Jun
10
Writing Intensive or Intensive Writing
June 10, 2010 | 26 Comments
I discussed the new assignment (and your essays that I read) with a couple of you after class today. Reba correctly pointed out that this is not a writing intensive class. That’s perfectly true. However, I believe that the true learning of reading and analyzing literature happens most productively when we are forced to grapple […]
Jun
8
Read! (and some practicality!)
June 8, 2010 | 20 Comments
After today’s class I am a little bewildered and maybe even slightly concerned. A great number of you had not done the reading—that’s unacceptable! We can’t do our work if you don’t read. Now, I know that assigning Faulkner on essay day was probably not the smartest planning on my part—I’ll admit that. That said, […]