ENC 1101: Composition
Email me at ltaylor@nwe.ufl.edu if you have any questions. The day to day schedule will change to accommodate class needs and to allow for further discussion of how texts work and how to design our texts in a paper based environment.
Each week, a different grammar section is assigned and this is noted at the beginning of the weekly schedule. Please note these because we will work on them throughout the week and we will have a grammar quiz on the Friday of each week; if there is no class on Friday, the grammar test will be given on Wednesday so please be prepared.
Grammar work: Study pg. 1-16 and 330-336 in Quick Access (QA).
August 22: Going over syllabus and introductions.
Homework: Read syllabus.
August 24: In class diagnostic essays.
Homework: Read chapter one in Structure of Argument (SA).
Quiz on syllabus.
Grammar work: pg. 17-50 and 337-344 in QA.
August 27: Discussion of Chapter one in SA. What is a text and how do
we approach them.
Homework: Read chapter 2 in SA and The
Cave online.
August 29: Discussion of how society constructs identities and thoughts
and how The Cave helps explain this construction.
Homework: Reading chapter 3 in SA, up to page 73.
August 31: Discussion of how ancient rhetoricians and generals believed
that battle and writing were analogous. Viewing and then discussion
of how speeches in Henry V and in selected scenes from Akira Kurosawa
films (director) or Bruce Lee films (actor and martial artist) illustrate
this idea.
Homework: Using humor to disarm online examples and A Modest Proposal
in SA.
Grammar work: study pg. 51-78 and 344-349 in QA.
September 3: Labor Day. No Class.
September 5: Discussion of how and why humor works and the difficulties
in writing and analyzing humor.
Homework: Read Civil Disobedience in SA.
September 7: More on using humor to argue/persuade. Viewing selected
cartoon clips to see how parody, satire, and sarcasm operate. Then trying
to apply these to online rhetoric with understanding your argument.
Homework: Read paratext and continue playing Soul Reaver.
Grammar work: study pg. 79-111 and 349-355 in QA.
September 10: Discussion of how hypertext changes structures in paper
based writing.
Quiz on Soul Reaver paratext.
Homework: Homework: Read chapter four of SA, up to page 119.
September 12: Class cancelled.
September 14: In class Peer Review - a copy of your paper must be
turned in to me today: it counts as your first draft, but if the paper
needs more than minor editing, it will drastically affect your grade.
Homework: Read chapter 6 of SA, up to page 212 and finish minor edits
on paper.
Grammar work: study pg. 113-136 and 355-370 in QA.
September 17: In class peer review.
Homework: None.
September 19: Class cancelled for conference time - office hours from
8am -11:30am.
Homework: Read chapter 7 of SA, up to page 259.
September 21: Grammar quiz and discussion on readings.
Homework: Read and Letter from a Birmingham Jail and US
relations article, keep in mind that this is a UK site.
Grammar work: pg. 138-182 and 370-377 in QA.
September 24: How marginalized/oppressed groups are slowly being accepted
into the canon. How do different media represent different groups? What
happens to with fictional environments, as in Soul Reaver?
Homework: Reading an article on Maus.
September 26: Discussion of how the medium influenced the message
with Maus.
Homework: Readings from the Iguana
and the CMC websites.
September 28: Discussion of Iguana and CMC websites
and evaluation of how helpful they are as sources and of their web designs.
Homework: None.
October 1: Library Day
Homework: Online reading on how group
identity is constructed and the myth of transparency.
October 3: Discussion of culturally constructed identities and how
these influence the way we align ourselves with ideologies and causes.
Homework: Read Cialdini's article from SCIAM.
Find one article or ad in a magazine printed prior to 1965 that illustrates
a culturally constructed norm.
October 5: Class Cancelled for Chandele's wedding. No journals due for this week.
October 8: Discussion of ads/articles from Wednesday's homework. Discussion
of how classical arguments, like the ones in SA, can be used to supplement
arguments on local issues and how. Also, watching a clip from Mary Poppins
and discussing non-normative sources.
Homework: Read A
Rape in Everquest and skim A
Rape in the Moo.
October 10: Discussion of A Rape in the MOO and A Rape in
Everquest.
Homework: Complete second paper.
October 12: Second paper due. No journals due this week. Peer review
in class. Again, a copy must be turned in to me today.
Homework: Reading Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, Seneca
Falls in SA.
October 15: Final second paper due.
In class storyboarding for a website.
Homework: Reading
on Lakoff and Johnson/ Whorfian hypothesis.
October 17: Further work with how language helps structure and form
beliefs. Lakoff and Johnson's work.
Homework: Reading Trifles in SA.
October 19: Discussion of gender roles in Trifles and in the
movies Final Fantasy and Shrek. Do you think that the
new form with digital animation has helped break gender barriers, or
has reinforced them, or ?
Homework: Reading online about flash
animation and electronic music - you need to have the sound on for this.
October 22: Watching Aphex Twin video and discussing gender roles it
presents and the gender roles around us.
Homework: Find an interesting article that talks about gender roles
in music videos to bring to class on Wednesday: don't pick a trite article
- find one that you could use for your project.
October 24: Discussion of articles from homework and of how sex and
power are related and questioning who has power in the Aphex Twin video.
Homework: Pick two ads and label the gender roles. You will present
these to the class on Friday and they will be turned in. Remember that
you can use an ad as part of the third project.
October 26: Discussion of the ads and the underlying assumptions that
they rely on.
Homework: Watching Iron Monkey
(click "In Theaters" on the left hand side of the screen and then enter
your zip code to get movie times).
October 29: Discussion of how interface changes the reading experience.
How is reading SA different from playing Soul Reaver and how
are both different from watching music videos?
Quiz on Soul Reaver.
Homework: Playing Soul Reaver.
October 31: Watching Madonna's banned video and discussing why MTV
banned the video and women and violence. You can use this video as the
comparison with the Apex Twin video.
Homework: Reading on gender
roles and children's games.
November 2: No class - Homecoming.
Homework: None.
November 5: Discussion of gender roles and children's culture article.
Then, watching Perfect Blue to see how it as a film draws on
different media conventions and to examine gender in the film.
Homework: Work on Third paper.
November 7: Finish watching Perfect Blue and discussion of
the film.
Homework: Finish Third paper.
November 9: No journals due this week. Third paper rough draft due.
Peer review and editing in class; final draft due 11-14 (extra time
so you can enjoy your Veteran's Day weekend).
Homework: Playing Soul Reaver and watching Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon over the weekend.
November 12: Veteran's Day. No class.
November 14: Final third paper due.
Discussion of violence in the media and how different art forms have
been blamed, from the novel, comics, music, movies, and video games.
Homework: Read Violent Messiahs 1-3.
November 16: Discussion of static and dynamic images in comics, manga,
and animation.
Quiz on Violent Messiahs 1-3.
Homework: Read Violent Messiahs 4-6.
November 19: Discussion of Violent Messiahs in terms of plot/character/story.
Quiz on Violent Messiahs 4-6.
Homework: Start reading Twelve
Blue.
November 21: No class. Office hours periods 3 and 4.
Homework: Continue reading Twelve Blue.
November 23: Thanksgiving. No class.
November 26: Discussion of Twelve Blue and hypertext.
Homework: Reading from Scott McCloud's
site, please look through the site and make sure to read Porphyria's
Lover.
November 28: Quick discussion of comics McCloud's site. Begin watching
Requiem for a Dream.
Homework: Work on final project.
November 30: Finish watching Requiem for a Dream.
Homework: Write a short (around 2 paragraphs) analyis of Requiem
for a Dream's frames and Soul Reaver or Twelve Blue's
sections.
December 3: Based on the analyses, discuss Requiem for a Dream,
Violent Messiahs, Twelve Blue, and/or Soul Reaver
in terms of linearity and use of frames/episodes and gender roles.
December 5: Final Day of Class. Peer review of final papers. Again, a copy is due today to me. This is the last week of class so no journals due.
Final papers due on or before Tuesday, December 11th at 12 noon. DO NOT finish these late.
Have a great winter break!
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