Assignment for Wednesday, November 18

Read to p. 65 in Press's Beautiful Souls. In class, we will begin with the exquisite corpse, you will watch and analyze Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, and you will work on your annotated bibliography.

Assignment for Monday, Nov. 16

Read pp. 28-46 in Beautiful Souls. Annotate the reading or be prepared to take a quiz on it. Continue to work on the annotated bibliography.

In class, we will watch and analyze John F. Kennedy's inaugural address and continue to work on the annotated bibliography.

Assignment for Thursday, November 12, ff.

Read pp. 3-28 in Eyal Press's Beautiful Souls. You have the choice of annotating the reading or taking a quiz on it. If you missed class, also read the first two pages of the handout on rhetorical devices.

Since you are reading Beautiful Souls independently, here are the subsequent assignments for it. Again, annotate the reading, or be prepared to take a quiz on it.

Monday, Nov. 16: pp. 28-46
Wednesday, Nov. 18: pp. 47-65 (stop at the break on p. 65)
Friday, Nov. 20: pp. 65-84
Tuesday, Dec. 1: pp.  85-104 (discussion in class)
Monday, Dec. 7: pp. 104-129
Wednesday, Dec. 9: pp. 131-155
Friday, Dec. 11: pp. 155-183 (end of book; second discussion in class) 

Assignment for Monday, November 9

Your major assignment for the weekend is to enjoy it. Other than that, bring The Craft of Research to class; we will begin working on the annotated bibliography. Also, you will get a new book during Monday's class: Eyal Press's Beautiful Souls. You may watch a five-minute interview with the author here and read about the book here.