Hi All,

General Announcements & Events

***Please see the very important instructions about how to access our next reading in the “Upcoming Work” section below.***

Two announcements came across my email that I think some of you might be interested in: a list of opportunities and events sponsored by the Center for Career and Professional Development and a paid internship opportunity

Completed (or nearly completed) Work

This week you focused on your first papers.

Upcoming Work

Next week we begin reading Herman Melville’s Benito Cereno. We will be using a version of this text prepared by myself and two professors at Hostos Community College, Dr. Craig Bernardini and Dr. Krystyna Michael. We used Manifold to create this version. 

***Please follow these directions to set up an account on Manifold***

After you register for Manifold, you should join the class reading group by clicking on this link: https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/my/groups?join=VW3M37OJ

Annotating this story works very similarly to what you were doing on the course site.  Please make sure you are posting your annotation in our reading group. Here is how to do that. 

• Part 1:
  • Read: “Narrative,” Literary Theory: a Very Short Introduction by Jonathan Culler
  • Respond: Reading questions about “Narrative,” Literary Theory: a Very Short Introduction 
• Part 2:
  • Read: Begin Benito Cereno by Herman Melville
  • ***Annotate Benito Cereno according to these guidelines***

• Annotations: There are different kinds of annotations that you can add yourself. All annotations should be around 100 words. Be sure to use our class’s annotation group when leaving your annotations. Some kinds of annotations you can write include:
  • Pointing out a detail of the text and describing what you think it means
  • Asking questions about the text’s meaning or an element that is confusing
  • Reflecting on the historical context (you may choose to include a link to another web page for this and describe the information)
  • Connecting to personal experience, class discussion, or other course materials
  • Answering other students’ questions or adding on to their observations

Paper 1 Rubric

Hi All,

I moved this week, so I am a little behind. Many apologies for this getting to you so late. I will be finishing up your blog post grades by Wednesday.

This week we will focus on analyzing the poems on the schedule. You will choose one of these to write about for your first paper. I will be posting screencasts going over the chapters from Culler in the next day. 

General Reminders and Announcements

• Paper 1 is due October 16^th via Blackboard
• I will be including links to opportunities and events taking place at LaGuardia here so you have an idea of what’s going on at the College and how to get involved.
  • The LaGuardia Humanitarian Initiative will be holding several events this semester, including one this week. This initiative focuses on ways to perform and foster humanitarian work.
  • The Grace Leadership Program will hold an event over Zoom on Thursday.

Completed Work

*NEW* Use hypothesis to annotate Paper 1 assignment with any questions or confusion you have about the prompt

• Part 1:
  • Read: “Literature, Meaning, and Interpretation,” Literary Theory: a Very Short Introduction by Jonathan Culler
  • Respond: Reading question about “Literature, Meaning, and Interpretation,” Literary Theory: a Very Short Introduction by Jonathan Culler
• Part 2:
  • Read: “This world is not conclusion” by Emily Dickinson
  • “Tell all the truth but tell it slant” by Emily Dickinson

Annotate these poems according to the guidelines in my announcement.

Upcoming Work

Week 4 (10/05-10/09)

• Part 1:
  • Read: “Rhetoric, Poetics, and Poetry,” Literary Theory: a Very Short Introduction by Jonathan Culler
• Part 2:
  • Read: “The Sea is History” by Derek Walcott & “Diving into the Wreck” by Adrienne Rich: Annotate these poems by finding places that use some of the techniques Culler discusses.
  • Respond: Reading questions about “Rhetoric, Poetics, and Poetry,” Literary Theory: a Very Short Introduction by Jonathan Culler

Week 2 Newsletter

Hi All,

I hope you are all settling into your classes!

General Reminders & Announcements

• I have posted the assignment for paper 1 on the course site. I would like you to take a look at it and annotate it with any questions you might have. Use the same tool that you use to annotate the poems. The paper will not be due until 10/16
• Annotations: This is just a reminder that there is a tutorial for how to do these on the course site.
• Please check out my screencast about the Jonathan Culler chapter you read this week.

Completed Work

• This week you finished “What is literature and does it matter” by Jonathan Culler and wrote a blog post about this chapter. 
• You also read poems by Countee Cullen and Langston Hughes and annotated these poems. I will be sending out an assessment of the annotations you made at the beginning of next week. 

Upcoming work

Next week you should do the following:

• *NEW* Use hypothesis to annotate Paper 1 assignment with any questions or confusion you have about the prompt
• Part 1:
  • Read: “Literature, Meaning, and Interpretation,” Literary Theory: a Very Short Introduction by Jonathan Culler
  • Respond: Reading question about “Literature, Meaning, and Interpretation,” Literary Theory: a Very Short Introduction by Jonathan Culler
• Part 2:
  • Read: “This world is not conclusion” & “Tell all the truth but tell it slant” by Emily Dickinson
  • Annotate these poems according to the guidelines in my announcement.