Oct 16: Readings from The Philosophy of Literary Form. There are two readings listed on the calendar for October 11 ("Freud--and the Analysis of Poetry") and ("parlorprassages") with material from this book.
Digital Packet: Blakesley, "Kenneth Burke's Pragmatism--Old and New" and readings from Burke's essays in Direction.
Discussion of "The Rhetoric of Hitler's 'Battle.'"
Prompt for Reading Response: A) What insights does Burke draw from Freud that might help us understand rhetoric better? or B) What's the significance of "purposive forgetting" or C) Burke calls Freud a master dialectician. Using a definition of pragmatism presented in the Blakesley reading, consider why describes Freud in that way. What's dialectical about Freud's methodology or process? Suggested tag: Freudian
Oct 18: Midterm essay due. Reading catch-up day.