Week Two: Picturing Arguments
This week focuses on developing your analytic skills. We will discuss classical and visual rhetorical concepts.
- Monday
- Classical & Modern Rhetorical Concepts:
- Aristotelean Appeals (Ethos, Pathos, Logos)
- Burke & fostering identification
- Corder
- Project One, Part B: Re-creating a CD cover (genre & audience)
- Homework:
- Read: Coursepack--Lakoff "Elephant"
- Forum Topic 1:
- Comparing Lakoff with Corder.
- Importance of "metaphor"
- Comptemorary metaphor grounding social narrative.
- Discuss a contemporary metaphor
- Classical & Modern Rhetorical Concepts:
- Wednesday
- Advanced Introduction to Adobe Photoshop in the Digital Learning Collaborative
- Homework:
- Watch: "Color, Contrast, & Dimension in News Design"
- Be sure to complete heuristic for Project One, Part B
- Forum Topic 2: Thinking through color
- Two of our readings this semester have dealt with the meanings of color--has these discussions helped you to rethink the color of something? Do you disagree with the readings? Discuss the significance of the color of stuff.
- Thursday
- Ethos, Pathos, Logos & television advertisments
- Homework:
- Complete Project One, Part B by Friday
- Read: Coursepack--Sally Mann's "Candy Cigarette" & Melissa Harris' "Daughter, Model, Muse Jessie Mann on Being Photographed"
- Forum Topic 3:
- What is the "purpose" of Sally Mann's photo? If you had to give it a thesis, what would it be? Why?
- What kind of symbolism do you see operating in the photo? What about contrast (draw specifically on last night's reading)? What details do you consider to be most significant in terms of the picture's purpose?
- Why might this photo have been considered so controversial?
- How did reading the interview with Jessie Mann change the way you saw / interpreted the photo (if at all)?
- Conferences
- Format: teams of two, 10 minutes each
- Goal: to work with drafts of Project One, Part B essays
- Preparation: bring copies of your advertisment & paper to each session