Literary Kinds course

 Notes 10/19/10

Anne: course-keeping, went over written course evaluations, read comments about our discussions might turn into arguments, class evaluations, what we are doing from here on out. Go over material that we will be covering, reading, watching. Decide amongst ourselves which books we will be reading because our first list was too extensive, too much material. Paper due soon!!! Can write about any material/conversation covered thus far.

On to etymologies…

Aya Seaver: wants to read the dictionary. On a spectrum, very easy to back it into the corner of nonfiction, look at the politics because it is more complicated

 For my final performance, I focused on the idea of a house.  Since Literary Kinds was all about genre, I called the house "A House Built on Genre."  The house was made out of clay, and on the foundation of the house I wrote the names of genres, each one in a different color.  Then, on the surrounding walls of the house, I wrote titles of different books or other works that fit into the genre.  Through my performance, I meant to give the idea that genres act as foundations that authors build on with their work.

Instructions for submitting papers
Visit with Paul Grobstein
    Thinking about what came before blogging
    Going hi-tech with a blackboard
Why do we talk?
    Go crazy if didn’t
    Communication
    Loneliness
    Get point across
    Need help
    Share
    To try to express oneself to others
    Figure out what you yourself think
    Be understood
    To cause trouble
    Be powerful
    Validate/support others
Why do others talk?

For our project, sweetp and I made a presentation on our evolution in this class as it pertains to technology.  We made a PowerPoint presentation highlighting the differences between our approaches to computers and the internet, adding humorous pictures to our slides to make them visually engaging.  Sweetp talked about being a technophobe in a class where much of the assigned work was done on the internet and how she has learned to use the internet much more usefully and efficiently since the beginning of the semester.  I focused more on how this class helped me to focus on the reasons why I liked the internet and spent so much of my time on it.

jrlewis, BookCake and aseidman, Commentary
ShaynaS, jrf, spleenfiend, House M.D. Down the Rabbit Hole
teal, rmeyers and sgb90, The Genre Monkey
Herbie and sweetp, Technophobic and Technophilic
TBP1988 and nk0825, Alice in Bryn Mawr
mkarol and xhan, A Doctor's "Genre-fication"

Play House Bingo while reading our script!

From: http://users.livejournal.com/_thickasabrick/3867.html

Here is the script for our performance today of House M.D.