Archives for April 27, 2016

HW due 5/3: Poet Study PBA

April 27, 2016 By

I hope you are all having a wonderful break!

1. Poetry Seminar PBA–Your PBA for this class will be a poet study! So, the first step is to choose at least 6 poems written by your poet. There are still a few of you who have not chosen poets. I will choose poets for you in the new week unless you let me know your choice before Tuesday!

HW due 5/2: Steppenwolf

April 27, 2016 By

I hope you are all in the midst of a wonderful break! Just a reminder:

1. Steppenwolf–Complete the novel! By the end of the week, we move on to our last novel of the term, Nausea! Click the link if you would like to buy your own copy. Be sure to buy that copy!

2. Keep PBA due dates in mind for the Creative Final and the Insight Paper. Click the link for sample insight papers.

HW due 5/3: Existentialism is a Humanism

April 27, 2016 By

I hope you are all in the midst of a wonderful break! Just a reminder:

1. (Due Tuesday, May 3rd) Existentialism is a Humanism–(Print as soon as you can) This reading sets us up for the last two plays of the year. Let it be known that this essay is conceptually/philosophically difficult. Jean Paul Sartre is often the first name to come to mind when one considers Existentialism. His brand of atheistic existentialism so dominates the existential landscape that one forgets that the “first existentialist” Kierkegaard was indeed a theist. Nevertheless, Sartre’s essay most clearly defines the existential mindset. It becomes a fundamental piece of the year’s final unit.   Additionally, his essay establishes some of the tenets of existentialism that are universally applicable.