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Course Schedule
This is the course schedule. Any readings (see below) must be read before the start of class on the date indicated. Any homework (see below) is to be completed before the start of the next class.
How To Read This Schedule
- Activities that begin with PP are required chapter readings from Performing Prose.
- All other readings are of the form:
Author Name, "Reading".- Most readings will be links to the text. Email me immediately if a link does not load.
- If a reading is not a link, it is posted as a PDF to eCampus.
- Entries that say “Analyze” or “Imitate” require you to complete an analysis or imitation entry as described on the Assignments page.
Unit 1: Approaching Style
Week 1 Introduction
Mon 08/27
- Syllabus
- Overview of Style / Rhetoric
Wed 08/29
Fri 08/31
- Finish Readings
- Discuss Imitations
Week 2 Values and Valuation
Mon 09/03
- PP 1&2
Wed 09/05
- Finish PP 1&2
- Analyze One
Fri 09/07
- Introducing First Analysis Assignment
Week 3 Levels of Style
Mon 09/10
Wed 09/12
- Finish Dyson + Burrington
- Discuss Imitations
- PP 3&5
Fri 09/14
- Finish PP 3&5
- Analyze One
Week 4 Analyzing Feeling
Mon 09/17
Wed 09/19
- Finish Readings
- Discuss Imitations
- PP 4
- First Notebook Check
Fri 09/21
- Finish PP 4
- Analyze One
Week 5 Case Study
Mon 09/24
Wed 09/26
Fri 09/28
- Rough Draft, Bring Copy of Whatever You Have
- Paper 1 Due 9/30 at 11:59PM
Unit 2: Sentence Analysis
Week 6 Basic Sentence Analysis
Mon 10/01
- Basic Sentence Analysis 1
Wed 10/03
- Basic Sentence Analysis 2
Week 7 More Sentence Analysis
Mon 10/08
- Basic Sentence Analysis 3
- Discuss Imitations
- Analyze One
Wed 10/10
- Sentence Modification 1
- Rhetorical Style Ch 8 (PDF online)
Fri 10/12
- Sentence Modification 2
Week 8 Sentence Modification
Mon 10/15
- Frank J. Tipler, “Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of a Global Causality Violation”
- Imitate
Wed 10/17
- Sentence Modification 3
- Analyze One
Fri 10/19
- Bill Joy, “Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us”
- Imitate
Week 9 More Sentence Modification
Mon 10/22
- PP 9
- Rhetorical Style Ch 9 (PDF online)
- Analyze Joy
Wed 10/24
- Finish / Review
Fri 10/26
- Sentence Analysis Exam
Unit 3: Tropes & Schemes
Week 10 Tropes
Mon 10/29
- Joanna Russ, “When it Changed”
- Imitate
Wed 10/31
- PP 6
- Finish Reading
- Discuss Imitations
Fri 11/02
- Finish Tropes
- Analyze
Week 11 Schemes
Mon 11/05
Wed 11/07
- Finish Reading
- Discuss Imitations
- PP 8
Fri 11/09
- Finish Schemes
- Analyze
Week 12 Imagery
Mon 11/12
- Alfred Bester, “Fondly Fahrenheit”
- Imitate
Wed 11/14
- PP 7
- Finish Reading
- Discuss Imitations
Fri 11/16
- Finish Imagery
- Analyze
Week 13 Exam + Turkey
Mon 11/19
- Tropes & Schemes Exam
Wed 11/21
No Class
Reading Day
Fri 11/23
No Class
Thanksgiving Break
Week 14 Experiments
Mon 11/26
- Style Experiment Overview
Wed 11/28
- Paper 2 Workshop
Fri 11/30
- Workshop in Class
- Paper 2 Due 12/2 at 11:59PM
Week 15 Finishing Up
Mon 12/03
- Workshop in Class
Wed 12/05
- Workshop in Class
- Second Notebook Check
- Style Experiments Due 12/10 at 11:59PM