Billy Budd Keywords

25Mar09

Each group should post 2 of its keywords/passages/explanations in the comments. In your comment, please note your group number and please cite the page number for your chosen passage. Group 1: George, Aysha, Alex, Margarita, Amber Group 2: Paul, Lewis, Yvonne, Minerva, Lovinia Group 3: Ben, Kemar, Ros, Helen Group 4: Denise, Marie, Andy, Olivia, [...]

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Using Quotations

10Mar09

Hi Everyone, Just a reminder that I have placed the Guide to Using Quotations on our course wiki. Please check it out and print it out from there. If you have questions about grammar, usage, or format, please check out the OWL at Purdue, a wonderful writing resource. If you have any other questions as [...]

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Kafka’s Outsiders

05Mar09

Hi Everyone, I’m providing you with a link to a critical article that I hope will be of use to you as you seek to build your own interpretations of Kafka’s The Trial though the writing assignment I have given you. We will discuss this article, along with the assignment itself, on Monday. The article [...]

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Snow Job

03Mar09

I know that some of you were unable to make it to class on Monday due to the snow. If you missed class, please check out the class notes for the day on the wiki, as we wound up having a wonderful discussion that moved from Foucault’s conception of spectacle as it relates to discipline [...]

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