Week 7: Close Reading For Your Project

By Sunday at Midnight

Please post a *critical* close reading of one passage from one of your sources.
i.e. don't just look at what the text says, but also what it doesn't say, and how it says what it says.

(This could be a historical or literary source the same kind of literary reading is needed).

Think about the tone of the passage, and the metaphors that it uses to make it's point and how these give force to whatever the passage is referring to.

(It's often helpful to compare your passage with some other text in order to see some of the alternative metaphors that could have been used and to draw out the specific meaning of the one that you are looking at.)

Note this assigment works for Creative Projects as well. Just think about the stylistic treatment of a theme that you are working with and think about some of the choices that were made.

Commonly Missed Answers on the Midterm

Week 6: Comments on One Anothers' Project Proposals

By Wednesday 8 am please add something to one of your colleagues proposals (and as usual post a comment on someoone else's blog).

Your contribution might be telling a historical fact that you know that seems related to someone else's project, or pointing out the aspect of the proposal that you found most interesting. Or telling an idea that it made you think about. Or suggesting a perspective on that project that you think might help.

Also, be on the look out for possible group projects, or places to share research, or even just organize car pools to the city. For example, I know that there are at least two people working on Alcatraz, two people working with the idea of tours, and several people doing creative projects. Your names are all there on the e-mail list that I’ve been using to send announcements around and there’s the world of blogs…but let me know if you need help with further introductions…