READ THIS: PRESENTATIONS

PRESENTATIONS: please take these seriously: they are an important part of your participation in the class. Your job when you present is to lead the discussion on the reading for that day. You may bring in some research, but most of all, you should be very well-prepared with insights, interpretations, and questions about the reading at hand. You may want to begin by summarizing the progress of the plot represented by the excerpt assigned on that day. Then you should have passages picked out for the class to discuss. You may want to be ready, also, with the posts for the day (you can copy and paste them and print them out). The purpose of the presentation is to give more responsibility to the classmembers and de-center the discussion a little bit (although I will still chime in). Here are your assignments, mostly random. 1. Wed. 3/30 Small Things, 84-147, Eidia. 2. 4/4 Small Things, 148-225, Hannah. 3. 4/6 Small Things, ending, Anna. 4. 4/11 Ondaatje, Dan. 5. 4/13 Mukherjee, Michael. 6. 4/18 Poppies, 3-87, Karol. 7. 4/20 Poppies, 88-156, Jason. 8. 4/25 Poppies, 157-226, Joe. 9. 4/27, Poppies, 227-342, Will. 10. 5/2 Poppies, 343-446, Rachel. 11. 5/4 Poppies, finish, Jane.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Anna –Rushdie- 3/9

"Unless history is a plot, god forbid."

"Rushdie is partly guilty of the sin of polly gluttony." Yes. Too much too focus on. It reminds me of when I was a child and would draw a maze for my brother to solve on roadtrips and I would draw extra parts of the maze that you cold not connect to if you tried but it added layers of confusion. My brother called this extra fat. And I love Rushdie but it isn't usual that we appreciate the extra fat before the core.

I like Rushdie even more in person, than with just his brain on paper, but he sounds impossible! What an absurd second book to come out with!
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