A Conversation and Meeting Space for English 112.08
Irene Anderson Thanks so much! I love this prayer. At times like this I get so s…More »
Irene Anderson 1. Another wonderful female and I analyzed “A History in Concrete…More »
Colton Campbell 1. Why I Live at the P.O. Caitlin Hanisco, Shane Farley, Colton …More »
Nate Hurley 1. We were assigned “American Sonnet” by Billy Collins. Our gro…More »
Ayrea Towell 1. “Dearborn North Apartments” by Lola Haskins Anita, Ayrea 2. …More »
Maggie Jarratt 1. The Lost Land by Eavan Boland; Bryan Williams and Maggie Jarra…More »
Greg Wilson Nice work on these comments. The visual rhetoric in Mad Men is fa…More »
Leanne Blair My topic was how Sister James connected with the children and the…More »
Maggie Jarratt During the viewing of Doubt I chose to take a closer look at what…More »
Corinne Morris I chose to focus on the topic of weather in the movie Doubt. Weat…More »
Irene Anderson I chose the topic of the things people hold in their hand and how…More »
Caitlin Hanisco My topic was about certainty versus doubt. Doubt is introduced in…More »
Quentin Rolland My topic that I picked when viewing the movie, “Doubt” was Light …More »
Leslie Oglesby I watched for interaction between women and men, and whether or n…More »
Dee Dee Taylor My topic was about race. I only got to see one part of the movie …More »
Ashley Markgraf My topic was on the subject of repetition. During the movie, ther…More »
Judson Foster My topic was the interactions between men. The men held themselve…More »
Anita Miharintsoa My topic was about Isolation. The four main characters in the mov…More »
Ayrea Towell I was looking at the scenes: indoors vs. outdoors. All of the …More »
Nate Hurley I watched for incidences surrounding modern and outdated technolo…More »
For Wednesday, please print a copy of Roland Barthes’s very short (3-page) essay “The Death of the Author” from the Link below and read the essay before class. I encourage you to annotate your copy of the text—underline key lines or phrases, write notes in the margin, and be able to articulate the thesis of the essay.
Also, please be prepared in class on Wednesday to discuss the topic you selected for on the viewing guide for the movie Doubt.
Linked below is an excerpt from a book-length work of nonfiction by Annie Dillard titled An American Childhood. I would like you to treat this piece as if it were a complete essay for the RA due on Friday February 19:
When reading, consider the rhetorical strategy of the essay, the essay’s primary argument, and pay particular attention to the identity of the speaker. This work also takes a major turn at one point in the essay that significantly changes the interpretive landscape of the piece.
In addition to reading “The America I Love” by Elie Wiesel in The Conscious Reader (835-37), please read and be prepared to discuss the following 1988 essay by Peggy McIntosh on Wednesday, February 17:
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
Elie Wiesel claims in “The America I Love” that racism “has vanished from the American scene” (836). McIntosh takes a different approach. How do you account for the difference in these perspectives?
Regarding the essay “Somebody’s Baby,” please respond to the following items as a comment to this blog post:
