Week 8

Tuesday, February 27

• Read "Just Looking" from James Elkins's The Object Stares Back: On the Nature of Seeing. Please see the attachment listed below.
• Read "Strange Loops," Chapter 3 from Mark C. Taylor's The Moment of Complexity. Please see the attachment listed below.
• Watch the Strange Loops movie! (In class.)

Thursday, March 1

• Read from a draft of Illuminating Rhetoric: A Guide to Seeing, Reading, and Writing by David Blakesley (preface, intro, part 1, chapter 1). Please see the attachment below.
• Due date extended to next Thursday, 3/8/07!Research Project Step 3 due: An Information Project. Find out what is already known about your subject and communicate that knowledge concisely in 1,500 words or less. The form of this portion of the project could be an annotated bibliography, a bibliographic or informative essay (i.e., a review of the literature), or some other format conducive to conveying information. Your purpose at this stage will be to inform, not to take a critical stance. (Suggested length: 1,500 words)