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In today’s class I want to work out a bit more what we might mean by “affective object.” Our first example came from Henry Jenkins, and his relationship to comic books in the essay “Death-Defying Superheroes.” Today we turn to … Continue reading →

Today we transition into the second major part of our course, focusing on the work of Kenneth Burke. We’ve jumped some 1800 years from ancient Greece, and I would like to offer the following brief and obviously inadequate history to … Continue reading →

In our first project, we worked with Gregory Ulmer’s concept of electracy and Walter Ong’s notion of literacy. I shared a reading from Ulmer’s Heuretics in which he argued that a major consequence of literacy was a shift to issues … Continue reading →

Today’s class serves as a review before we begin working with Modern rhetoric next week. First, we’ll explore potential research topics for the longer paper (discussion question on Canvas). Second, I want to hear about which articles you chose to … Continue reading →

In today’s class I will introduce our second project, which I have decided to term the “Affective Objects” project. This project will have two different stages. In stage one, we will read a series of texts. The purpose of such … Continue reading →

Today I want to do two things. First, I want to share the postmortem form for the first project so you have an idea of what kinds of questions I will ask you to consider as you finish the first … Continue reading →

Today we will focus on Isocrates–the final of our 4 Greek rhetoricians. First, however, I want to provide some details for your first project. Project One: What is Rhetoric? The first project asks you to draw upon our readings, lectures, … Continue reading →

Today’s class reviews 5 separate articles we’ve read over the past week. The concern here is two-fold: First, we want to get a handle on sophistry, to disambiguate it from Plato’s critique, and identify its key players and terms Second, … Continue reading →

Today in class I want to show you a few more CSS fundamentals, including floats and fixed positioning. Like last class, I have sent out a .zip folder with a files we can use. In class I am going to … Continue reading →