Again, I repeat the sentiment--this is just a book, it is just a book, like every other book you have read, studied, written about...today in class I tried to create an element of frustration. Thus, you should feel frustrated with Borges, the book, class today. With fear and failure, forward progression is allowed to take place....thus,
1. What is Uqbar
2. Who creates Uqbar
Think but don't think--the true answer resides in you.
Best of luck.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Topics for Tonight
The prompts from yesterday are generating some good responses--so let's stay with them.
If you wrote last night and if you wish, your second entry, can be on one of the new questions.
Keep up the good work.
If you wrote last night and if you wish, your second entry, can be on one of the new questions.
Keep up the good work.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Borges--"The Garden of Forking Paths"
Link to find the story, "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Teritus" please have the story printed for class on Wednesday
http://www.coldbacon.com/writing/borges-tlon.html--
Blog Entry--you can write on any of the following questions:
1.) What does it mean to "crack up?" Is Fitzgerald right when he says, "I must hold in balance the sense of the futility of effort and the sense of the necessity to struggle; the conviction of the inevitability of failure and still the determination to 'succeed'--and more than these, the contradiction between the dead hand of the past and the the high intentions of the future.
2.) Who would Campbell say is a hero? What makes them heroic?
3.) Read a newspaper article about a current event happening in the world--write a response about how you feel about that event--can you relate to it, does it anger you, sadden you, does it not bother you in the least? Why? Is your life, your time at BA, reside in a different world than those people suffering social strife in Kenya? Or do we share on universal experience?
Good luck. Please let me know if you have any questions about what we did in class today or why we did it....I think it will make more sense as we move into our examination of Borges.
See you Wednesday.
http://www.coldbacon.com/writing/borges-tlon.html--
Blog Entry--you can write on any of the following questions:
1.) What does it mean to "crack up?" Is Fitzgerald right when he says, "I must hold in balance the sense of the futility of effort and the sense of the necessity to struggle; the conviction of the inevitability of failure and still the determination to 'succeed'--and more than these, the contradiction between the dead hand of the past and the the high intentions of the future.
2.) Who would Campbell say is a hero? What makes them heroic?
3.) Read a newspaper article about a current event happening in the world--write a response about how you feel about that event--can you relate to it, does it anger you, sadden you, does it not bother you in the least? Why? Is your life, your time at BA, reside in a different world than those people suffering social strife in Kenya? Or do we share on universal experience?
Good luck. Please let me know if you have any questions about what we did in class today or why we did it....I think it will make more sense as we move into our examination of Borges.
See you Wednesday.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Topics
http://www.hamilton.edu/writing/index.html
Choose one of the following topics--
How is our narrator a hero or anti-hero?
How does he view the writing process and books?
Why does he go underground or what is underground?
What is the function of Liza?
Why is our narrator sick?
Choose one of the following topics--
How is our narrator a hero or anti-hero?
How does he view the writing process and books?
Why does he go underground or what is underground?
What is the function of Liza?
Why is our narrator sick?
Essay Questions
1.) How is the narrator a hero or an anti-hero?
2.) How does the narrator view the written word, the process of writing?
3.) How is the narrator sick?
4.) What is the function of Liza--what do we learn about our narrator though his interactions with her.
Choose one. No more than three pages. Good luck. Email me with questions.
http://www.hamilton.edu/writing/index.html
2.) How does the narrator view the written word, the process of writing?
3.) How is the narrator sick?
4.) What is the function of Liza--what do we learn about our narrator though his interactions with her.
Choose one. No more than three pages. Good luck. Email me with questions.
http://www.hamilton.edu/writing/index.html
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Last One
I am sorry this post is finding you so late—but here it is:
Why does Dostoevsky end “Notes from Underground” with the following passage, “This is not the end, however, of the ‘Notes’ of this paradoxical writer. He could not help going on. But to us too it seems that this will be a good place to stop. 1864.” What theme does quote tie back to and how does it relate to the start of the book? What is this saying about the relationship between the reader and the writer, but perhaps more importantly the role of the writer?
Nice job today in class—I am extremely proud of all you have accomplished thus far, and you should all be proud of the work, time, and effort you have put into the class. Well done.
I will have the links to Hamilton College, UNC, and Harvard up first thing tomorrow morning.
Lastly, there is no homework for tonight—unless you need to post a blog entry, get caught up on the reading, or for those who are feeling bold starting the extra credit assignment. Again, one last reminder, if you do more than the required number of posts on a given week, you get extra points. Yeah for extra points. See you tomorrow.
Why does Dostoevsky end “Notes from Underground” with the following passage, “This is not the end, however, of the ‘Notes’ of this paradoxical writer. He could not help going on. But to us too it seems that this will be a good place to stop. 1864.” What theme does quote tie back to and how does it relate to the start of the book? What is this saying about the relationship between the reader and the writer, but perhaps more importantly the role of the writer?
Nice job today in class—I am extremely proud of all you have accomplished thus far, and you should all be proud of the work, time, and effort you have put into the class. Well done.
I will have the links to Hamilton College, UNC, and Harvard up first thing tomorrow morning.
Lastly, there is no homework for tonight—unless you need to post a blog entry, get caught up on the reading, or for those who are feeling bold starting the extra credit assignment. Again, one last reminder, if you do more than the required number of posts on a given week, you get extra points. Yeah for extra points. See you tomorrow.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Extra Credit
Due Monday
Assignment:
Create an artistic rendition of what 'the underground' looks like or try and articulate what 'the underground' is through an artistic interpretation. This can be a movie, a piece of writing, a CD, collage, poem, painting, etc.
This is an open ended assignmentthat does not possess one answer. So be creative--don't fear the unknown or the ambiguous, let your thoughts wander and lead you to a true thought, an original idea.
Best of Luck.
Assignment:
Create an artistic rendition of what 'the underground' looks like or try and articulate what 'the underground' is through an artistic interpretation. This can be a movie, a piece of writing, a CD, collage, poem, painting, etc.
This is an open ended assignmentthat does not possess one answer. So be creative--don't fear the unknown or the ambiguous, let your thoughts wander and lead you to a true thought, an original idea.
Best of Luck.
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