English 4521
Monday, February 17
Updates
Blog Posts Graded/Returned
Quizzes Graded (#2 extra credit)
Quiz #3 Saturday-Monday???
Appeals to "Time"
Any questions from Killingsworth?
How and why do appeals to time "work"?
Examples:
As Seen on TV infomercials
Insurance/Security
Any additional thoughts on Slow Food?
Biesecker
Questions? Comments?
What is her claim/project here?
Biesecker COnt.
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In what ways does "time" function as a critical idea or opportunity in Biesecker's analysis?
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How is she using time (and why is she gosh darned aggressive)?
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How is time invoked in justifying the WWII memorial?
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How is time a factor in the creation of the "memory texts" she describes?
Saving Private Ryan
The Greatest Generation
WIMS
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What is Biesecker's "beef" with each memory text?
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Do you agree/disagree with her arguments?
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Are there contemporary parallels? Do we still have this particular unifying national narrative? Do we have others?
For next time
Read: Killingsworth Chapter 5 (Appeals to Place) and Edwin Black's "Gettsyburg and Silence" (on Moodle)
English 4521
By Scott Rogers
