Archives for November 2015

HW due 11/10: Detailed Outline

November 9, 2015 By

1. You should have your DETAILED outlines ready for peer review.  I am expecting a detailed breakdown of each body paragraph including (remember, this will be a 2-3 page essay):

  • topic sentence
  • evidence
  • ANALYSIS OF EVIDENCE (very important)

Format your detailed outline in this way (Note: Where it says “topic sentence #1” actually write out the topic sentence and where it says “evidence #1” actually write out your evidence, etc etc etc.):

I. Thesis
II. Topic Sentence #1
A. Evidence #1
1. Analysis (Discuss the evidence in 2-4 sentences)
III. Topic Sentence #2
A. Evidence #1
1. Analysis (Discuss the evidence in 2-4 sentences)
B. Evidence #2 (If you have more than one piece of evidence)
1. Analysis (Discuss the evidence in 2-4 sentences)
IV. And so on…
Each layer of the outline should be indented like this example…

It should be typed!

HW due 11/9: Transcendentalism

November 6, 2015 By

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and, if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish its meanness to the world; or if it were sublime, to know it by experience, and be able to give a true account of it in my next excursion. For most men, it appears to me, are in a strange uncertainty about it, whether it is of the devil or of God, and have somewhat hastily concluded that it is the chief end of man here to “glorify God and enjoy him forever.” -Thoreau

1. Transcendentalism–Print, read, and annotate the following poems:

Song of Myself
Inspiration
O Me! O Life!
I Sit and Look Out

2. Transcendental Group Homework to Come

HW due 11/9: Steppenwolf and Class Forum

November 5, 2015 By

1. Steppenwolf–Read the preface! (up to page 22) Annotate as you read (using post its) or after in your notebook! Do not write in the book! (Unless it is your own copy)
2. Class Forum–Remember to bring a copy of your response into class on Monday.
3. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Test–Take the test and print out your results.
4. I am collecting your copy of The Stranger and grading annotations. So, be sure to have this for Monday.

HW due 11/5: Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Jung

November 4, 2015 By

1. Thus Spoke Zarathustra–Be ready to discuss tomorrow!
2. Carl Jung–Hermann Hesse’s Steppenwolf is the manifestation of Jungian influence (among other things), so it is imperative that you be familiar with Carl Jung. Research Carl Jung focusing on (but not limiting yourself to) the following: collective unconscious, anima/animus, mother archetype, shadow, complex, ego, self, persona. Additionally, research Carl Jung’s influence on Hermann Hesse. You must take notes in your binder (2 pages). As we read Steppenwolf, you will be expected to make connections to Carl Jung. Here is a good starting point. Let me stress, developing control of Jung is not optional; you are expected to develop control and demonstrate that control when discussing and writing about Steppenwolf.
3. Steppenwolf–If you can, please purchase your own copy. It’s a text that you will want to own (I think). Try and pick it up this weekend!
4. Let’s not forget Schopenhauer! We will come back to him on Monday just before we dive into Nietzsche. 

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