ENGL 481 Is Writing a Fad?
ENGL 481 Is Writing a Fad?

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Course Schedule

How To Read This Schedule: All readings will be completed before class on the date on which they are assigned. Anything in bold is work to be completed before class and brought with you on the day listed. Paper due dates, also in bold, indicate that the completed manuscript of your paper must be in the correct dropbox on eCampus before class starts on the day indicated.

Week 1 Introductions

Tue 01/15

Thu 01/17

Week 2 Early Writing

Tue 01/22

Thu 01/24

Week 3 Sophists

Tue 01/29

  • Anonymous, “Dissoi Logoi”

Thu 01/31

  • Alcidamas, "Those Who Speak From Written Texts"

Week 4 Isocrates

Tue 02/05

Thu 02/07

  • Isocrates, “Against the Sophists”

Week 5 Socrates I

Tue 02/12

  • Plato, Phaedrus, 227a-243e

Thu 02/14

  • Plato, Phaedrus, 244a-274a

Week 6 Socrates II

Tue 02/19

  • Plato, Phaedrus, Rest
  • Conducting Research
  • Organizing Sources / Notes

Thu 02/21

  • Plato, Symposium
  • Conducting Research
  • Organizing Sources / Notes

Week 7 Socrates III

Tue 02/26

  • Plato, Symposium, 172A-199C

Thu 02/28

  • Plato, Symposium, Rest
  • Paper 1 Pre-Work Due

Week 8 The End of Authorship

Tue 03/05

  • Roland Barthes, “The Death of the Author”

Thu 03/07

  • Paper 1 Workshop
  • Summarizing Sources

Week 9

Tue 03/12

No Class

Spring Break

Thu 03/14

No Class

Spring Break

Week 10 The End of Authorship

Tue 03/19

  • McLuhan, "The Medium is the Message"
  • McLuhan and Fiore, The Medium is the Massage
  • Paper 1 Due
  • Paper 1 Workshop

Thu 03/21

Week 11 Literacy I

Tue 03/26

Thu 03/28

Week 13 Media

Week 14 Writing's Future I

Tue 04/16

  • Flusser, Does Writing Have a Future?, pp. 3-45

Thu 04/18

  • Flusser, Does Writing Have a Future?, pp. 47-85

Week 15 Writing's Future II

Tue 04/23

  • Flusser, Does Writing Have a Future?, pp. 87-131

Thu 04/25

  • Flusser, Does Writing Have a Future?, Rest
  • Paper 2 Pre-work Due
  • Paper 2 Due 05/03

Week 16

Tue 04/30

No Class

Redefined Day (Go To Friday Classes)