William Shakespeare	English 101: Seminar in Rhetoric and Culture Spring 2010 Jefferson Hendricks English Department Centenary College of Louisiana	Martin Luther King, Jr.
Contact Info -- Policies -- Procedures	Texts -- Calendar	Writing About Cultural Events
Writing Resources	Literature Resources	Cultural Events Calendar

Texts

• Freeland, Cynthia.  Art Theory: A Very Short Introduction.   Publisher: Oxford U. P. 
• Harvey, Michael.  The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing.   Publisher:  Hackett Publishing Company.  
• Keats, John.  Lyric Poems.  Publisher:  Dover Thrift.  
• Plumly, Stanley. Now That My Father Lies Down Beside Me: New and Selected Poems, 1970-2000.  Publisher: Ecco.  
• Rolfe, Edwin. Collected Poems (eds. Cary Nelson and Jefferson Hendricks).  Publisher: U. of Illinois Press. 
• Shakespeare, William.  Romeo and Juliet.  Publisher:  Simon and Schuster (Folger Shakespeare Library edition) 
• Tartt, Donna. The Secret History.  Publisher: Vintage.  

Calendar

Wk 1:  Jan 11-15

• Tu Jan 12     Introduction to class
• Reading: 
• "Rhetoric"  --  Wikipedia
• "Culture"  --  Wikipedia

• Th Jan 14     
• Reading:
• Martin Luther King, "I Have a Dream" speech
• Speech Analysis: I Have a Dream (Martin Luther King Jr.)  --  Andrew Dlugan
• The Rhetoric of MLK in his speech "I Have a Dream"

• Background Reading: 
• What is Culture?  (module) --  Learning Commons, General Education, Washington State U. 
•  "Culture"  --  Kathleen Dahl, Eastern Oregon U. 
• "Notes Toward a Definition of Culture"  --  Marshall Soules, Malapina University College (British Columbia)
• summary of T. S. Eliot's "Notes Towards a Definition of Culture"  --  Thayer Watkins, San José State U. 

---

Wk 2:  Jan 18-22

• Tu  Jan 19    
• Reading:
• Martin Luther King,  "Letter from Birmingham Jail"

• Background reading:
• "What is Rhetoric?"  --  Gideon O. Burton,  The Forest of Rhetoric
• "Logic"  --  Wikipedia
• "Logic and Argument"  --  Dartmouth Writing Program
• "Presenting Arguments Logically"  --  U. of Victoria (British Columbia) Writers Guide
• "Fallacies"  --  U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center

 

• Th Jan 21     
• Reading: 
• Martin Luther King,  "Letter from Birmingham Jail"

---

Wk 3:  Jan 25-29

• Tu Jan 26     
• Reading: 
• Shakespeare,  Romeo and Juliet  

• Background reading: 
• Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet  --  Terry A. Gray
• William Shakespeare  --  Poets.org
• Romeo and Juliet  --  Wikipedia
• "Themes in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet"  --  Amanda Mabillard, Shakespeare Online

• Th Jan 28     
• Reading: 
• Shakespeare,  Romeo and Juliet 
   
• Background reading: 
• Romeo and Juliet  --  SparkNotes
• Romeo and Juliet  --  CliffsNotes
  
• Romeo and Juliet  --  Pink Monkey notes
• Romeo and Juliet:  A Study Guide  --  Michael J. Cummings
• Romeo and Juliet Navigator  --  Philip Weller, Eastern Washington U.
  
• A Teacher's Guide to Romeo and Juliet -- Signet editions
• Shakespeare and His World  --  Fathom  
  
• The Genres of Shakespeare's Plays  --  Susan Snyderl, Swarthmore College
• The Most “Lamentable Comedy” of Romeo and Juliet: Shakespeare’s Ironic Vision -- Chung-hsuan Tung

---

Wk 4:  Feb 1-5

• Tu Feb 2     The Poetry of John Keats
• Reading:
• I stood tip-toe upon a little hill
• Sonnet: To one who has been long in city pent
• Sonnet: On first looking into Chapman's Homer
• Sonnet: Happy is England!...

• Background reading:  
• John Keats  --  Wikipedia
• John Keats  --  Poets.org
  
• The Life and Works of John Keats
• John Keats  --  Lilia Melani, Brooklyn College
  
• A Brief Guide to Romanticism  --  Poets.org
• English Romanticism  --  Elizabeth Whitney, U. of Houston
  

• Th Feb 4     The Poetry of John Keats
• Reading:  
• Ode to a Nightingale
• Ode on a Grecian Urn
• Ode to Psyche
• To Autumn
• Ode on Melancholy

• Background Reading
• essays on teaching "Ode on a Grecian Urn" 
• "Poetry as Enforcement: Conquering the Muse in Keats's 'Ode to Psyche'"  -- Kris Steyaert,  Romanticism On the Net

---

Wk 5:  Feb 8-12  

• Critical Review #1:  due Monday, February 8 by 2:00 pm in Jackson Hall 307 -- present the essay either to Ms. Palmer or place it in my mailbox

• Tu Feb 9   The Poetry of John Keats
• Reading:  
• Sonnet: 'Bright star, would I were...'
• La Belle Dame sans Merci. A Ballad
• The Eve of St. Agnes

• Th Feb 11   Cynthia Freeland,  Art Theory:  A Very Short Introduction

---

[Mardi-Gras Break:  Friday, Feb. 12 to Sunday, Feb. 21]

---

Wk 6:  Feb 22-26

• Tu Feb 23     Cynthia Freeland,  Art Theory:  A Very Short Introduction

• Th Feb 25     Cynthia Freeland,  Art Theory:  A Very Short Introduction

---

Wk 7:  Mar 1-5

• Tu Mar 2     Cynthia Freeland,  Art Theory:  A Very Short Introduction

• Th Mar 4     Cynthia Freeland,  Art Theory:  A Very Short Introduction

---

Wk 8: Mar 8-12  [Mid-term grades due Monday, Mar 8]  

• Tu Mar 9   Mid-term exam

• Th Mar 11  Stanley Plumly  poetry

• Critical Essay #1:  due Friday, March 12 by 2:00 pm in Jackson Hall 307 -- present the essay either to Ms. Palmer or place it in my mailbox

---

Wk 9: Mar 15-19

• Note:  Tu March 16 @ 7:00 pm in the Whited Room of Bynums Commons  --  Stanley Plumly reads his poetry and receives the Corrington Award

• Tu Mar 16   Stanley Plumly poetry    [Corrington Award Winner:  Stanley Plumly ]
• Stanley Plumly -- Poets.org 
• Stanley Plumley  --  Poetry Foundation
• Stanley Plumly page @ U. of Maryland 
• "Something of the Sort: Full-bodied, paper-original, non-expedient correspondence"  --  Stanley Plumly, Poetry Northwest  
• "A Conversation With Stanley Plumly"  --  Lisa Meyer, Boston Review
• "Stanley Plumly:  An Interview"  --  David Biespiel, American Poetry Review
• "Language Makes the Senses One" [interview with Plumly]  --  Peter Davison, The Atlantic
• Interview with Stanley Plumly at the Library of Congress --  Grace Cavalieri
• Audio interview with Stanley Plumly  --  Dave Ottalini, U. of Maryland
  
• "'A Darkness Pulled Out of Us': Stanley Plumly and the Elegy of Relationship"  --  Brian Walpert, Papers on Language and Literature
• "Keat's Afterlife" [rev. of  Posthumous Keats:  A Personal Biography by Stanley Plumly] --  Christopher Ricks, The New York Review of Books
  
• Stanley Plumly --  Wikipedia

• Th Mar 18     Stanley Plumly  poetry

---

Wk 10:  Mar 22-26

• Critical Review #2:  due Monday, March 22 by 2:00 pm in Jackson Hall 307 -- present the essay either to Ms. Palmer or place it in my mailbox

• Tu Mar 23    Donna Tartt, The Secret History

• Th Mar 25    Donna Tartt, The Secret History

---

Wk 11:  Mar 29-Apr 2

• Tu Mar 30     Donna Tartt, The Secret History

• Th Apr 1  --  Easter Break  

---

Wk 12:  Apr 5-9

• Tu Apr 6     Donna Tartt, The Secret History

• Th Apr 8     Donna Tartt, The Secret History

• Critical Essay #2:  due Friday, April 9 by 2:00 pm in Jackson Hall 307 -- present the essay either to Ms. Palmer or place it in my mailbox

---

Wk 13:  Apr 12-16    Edwin Rolfe:  The Rhetoric of Revolution

• Tu Apr 13

• Th Apr 15

---

Wk 14:  Apr 19-23     Edwin Rolfe:  The Rhetoric of War

• Tu Apr 20

• Th Apr 22

---

Wk 15:  Apr 26-30  [Prep Week]    Edwin Rolfe:  The Rhetoric of Resistance and Resignation

• Critical Essay #3:  due Monday, April 26 by 2:00 pm in Jackson Hall 307 -- present the essay either to Ms. Palmer or place it in my mailbox

• Tu Apr 27         

• Th Apr 29

---

Wk 16:  May 3-7   --  Final Exams