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| INTRODUCTION TO THE CLASSICAL (MOSTLY) PERIOD | Sept. 1 | Introduction to the Course |
| Sept. 3 | Aristotle’s Rhetoric, Book 1, Chapter 1 | |
| Sept. 8 | Ethos & Logos Rhetoric Book 1, Chapter 2; Book 2, Chapters 1, 12-26 e..e.cummings “next to of course…” Gorgias “Encomium of Helen”* |
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| Sept. 10 | Pathos Rhetoric Book 1, Chapter 2, Book 2, Chapters 1-11 Stockton “The Lady or the Tiger”* |
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| Sept. 15 | Embodiment Rhetoric Book 2, Chapter 1; Book 3, Chapter 1 Poetics Chapters 6, 9 (chap. 9 begins on p. 234) The Asylum (online) PATHOS ANALYSIS DUE |
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| Sept. 17 | Aristotle’s Poetics (the rest of the book) Choose: Kairos Play Dialog Partners |
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| Sept. 22 | Aristotle’s Poetics (the rest of the book) | |
| Sept. 24 | Rhetoric & Poetics & Embodiment Choose: Plato or Ginsburg KAIROS PLAY DIALOG DUE |
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| RHETORIC AND PURPOSE: THE JEREMIAD | Sept. 29 | Plato Phaedrus (the whole dialog) PLATO GROUP’S DIFFICULTY PAPER DUE |
| Oct. 1 | Plato Phaedrus & the historical division between rhetoric, philosophy, & sophistry |
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| Oct. 6 | Allen Ginsburg “Howl” (the whole poem) GINSBURG GROUP’S DIFFICULTY PAPER DUE |
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| Oct. 8 | Allen Ginsburg “Howl” (the whole poem) | |
| Oct. 13 | Phaedrus & “Howl” HERMENEUTIC SPIRAL PAPER DUE |
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| Oct. 15 | Phaedrus & “Howl” | |
| RHETORICS OF THE FLESH: REAL AND VIRTUAL BODIES | Oct. 20 | Shelley Jackson My Body: A Wunderkammer & (online) |
| Oct. 22 | Second Life, day 1 JEREMIAD DUE |
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| *Oct. 26 | Screening of Peter Greenaway’s The Pillow Book 7-10pm, A206 | |
| Oct. 27 | The Pillow Book If you don’t attend the screening, make sure you’ve watched the whole film carefully before today’s class. Hint. Hint. |
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| Oct. 29 | The Pillow Book | |
| Nov. 3 | Jeanette Winterson The PowerBook (the whole book) | |
| Nov. 5 | CLASS CANCELED DUE TO PLAGUE Spend at least 45 minutes in Second Life this weekend — your mission: 1) Develop an avatar you like 2) Find 5 places in Second Life you think are interesting. Add them to your “picks” tab on your profile. 3) Create a second, different look for your avatar. Use your inventory system to create a folder for each look. When you’re finished, you should be able to drag the folder from your inventory onto your avatar to change your avatar’s appearance all at once. |
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| Nov. 10 | Jeanette Winterson The PowerBook | |
| Nov. 12 | Second Life, day 2 | |
| EMBODIMENT AND THE RHETORICS OF PERFORMANCE | Nov. 17 | Mary Zimmerman Metamorphoses |
| Nov. 19 | Mary Zimmerman Metamorphoses | |
| Nov. 24 | Second Life, day 3 | |
| Nov. 26 | THANKSGIVING RECESS | |
| Dec. 1 | Mary Zimmerman Metamorphoses “MY LIFE AS AN AVATAR” DUE |
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| Dec. 3 | Metamorphoses Stagings, Day 1 | |
| Dec. 8 | Metamorphoses Stagings, Day 2 | |
| **DEC. 17 METAMORPHOSES FINAL STAGINGS & ANALYSIS DUE: 8AM** | ||