Daily Schedule: Tue/Thur Weeks 4-8
Week 4
Tuesday, September 22You must print, read, and notate the following text to bring to class:
Susan White's "Split Skins." Chapters 3 and 7 from John Berger's Ways of Seeing. You can watch Berger's BBC documentary, especially Ways of Seeing episode 2 and episode 4. Compare Berger's argument concerning advertising with two excellent documentaries produced by the PBS series Frontline: The Merchants of Cool and The Persuaders |
Thursday, September 24Presentations
For Tuesday's class you will need to draft your second mini-analysis using Gallop's method of close reading (supplemented with White and Berger), showing how surprising elements of the text challenge dominant and commonplace ways of evaluating the text. For further study:
For a few mini-units of evaluation, I will be recommending texts for further reading and research. For this mini-unit on close-reading, I highly recommend reading Sharon Crowley's book A Teacher's Introduction to Deconstruction, and especially chapter 3, "Deconstructing Writing Pedagogy." Jonathan Culler's "Story and Discourse," from his book The Pursuit of Signs. Also read Naomi Klein's excellent book No Logo. |
Week 5
Tuesday, September 29 |
Thursday, October 1Print, read, and notate:
From William Covino's Elements of Persuasion, Chapter 1, "Grammars of Persuasion": pages 1-12.
Jack Selzer’s “Rhetorical Analysis: Understanding How Texts Persuade Readers.” What Writing Does: 279-308.
These texts will provide us with a basic methodology (and vocabulary) to evaluate texts rhetorically. Focus on "textual analysis" in the Selzer text and read the essay Selzer analyzes (E. B. White's "On Education") in the appendix to his chapter. |
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Week 6
Tuesday, October 6Print, read, and notate:
Chuck Palahniuk's "Nuts and Bolts" article from Lit Reactor. I will be using this article to demonstrate rhetorical analysis. Be prepared to do in-class writing using this article. Review this webpage for instructions for writing this third mini-analysis, as well as for guidance in providing commentary for your group members. |
Thursday, October 8 |
Week 7
Tuesday, October 13 |
Thursday, October 15Print, read, and notate:
James Seitz. "A Rhetoric of Reading." From Rebirth of Rhetoric: Essays in Language, Culture & Education. Ed. Richard Andrews. 1992. Peter Rabinowitz. "Truth in Fiction: A Reexamination of Audiences." Critical Inquiry. 1977. Here is a sample audience analysis using Rabinowitz. |
Week 8
Tuesday, October 20Print, read, and notate:
James Phelan's "Introduction" to his book Living to Tell About It: A Rhetoric and Ethics of Character Narration. Recommended reading: Campbell's "The Impact of Science on Myth." |
Thursday, October 22For further study:
As an overview of issues of audience in the teaching of writing, read Ryder, Vander Lei, Roen. "Audience Considerations for Evaluating Writing." From Evaluating Writing. Ed. Charles Cooper and Lee Odell. 1999. |