Syllabus

Aug 26: Introduction

Aug 31: 2-3 minute introductions

Sep 2: Nietzsche, "On Truth and Lie in an Extra-Moral Sense" (http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl201/modules/Philosophers/Nietzsche/Truth_and_Lie_in_an_Extra-Moral_Sense.htm)

Sep 7: Nietzsche; Style, Chapter 3

Sep 9: Nietzsche

Sep 14: Whitman (NOTE: poetry packet downloadable HERE)

Sep 16: Whitman, Hughes; Writing Analytically, p. 49-65

Sep 21: Stevens, Frost, Williams

Sep 23: Stevens, Frost, Williams; Writing Analytically, Chapter 7

Sep 28: Jimi Hendrix, "Are You Experienced?" and "Star-Spangled Banner"

Sep 30: Abstract Expressionism; Style, p. 235-239

MONDAY, OCT 4: PAPER 1 DUE BY 3PM IN MAILBOXES, 7408 Dwinelle

Oct 5: Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, p. 1-76

Oct 7: Eyes, p. 77-132; Style, Lesson 5

Oct 12: Eyes, p. 133-184

Oct 12: Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin, "Respect"; Writing Analytically, Chapter 14

Oct 19: LeRoi Jones, "Dutchman"

Oct 21: "Dutchman"; Style, p. 82-91

Oct 26: TBD

Oct 28: TBD; Writing Analytically, Chapter 11

Nov 2: Nina Simone and John Coltrane; Writing Analytically, Chapter 6; Draft of Paper 2 due (4 copies)

Nov 4: Peer editing

MONDAY, NOV 8: PAPER 2 DUE BY 3PM IN MAILBOXES, 7408 Dwinelle

Nov 9: Adorno and Horkheimer, "The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception" (http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/adorno/1944/culture-industry.htm)

Nov 11: HOLIDAY

Nov 16: Adorno and Horkheimer

Nov 18: Adorno and Horkheimer; Style, Lesson 7

NOV 21 (SUNDAY): "Easy Rider" film screening, room and time TBD

Nov 23: "Easy Rider"

Nov 25: HOLIDAY

MONDAY, NOV 29: Draft of Final Paper Due (e-mailed to members of your group and to both Ben and Amanda by 8pm)

Nov 30: "Easy Rider"; Style, p. 186-201

Dec 2: Wrap up; Peer Edits

MONDAY, Dec 6: FINAL PAPER DUE BY 3pm in MAILBOXES, 7408 Dwinelle