2013 Spring EL 1063-A
Composition I
DING Naifei
Wednesday 1500-1700, A114
Office hours: Wednesdays 5-6 & by appointment
Texts:
1. Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices, edited by Stuart Hall (chapters 1 and 4)
2. The Student Writer, Kathryn R. Fitzgerald and Jamie McBeth Smith
3. Ways of Seeing, John Berger (chapter 1 & 7)
4. English-English dictionary of your choice
Class schedule:
| What is representation? | |
| 02.20 |
Introduction HW: read and reread Representation 1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5; also The Student Writer 146-151 |
| 02.27 |
NO CLASS (make-up class will be arranged) HW: Representation SUMMARY draft 1 due online 3/2 midnight (bring 3 copies of first draft to class) |
| 03.06 |
discuss Representation 1, 1.1, 1.2; SW 146-151; summary workshop; HW: reread Representation 1.3, 1.5, revise summary, draft 2 due 3/9 (bring 3 copies to class) |
| 03.13 |
discuss Representation 1.3, 1.5; summary final draft workshop HW: review Persepolis or Fun Home; draft 3 due 3/16 |
| The work of representation (1) | |
| 03.20 |
Persepolis/Fun Home discussions HW: FICTION essay draft 1 due 3/23 |
| 03.27 |
discuss fiction + in-class writing HW: draft 2 due 3/30 (bring 3 copies to class) |
| 04.03 |
HOLIDAY |
| 04.10 |
Fiction essay final draft workshop (SW 88-89) HW: read SW “Weasel Words” (SW 77-90), Representations 2 (30-33) draft 3 due 4/13 |
| The work of representation (2) | |
| 04.17 |
discuss Representations 2, “Weasel Words” (SW 77-90) HW: read Representations 3, 3.1 (36-41), collect and prepare ads presentation |
| 04.24 |
discuss Representations 3, 3.1 HW: prepare group presentations; GROUP PRESENTATION PPT due 4/27 |
| 05.01 | discuss Representations 3, 3.1 HW: prepare group presentations; GROUP PRESENTATION PPT due 4/27 |
| 05.08 |
discuss Ways of Seeing; summary workshop HW: Ways of Seeing 135-154; read SW “The Presence of the Word”; SUMMARY 2 draft 1 due 5/11 (bring 3 copies to class) |
| 05.08 |
discuss Ways of Seeing; summary workshop HW: Ways of Seeing 135-154; read SW “The Presence of the Word”; SUMMARY 2 draft 1 due 5/11 (bring 3 copies to class) |
| 05.15 |
discuss Ways of Seeing + SW “Presence” HW: read example in SW 102-105; draft 2 due 5/18 |
| 05.22 |
discuss advertisements assignment (exercise on 106) HW: read first draft guidelines (106-7); ADS analysis draft 1 due 5/25 (bring 3 copies to class) |
| 05.29 |
ads analysis workshop: first draft guidelines (106-7); revision plan HW: SW “It’s the Image that Counts”; evaluation criteria (108); draft 2 due 6/1 (bring 3 copies to class) |
| 06.05 |
final draft workshop: discuss SW “Image” and evaluation criteria (108) HW: ads analysis final draft |
| 06.12 |
HOLIDAY |
| 06.19 |
ADS analysis draft 3 due in class |
Evaluation:
Attendance and critical responses (15%)
Group oral presentation (15%)
Summaries (20%)
Film essay (20%)
Ads analysis (30%)