Week 2: Natural Science & the Origins of "Man"
Section outline
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To be read for Tuesday. Here is a .pdf that can be printed and has only the excerpt to be read.
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Reading due Tuesday, September 6th. This is the entire book. You need only read to ", and by that means draw an utter ruine and destruction both upon Church and State." Note that this is provided if you prefer to use a format other than a .pdf.
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Reading due Thursday, September 8th:
A short Excerpt from
On the Origin of Species (1859) by Charles Darwin
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This is a project initiated by the New York Times where scholars have made notes on, or annotated, what they think are some of the most important sections and why. You do not need to read the entirety, but there is much to be learned from just playing in this sandbox for 15-20 minutes.
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This is an audio recording of the poem with the lines of the poem present for you to read along.
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"The Tempest", a play by Shakespeare, contains a hybrid-human character named Caliban. Browning is very loosely grounding his dramatic monologue in this character. So, if you have not read "The Tempest" this brief 2-minute summary of the play will give you a sense of Caliban's relationship to the characters mentioned in the poem.
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· Must be at least 1 full page but no more than 2 full pages.
· MLA Formatting
· Must have a 1-2 sentences thesis
· Should be a copyedited revision and minor expansion of an in-class journal entry
· Must use a formal tone
· Must have a Works Cited Page (Does not count as part of the page count)
· Must cite the primary text. Can include other sources but this is not required.
· Due weekly on Moodle- Sundays at Midnight
· Will drop 2 lowest grades
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This is the presentation used in class.
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