AML 2410-8974 Fall 2009
M 09-Nov read:
Gregory Ulmer, “The Learning Screen.” 4 pages. Networked. 2009.
and Franz Kafka’s parable, “Before the Law”
Orson Welles’ version: Watch/Listen (2:50)
W 11-Nov No classes—Veterans Day
Due: Response 5 — Prompt (deadline 11:59pm)
F 13-Nov EGO Conference: see schedule below.
Due: Blog Entry, “Inventory” about lessons thus far; see more below.
I am interested in the intersection between poetry and history. How does history make its path in a poetic work?
We rarely see history in a literary text since it is so hard to deal with. Perhaps poetry does not know how to say or utter history. …History simply smothers and squashes.
Yet some books show that one can remain poetic in the very midst of history. (110)–Hélène Cixous, “Poetry, Passion, and History” (1985)
M 26-Oct Jazz (Chp. 6-10, pp.137-229) (Tahara Franklin)
W 28-Oct Silko: Ceremony (Intro + through p.37) (Laura Hampson)
F 30-Oct Ceremony (pp.38-85) (Maria Tamayo)
Due: Response 4 (deadline: 11:59pm)
M 05-Oct Slaughterhouse Five (through Chp 5; Caroline & Erin)
W 07-Oct Slaughterhouse Five (Chp. 6-8; Laura Navia)
F 09-Oct Slaughterhouse Five (Chp. 9-10; Audrey)
F 09-Oct Due: Response 3 — Prompt
Extra Credit for Resp 3. (due 12-Oct)
