week 1: intros, Swanson/Adler, Barthes (Criticism)

Mon 27 Aug: introductions, blackboard, blog, portraits, student info, books, notebooks

Wed 29 Aug:
1-SET UP your blog http://www.blogger.com
and make sure you can access Blackboard.
2-EMAIL FHT with your blog URL
3-READ and take NOTES:
-“What’s wrong with plagiarism?” by Gunnar Swanson
-the syllabus
-chapters 3 and 12 from How to Read a Book by Charles Adler

Don’t forget to bring your printed readings to class. They should be marked up with notes and underlined or highlighted. Be prepared for a quiz.

Fri 31 Aug:
1-READ and take NOTES:
“Blind and Dumb Criticism” by Roland Barthes from Mythologies. Right-click or control-click on the link to download to the computer. Read it three times. Make notes in your notebook. Come prepared with 1 question and 1 comment about Barthes for the class. We will have a discussion.