HUMAN 1A Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hypertext, Bildungsroman, Edward Said
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Humanities: interdisciplinary study of how people read, write, communicate differently. Empire > evil > first order (change of perspective) Ruins of empire > not just rise and fall. First blog post (free choice) due by sunday, midnight (50 pts wp) Possible topics: what defines empire , relation to lecture, etc. Short blocks of writing (around 750 words with many paragraphs) Topical posts (related to empire and course themes, texts, etc. ) Written in first person / acknowledges multiple perspectives (ethos) May be self-reflexive / may seek to provoke reader response. Less/semi-formal voice but smart with evidence based approach. Project in hypertextuality (connecting to other on-line texts) It is not enough to recognize differences along the lines of culture, gender, or national identity. A hostile question (374) > why are you allowing one group to speak and dominate. Full intellectual process (375) > intellectual work is human work. Who wrote something is only one aspect of the text.
