quiz.
July 11 -
On the Uses and Misuses of Rant: repetition and audience
July 12 -
Rantings and response
Assignment: Assignment: 250 word rant, posted. Bring copy to class.
Read Weston, chapters 1-3
go to chat room, create handle, familiarize self with chat room
July 13 -
Questions, Rhetorical and Otherwise; discussion of sources
Assignment: Expansion of rant into argument, 500 words. Post by am
Read Weston, chapters 4-6
July 14 -
Virtual Class: Chat room questions and improv - be there by 11:10!
Assignment: Complete 1000 word argument, expansion of rant. Post by July 15
July 17 -
Revision, Continued:
Assignment: 250 word response to partner's paper.
July 18 -
Discovery and Rebellion
Assignment: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, Prefaces and p. 1-6.
July 19 -
The arguments of knowledge
July 20 -
The function olf the letter
July 21 -
Virtual class: On Eloquence
1000 word Paper due
July 24 -
Franz Kafka: The Metamorphosis
July 25 -
Ontological argument What is a monster?
July 26 -
Responding to Gregor: Hold the Raid!
July 27 -
On Becoming Insect - Film, The Fly
July 28 -
Virtual Class: Chat, post. Compare and contrast monstrousity in Cronenberg, Kafka. 1000-1500 words
July 31 -
Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience
August 1 -
Bodily acts: Pathos and Argument
August 2 -
TBA
August 3 -
Final Paper, 1500 words, due posted to site.
Final: Revise one paper, drop one grade. 1000-1500 words. Due August 7, 5 pm, posted.
