Week One
R: 8/20 In
Class: Syllabus, Introductions, What is Composition?
Week Two—Unit One (Critical Reading Methods)
T:
8/25 The Carolina Reader: David Foster Wallace “This is Water”
(xii-xviii); Lewis Carroll “Jabberwocky" (31-32);
The Little Penguin Handbook: Chapter Two (4-6)
In Class: Reading ‘Jabberwocky” beyond our default settings
Bureaucratic Announcement: Tomorrow is the last day to change/drop course without receiving a “W” on your transcript
The Little Penguin Handbook: Chapter Two (4-6)
In Class: Reading ‘Jabberwocky” beyond our default settings
Bureaucratic Announcement: Tomorrow is the last day to change/drop course without receiving a “W” on your transcript
R:
8/27 The Carolina Reader: Roland Barthes “Death of the Author”
(2-7); Relook at Lewis Carroll “The Jabberwocky” (31-32)
In Class: Differentiating between “What does she mean” and “What does it mean;” Discuss SWA 1
In Class: Differentiating between “What does she mean” and “What does it mean;” Discuss SWA 1
Week Three
T:
9/1 The Carolina Reader: Stanley Fish “How to Recognize a Poem
When you See One” (7-20);Relook at Lewis Carroll “The Jabberwocky” (31-32).
In Class: The power of genre; Discuss Essay 1
Due: SWA 1
In Class: The power of genre; Discuss Essay 1
Due: SWA 1
R:
9/3 The Carolina Reader: H.P. Lovecraft "The Rats in the Walls" (40-56)
In Class: Utilizing the different reading strategies
In Class: Utilizing the different reading strategies
Week
Four
T:
9/8 No Reading: Work
on your paper!
In Class: Wrap up discussion of H.P. Lovecraft "The Rats in the Walls" (40-56); Introduction to peer review; Establish local, mezzo, and global issues for this paper
Due: First Draft Essay 1 (4 hardcopies)
In Class: Wrap up discussion of H.P. Lovecraft "The Rats in the Walls" (40-56); Introduction to peer review; Establish local, mezzo, and global issues for this paper
Due: First Draft Essay 1 (4 hardcopies)
R:
9/10 The Little Penguin Handbook: Chapters 3-5 (7-15) and
Chapters 12-13 (58-67)
In Class: Peer Review; Source integration and plagiarism
Due: Peer Review Letters (2 hardcopies of each)
In Class: Peer Review; Source integration and plagiarism
Due: Peer Review Letters (2 hardcopies of each)
Week
Five
T:
9/15 The Carolina Reader: Guy Maupassant “The Necklace” (32-40)
In Class: Utilizing different reading strategies; comparing to “The Rats in the Walls”
In Class: Utilizing different reading strategies; comparing to “The Rats in the Walls”
R:
9/17 No Reading: Work on
your paper!
In Class: The standard reflection exercise; Wrap up discussion of theories of interpretation.
Due: Second Draft Essay 1 (1 hardcopy and Blackboard)
In Class: The standard reflection exercise; Wrap up discussion of theories of interpretation.
Due: Second Draft Essay 1 (1 hardcopy and Blackboard)
Week
Six—Unit Two (Visual Reading Practices)
T:
9/22 The Carolina Reader: John Berger “Hiroshima” (128-134)
Blackboard: Phillip Levine “A Photo-Essay on the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki”; Unforgettable Fire (skim)
In Class: Visual representations, affect, and meaning
Blackboard: Phillip Levine “A Photo-Essay on the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki”; Unforgettable Fire (skim)
In Class: Visual representations, affect, and meaning
R:
9/25 Blackboard: RadioLab “Sight Unseen”
In Class: Do photo-essays have a unique power?; view other photo essays; Discuss SWA 2
In Class: Do photo-essays have a unique power?; view other photo essays; Discuss SWA 2
Week Seven
T:
9/29 The Carolina Reader: Scott McCloud “from Understanding Comics” (70-107)
Blackboard: Usability.gov “Visual Design Basics”
In Class: The importance of layout; comics and affect
Due: SWA 2
Blackboard: Usability.gov “Visual Design Basics”
In Class: The importance of layout; comics and affect
Due: SWA 2
R:
10/1 The Carolina Reader: Art Spiegelman “from Maus”
(134-142); Will Eisner “from A Contract
With God” (107-128); Relook at Scott McCloud “from Understanding Comics” (70-107).
In Class: Storytelling and affect; Discuss Essay 2
In Class: Storytelling and affect; Discuss Essay 2
Week Eight
T:
10/6 The Carolina Reader: Guy Delisle “from Pyongyang” (150-160);
Relook at Scott McCloud “from Understanding
Comics” (70-107)
In Class: Breaking conventions with style; Establish local, mezzo, and global issues for this paper
Due: First Draft Essay 2 (4 hardcopies)
In Class: Breaking conventions with style; Establish local, mezzo, and global issues for this paper
Due: First Draft Essay 2 (4 hardcopies)
R:
10/8 In Class: Peer Review; introductions and conclusions
Due: Peer Review Letters (2 hardcopies of each)
Due: Peer Review Letters (2 hardcopies of each)
Week Nine
T:
10/13 In Class:
Organization and reverse outlining
Bureaucratic Announcement: Last day to drop a course or withdraw without a grade of "WF" being recorded
Due: Bring the current version of your draft to class (hardcopy or digital)
Bureaucratic Announcement: Last day to drop a course or withdraw without a grade of "WF" being recorded
Due: Bring the current version of your draft to class (hardcopy or digital)
R:
10/15 No Reading: Work on
your paper!
In Class: Standard Reflection Exercise!; Wrap up discussion of visual reading practices.
Due: Second Draft Essay 2 (1 hardcopy and Blackboard)
In Class: Standard Reflection Exercise!; Wrap up discussion of visual reading practices.
Due: Second Draft Essay 2 (1 hardcopy and Blackboard)
Week Ten—Unit Three (Cultural and
Historical Criticisms)
T:
10/20 The Carolina Reader: Charlotte Perkins Gilman “The Yellow
Wallpaper” (208-222)
Blackboard: Anne Stiles “Go Rest, Young Man” ; S. Weir Mitchell “Rest in the Treatment of Nervous Disease” (95-97)
In Class: Fiction as social critique; Discuss SWA 3
Blackboard: Anne Stiles “Go Rest, Young Man” ; S. Weir Mitchell “Rest in the Treatment of Nervous Disease” (95-97)
In Class: Fiction as social critique; Discuss SWA 3
R:
10/22 No Class—Fall Break!
Week
Eleven
T: 10/27 Blackboard:
Malcolm X
“Message to the Grassroots”
In Class: Understanding X’s rhetoric in context
Due: SWA 3
In Class: Understanding X’s rhetoric in context
Due: SWA 3
R:
10/29 The Carolina Reader: Stokely Carmichael “Black Power”
(247-261); Martin Luther King “The World House” (283-300)
In Class: Comparing X, Carmichael, and King; Discuss Essay 3
In Class: Comparing X, Carmichael, and King; Discuss Essay 3
Week
Twelve
T:
11/3 The Carolina Reader: Relook at Martin Luther King “The World
House” (283-300); Relook at Malcolm X “Message to the Grassroots;” Relook at
Stokely Carmichael “Black Power” (247-261)
In Class: What does looking at these authors in tandem teach us?
Due: First Draft Essay 3 (4 hardcopies)
In Class: What does looking at these authors in tandem teach us?
Due: First Draft Essay 3 (4 hardcopies)
R:
11/5 In Class: PeerReview; read aloud exercise
Due: Peer Review Letters (2 hardcopies of each)
Due: Peer Review Letters (2 hardcopies of each)
Week Thirteen
T:
11/10 The Little Penguin Handbook: Chapters 18-21 (156-177) and
Skim Chapters 22-35 (178-250)
In Class: “Correct Speech,” education, and ideology
In Class: “Correct Speech,” education, and ideology
R:
11/12 No Reading: Revise
your essay!
In Class: The standard reflection exercise!; Wrap up discussion of cultural criticism
Due: Second Draft Essay 3 (1 hardcopy and Blackboard)
In Class: The standard reflection exercise!; Wrap up discussion of cultural criticism
Due: Second Draft Essay 3 (1 hardcopy and Blackboard)
Week Fourteen—Unit Four (Comparative
Analyses)
T:
11/17 The Carolina Reader: Julia Ward Howe “Battle Hymn of the
Republic” (462-464)
Blackboard: Peruse Civil War Trust “Music of the 1860s”; Titus Andronicus “A More Perfect Union”
In Class: Mutation, allusion, and cultural touchstones; Discuss SWA 4
Blackboard: Peruse Civil War Trust “Music of the 1860s”; Titus Andronicus “A More Perfect Union”
In Class: Mutation, allusion, and cultural touchstones; Discuss SWA 4
R: 11/19 The Carolina Reader: Julia Ward
Howe “Battle Hymn of the Republic” (462-464)
Blackboard: Peruse Civil War Trust “Music of the 1860s”
In Class: Describing the different sides of a conflict
Blackboard: Peruse Civil War Trust “Music of the 1860s”
In Class: Describing the different sides of a conflict
Week
Fifteen
T: 11/24 The
Carolina Reader: Ralph Waldo Emerson “Self-Reliance” (437-456); Cornel
West “Moral Obligation of Living in a Democratic Society” (456-461)
In Class: Comparing Emerson and West’s perspectives on community; Discuss Essay 4
Due: SWA 4
In Class: Comparing Emerson and West’s perspectives on community; Discuss Essay 4
Due: SWA 4
R: 11/26 No Class—Thanksgiving Break!
Week
Sixteen
T:
12/1 No Reading: Work
on your paper!
In Class: Discuss difficulties with this paper; Establish local, mezzo,and global issues for this paper
Due: First Draft Essay 4 (4 hardcopies)
In Class: Discuss difficulties with this paper; Establish local, mezzo,and global issues for this paper
Due: First Draft Essay 4 (4 hardcopies)
R:
12/3 In Class: Peer
Review
Due: Peer Review Letters (2 hardcopies of each)
Due: Peer Review Letters (2 hardcopies of each)
Finals
Week
Final Portfolio Due During our Final
Period—Details TBA
(Optional prep reading for 102—Wayne C.
Booth “The Rhetorical Stance”)
