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JOURNALS FOR E492 MODERN CRITICAL THEORY<\/strong>
CSU FULLERTON, FALL 2015<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

EMAIL<\/a> | SYLLABUS<\/a> | POLICIES<\/a> | QUESTIONS<\/a> | PRESENTATIONS<\/a> | JOURNALS<\/a> | PAPER<\/a> | FINAL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is the journal set schedule for the course, followed by detailed instructions; journal set questions are listed immediately below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plato<\/a> | Aristotle<\/a> | Kant<\/a> | Hegel<\/a> | Marx & Engels<\/a> | Nietzsche<\/a> | Freud<\/a> | De Saussure<\/a> | Eliot<\/a> | Brooks<\/a> | Horkheimer & Adorno<\/a> | Benjamin<\/a> | Du Bois<\/a> | L. Hughes<\/a> | Fanon<\/a> | Gates Jr.<\/a> | De Beauvoir<\/a> | Gilbert & Gubar<\/a> | Barthes<\/a> | Foucault<\/a> | L\u00e9vi-Strauss<\/a> | Derrida<\/a> | Bourdieu<\/a> | Li Zehou<\/a> | Austin<\/a> | Butler<\/a> | Gilroy<\/a> | A. Ross<\/a> | Hardt & Negri<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journal Set 1 (Week 5, 09\/28)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Plato (3 questions) | Aristotle (2 questions) | Kant (3 questions) | Hegel (2 questions) | Marx & Engels (3 questions) | Nietzsche (2 questions) | Freud (2 questions)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journal Set 2 (Week 8, 10\/19)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

De Saussure (2 questions) | Eliot (2 questions) | Brooks (2 questions) | Horkheimer & Adorno (2 questions) | Benjamin (2 questions) | Du Bois (2 questions) | Hughes (1 question) | Fanon (2 questions) | Gates Jr. (1 question)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journal Set 3 (Week 12, 11\/16)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

De Beauvoir (2 questions) | Gilbert & Gubar (2 questions) | Barthes (2 questions) | Foucault (2 questions) | Levi-Strauss (2 questions) | Derrida (2 questions) | Bourdieu (2 questions)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journal Set 4 (Exam Week, 12\/16)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Zehou (2 questions) | Latour (1 question) | Austin (2 questions) | Butler (2 questions) | Gilroy (2 questions) | Ross (2 questions) | Hard & Negri (2 questions)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ESTABLISHING A RUNNING FILE FOR EACH JOURNAL SET AND RECORDING ENTRIES<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Word-processed journal sets will be due by email on the dates listed above. (See the syllabus for the journal requirement\u2019s value as a percentage of the course grade.) As soon as you begin reading for this course, create a single computer file to hold your running entries for the entire first journal set, naming the file \u201cyourlastname_journal_1.\u201d The term \u201cset\u201d refers not just to the entries for a single author but to your entries for all of the authors we are covering within the multi-week time frames specified above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you begin to read the first author in the first set, briefly examine the questions page for that author. Check the schedule to see how many questions you\u2019re supposed to do, and then determine which questions you want to do to make up the specified amount. Perhaps they will be questions that concern the particular poems or stories or novel chapters you like best for the author — it\u2019s up to you because in most cases I\u2019ve posed many more questions than you need to respond to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now enter your responses into the running file \u201cyourlastname_journal_1.\u201d (You\u2019ll most likely write your single-author responses over several sittings rather than all at once; you may find yourself adding to or changing a given response after a class session.) To keep the journal easy to follow, make a header in bold type consisting of the author\u2019s name and indicate which questions you\u2019re responding to. Whether you paste in the entire question or just provide the question number is up to you. The same goes for pasting in the title of the selection to which each question pertains. So now you\u2019ve done your \u201cx\u201d amount of responses for the first author. Then it\u2019s on to the next author, and the next, until you\u2019ve completed the entire first journal set over several weeks\u2019 time, and are ready to email it to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TURNING IN YOUR ENTIRE FIRST JOURNAL SET WHEN IT\u2019S DUE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now all you need to do is email the resulting \u201cone big file\u201d to me on the day the first journal set is due (the hour doesn\u2019t matter). Label the email subject line concisely as follows: \u201cE492 Journal 1, Your First and Last Name.\u201d Please don\u2019t combine a message containing your journal set with a paper draft or other important item — messages get misplaced that way.Expect an email confirmation. If you don\u2019t receive one promptly, please let me know since I may not have received it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TURNING IN SUBSEQUENT JOURNAL SETS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Once you\u2019ve completed your first journal set consisting of the relevant authors and have emailed it to me and received a timely confirmation with grade, it\u2019s time to move on to the second journal set. The procedure is the same: start a new file named \u201cyourlastname_journal 2,\u201d and begin working through the specified amount of questions for the first author in that set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Note on Late Journal Sets.<\/strong> Sets turned in somewhat late are acceptable, but at my discretion will receive a maximum grade of B. Very late sets may receive a maximum grade of C, and I reserve the right not to accept them at all if in my view the student has not made a sufficient effort in other areas. The reason for the latter policy is that turning in long-since-due sets towards the end of the semester defeats the point of keeping a journal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HOW TO WRITE A GOOD JOURNAL RESPONSE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps the key thing to note here is that I keep using the word response<\/em> rather than answer.<\/em> That is by design — although no doubt some of my questions can be answered straightforwardly, it\u2019s always best to base your response on your own interpretation of the question and your own estimation of the value of the material it covers. I like specific, thoughtful responses — not pat answers or vague remarks. The study questions should help you develop ideas for papers, participate in discussions, and learn more from class sessions — they can only help you in these ways if you make the most of your time in keeping journals. Responses will vary in length to suit the questions, but many responses will require a short paragraph. There\u2019s no need to respond exhaustively, just thoughtfully. Here are some sample responses for various kinds of material:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Response to a work of criticism by Sir Philip Sidney assigned in a criticism course:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. At the end of his \u201cDefense of Poesy,\u201d what curse does Sidney make against those who are too ignorant to appreciate the virtues of poetry? How does his rhetoric illustrate the virtues such people are supposedly unable to appreciate?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sidney curses his detractors with the wish \u201cthat while you live, you live in love, and never get favor for lacking skill of a Sonnet, and when you die, your memory die from the earth for want of an Epitaph.\u201d He\u2019s illustrating the quality we discussed in class — sprezzatura<\/em> or easy-seeming grace in words and manners. But he\u2019s also suggesting that in some real-life situations, words are as important as actions: lovers should be able to speak well, and people\u2019s words will still speak for them after they are gone. The ending also implies that anyone who still doesn\u2019t know why poetry is worthwhile isn\u2019t worth talking to. Maybe his conclusion sounds harsh, but his whole argument has been a passionate appeal that poetry is an ancient, hallowed craft and that it is a vital part of any culture, so by his reckoning, to dismiss its charm and authority is to be a barbaric fool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HOW JOURNALS WILL BE GRADED<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In general, I won\u2019t offer comments on your journal sets unless you come to an office hour or email me with specific things to discuss stemming from your journal responses, in which case I\u2019d be happy to discuss the authors and texts with you. I will, however, look over your journal sets to assess whether they are well done. It is not hard to do well on the journal sets. I respect effort and independence, and I\u2019m not approaching journal responses and sets with an answer key in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. All journal sets turned in complete and on time; responses are specific and consistently thoughtful — neither vague remarks nor simple yes\/ no statements or pat answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B range. All journal sets turned in (for the most part on time), but incomplete in terms of numbers or quality of response. Or all turned in, but more than one somewhat late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C-D range. One or more journal sets missing, but some others completed satisfactorily and on time. Alternatively, all sets turned in, but responses show little effort to understand the texts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F. Student has failed to turn in any journal sets. Anyone who does this would probably have to earn an \u201cA\u201d in all other components (presentation\/s, final exam, paper\/s) just to pass the course. Not a good idea…. Another reason for this grade might be that the student has incorporated nontrivial amounts of outside material without attribution: As with any work, if source material is used it must be labeled as such.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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