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Instead of lecturing on the introduction–part of my larger goals this term to avoid lecture as much as possible, in favor of stimulating discussion that works outwards from the text–I’d like to focus our class time on Petrarch’s letter in which he describes the mountainous ascent he undertakes with his brother, as well as some of the major thematic patterns that emerge in his Canzoniere. I hope to be able, in each of the pieces we read from the anthology, to foreground different features characteristic of the Renaissance, ideally not to overload students with generalizations that we can’t really locate in particular instances. Tomorrow, I want to focus on the way that Petrarch explores his sense of self, as well as the way he negotiates the tensions between earthly desires and spiritual goods. We’ll also be going over the first short essay assignment, and ideally, the class discussion will model a relevant approach.

I’m determined, this term, to not fall into either the 1.) going-over-the-syllabus-the-first-day cop-out or the 2.) jump-right-in-to-lecture cop-out, both of which so often become standards (usually because we’re so busy prepping courses, finishing syllabi, or participating in the pipe-dream of having all the basic course plans for the entire rest of the term in some  sort of presentable shape. My plans for the first day of classes — tomorrow I have Anatomy of a Film and World Literature: Renaissance through Enlightenment — are really to get right into the material from a practical standpoint.

In Anatomy, I’d like to focus attention on the basic content as well as the expectations of the college classroom by having students break into pairs to read and present on segments of a short article from The Atlantic called “Don’t Fear the Reaper”; this should impress the idea that these films do have an important cultural location. Then I want to leap into the major assignment by showing students a clip from a similar set of projects by GW students. I’d then like to ask for some reflective writing, a “letter to self” that will become, by the next class, a draft of the personal statement for the portfolio. Then, for a few minutes, I’ll show them the Bb site and the blog, just to make sure they know where everything is. Homework should be pretty straightforward: reading, revising the personal statement, browsing the Bb site/s, and reading the syllabus/policies online.

World Literature, I hope, will have much the same shape, though students should have a good sense of the college classroom dynamic by now. I plan to put on the board four or five key features of the Renaissance, as discussed in the Norton Introduction, and try to get a sense from the class of what they understand about those features. Then, we’ll listen to the Italian of a poem by Petrarch–perhaps the first Canzoniere, read it aloud in English, and try to come up with a list of ways the poem might fit into (or expand!) those basic articulations of context. Grasping the “plain sense,” as I. A. Richards describes it in Practical Criticism, will I imagine prove the biggest hurdle, and so I’ll go over some tools and expectations (via Jason Jones on ProfHacker). I also want to introduce students to the possible alternative 2nd essay assignment they might begin thinking about, as well as the complexities of our Bb site–which I’d love to migrate to WordPress…. Ah, well–the future must hold some new projects!

On a side note, I finally finished my Routledge ABES annotation for Ildiko Csengei’s “‘I will not weep’: Reading through the Tears of Henry Mackenzie’s Man of Feeling.” Yay!

(203) : No beer left. Me go sleepy soon

Met sore dunia maya
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One of my favorite readings of the term, Eliza Haywood’s Fantomina. We had three presentations, and the essays the students presented did give us a good context for discussion; however, one student used a non-scholarly source, and I’m pretty sure another didn’t actually read Haywood (at least, he didn’t have the copy with him…)! I’m of the opinion, however, that all will out in the exam. At any rate, we had a pretty good discussion about the piece, especially about how it might be relevant to contemporary American culture–students were interested in the double standard that Haywood is both articulating and, it seems, critiquing; the role of clothing as a sign of identity that can be read and deliberately constructed to be read in a certain way; and the ending, whether or not it was a punishment or a reward.

The conversational direction fo the class was interesting, and given that I feel I’m having some difficulties with my 318, I was talking with Peter and Holly about teaching, the other night. We were specifically talking about how to create a provocative context for class discussion, what kinds of questions or invitations work best to elicit what John Richetti fruitfully terms “sociable communication,” and it occurs to me that our experience with Fantomina modeled something significant–the students clearly had an interest in examining its relationship to their experience, and in this case, that strategy of reading made a lot of sense. In the future, I need to give the “how does it relate to our lives” a little more breathing room, and in doing so, work to shape that kind of reading into something that can provide real insight into the text. I forget that students read differently, are interested in different things; how can that interest be harnessed into the service of more synthetic and comprehensive critique, analysis, interpretation?

Other approaches: Are there any circumstances or contexts in your experience where Fantomina’s actions make sense? What was your favorite part? Least favorite? Sharing my own, starting with an interesting fact, and so on. Of course, I often feel as though I do this, and still the discussion lags. Perhaps I need to reconsider the dreaded “relatability” issue. Ugh.

My professor for a GrC 201 mentioned something funny that i never noticed.

We were talking types of typography, and one of the categories a lot of types fit into is Blackletter.

Blackletter is the Old English style of text, and since one of the first things to be printed for the mas is the Bible, the Bible also had this style:

Blackletter in a Bible

This style is still used sometimes, to show a traditional old look. For example, The New York Times Logo.

Black letter in modern logo

…It also  shows that you a gangster…bitch.

Black letter in gangster shirt

In conclusion, the bible is gangster.

I don't know who Curtis is.

Fashizzles. Peace out homies.

(asian girls in frilly dresses = gangster)

how many times have we tried to be gangster?

how many times have we (or just me) failed?

More than you can ever imagine.

We (me and my family) were having a mini reunion couple of days ago..

And as usual we were discussing about topics..

Since I was little I always try to avoid ‘the discussion’ session..

It was usually LOUD and full of TENSE….

And you should be well prepared mentally, academically or self-achievement-ly and emotionally.

It would involve serious topics and debates, but not to forget laughter and sarcasctism….

I usually just kept quite and nod or laugh along a little…

So the previous topic was..THE ENGAGEMENT…

My parents were talking about the door gifts, hantaran blah blah blah

Expecting for some feed backs from the others,

Here are some of the dialogues…

Please read with the most intense tones and the loudest volume, most of my family members have chocked the microphones…that’s why we are so so loud…

Tok sin said “eh tak payah la membazir-bazir sangat”

“buat sekadar yang wajib je sudah lah”

Mak “ye la..tu la tanya pendapat orang ni”

Tok Ara “ye la selalunya orang bertunang kasik bungan rampai, luar dia balut denga daun sireh”

Tok Sin” Buat apa nak ikut-ikut orang. Yang tak perlu tu tak payah la”

Mak “sebab tu la saya tanya ni. Ingat nak kasik cokelat letak dalam bekas ni. Dari kasik bungarampai baik kasik cokelat.boleh makan” (while showing the glass.

Mok “nak kasik cokelat apa?”

Me “Kinder Joy!!!”

Mok “wah…tu satu dah berapa? Mahal la”

Tok Sin “tu aku cakap..tak payah membazir-bazir”

“Dulu masa abg f_ _ _ _ _ bertunang bawak buah je sedulang”

Along “ala tok..bertunang tu sekali je, seumur hidup, biarlah”

Tok Ara “masa f_ _ _ _ _ dulu tu dia baru balik dari overseas…dia takde keluarga. Tu lah simple je”

“kalau dia jimat sangat, takkan masa anak dia kawen hari tu penuh bunga segar satu dewan?”

Pakcik “yeke? Oooo Makcik _ _ _ _ yang datang?”

Tok Ara “ a’ah”

“alahh awak cakap jangan membazir, masa saya bertunang dengan awak dulu, kenapa pulak adik awk dapat semua saya dapat? Kasut berlian aku dapat dia nak, baju aku dapat dia nak”

Me “ ye ke tok? Tok sin langkah  bendul ke?”

Tok Ara “tak lah..aku pun tak tau kenapa dia nak.. ha..nak sangat amik la…aku pun tak nak pakai kasut tu..yang ada diamond-diamond tu”

Along, Pakcik and Mok “(sambil sengih-sengih) ha..tu yang jimat sangat tu tok???”

And… tok sin smiled sheepishly and kept quiet while eating goreng pisang cecah gula…

And me…I quickly packed my ass up the chair…the longer I seat the hotter the topic will be…

So I watched space jam instead…

But I can still hear them talked out loud about all the histories, about tok sin’s first love, and how he ran away from home, because his relationship was forbade by his family, and he wrote pages of letters to his family and lots of others brand new history….

Looking back, there’s a lot of things that I should be grateful for…

More important is…look…what ever you are doing right now…some of it you might find it weird, but the reality is, you might actually inherit it from your family…it run in the genes…trust me!

Foot note: the engagement…there’s no names mentioned above, so readers, don’t jump into conclusions.it might be my sister’s, my cousin’s or whoever. Highlighted to nani, ros and dayah…kalo tak ada je gossip2 liar…dari cik anon, rosmo dan mak ni!

cantik kan?

In world literature, we went over the Reply to Sor Filotea, which I was incredibly surprised to note that so many students had actually enjoyed! I thought it would be a “meh” reading, but it seemed to strike a note. In future classes, I’d like to be able to spend more time on it, and perhaps at the end of this term we’ll be able to return to it and a few other readings. Two students presented on it, one of whom is distantly related to de la Cruz, so that was exciting. Those presentations inspired much less discussion than others, though.

We didn’t have enough time to do justice to the piece, but I did go over the basic intellectual and cultural context of the Reply–Counter-Reformation, Enlightenment ideology, the social role of education, and of course proto-feminism, in addition to the historical controversy of its publication and reception. The following period, however, we returned to the Reply, and particularly went over a few passages central to the text’s meaning–especially the passages where Sor Juana argues for her right, even obligation, to study the secular sciences. As I was reading one moment aloud, the moment where she describes the philosophy of the kitchen, I was astonished to find myself tearing up…. These passages also allowed us to think about her implicit critique of the Archbishop of Mexico, as well, crossdressed in letters as the upright Sor Filotea. Good stuff.