What assessments of the Humanities generally or of your particular major/minor area of study do you see being made in current media? Find an article to summarize, comment on, and share with the class. Oftentimes I find more evidence of how closed-minded the English field is rather than the opposite. However, today I have an … [Read more…]
The following assignment sheets give you two different examples for writing a proposal for a research project. Following these assignment sheets, you’ll see samples of proposals students have written: one from English and two from Philosophy. TO DO: Read the guidelines with attention to commonalities between them: what’s their purpose, what are they asking students/scholars … [Read more…]
Quote from Speculations: Contemporary Poetry and Painting, by Fred Moramarco “Reading poems, we convert their language to the visual images they evoke in our mind’s eye. A poet who writes about a painting performs precisely the reverse activity. By converting painterly images to words, he/she “envoices” a canvas, finding a language for the ineffable world … [Read more…]
Resume: Other important tasks:
Part 1: We’ve been working towards a definition of the Humanities. For your second journal entry, think about how you’d explain their significance/why the humanities matter: what do you feel you gain personally by studying and working within the humanities? What do you think you gain professionally? What do you think of claim(s) for the … [Read more…]
For this post, think about how you would describe the humanities to someone outside this area (how this field is different from, say, the social sciences or natural or physical sciences) AND think about the part of During’s article that best helps you do this. (Of course, you can discuss parts of his article that … [Read more…]
Biweekly Evidence of Internship Work
Biweekly Evidence of Internship Work
Biweekly Evidence of Internship Work
Biweekly Evidence of Internship Work
