Round and Square Syllabus: Autumn 2015

On this date on Round and Square's History 

28 August 2014—China's Lunar Calendar 2014 08-28
28 August 2013—Round and Square Syllabus: Autumn 2014
28 August 2013—China's Lunar Calendar 2013 08-28
28 August 2013—Syllabic Cycles: Mountains (2013)
28 August 2012—The New Yorker and The World: Course Description (g)
28 August 2011—Hurtin' Country: Chiseled in Stone

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Round and Square Syllabus

All Classes

Autumn 2014

Robert André LaFleur                                                             Office Hours:

Morse Ingersoll 111                                                                 Tuesday           2:00-3:30 

363-2005                                                                                   Thursday         2:00-3:30

lafleur@beloit.edu                                                                    …or by appointment

NYRB and Round and Square readings are due on Tuesdays, and will be a part of both the quiz and class discussion on those days.

Week One—August 25
Syllabic Cycles—Introduction, a-d (read all four posts, not just the first one). 
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Week Two—September 1
Quotidian Quizzes—Introduction, a-h (skim the first four posts, but read the last four carefully (they get to the heart of our course).
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Week Three—September 8
Writing and Time—Introduction
Writing and Time—Reading Logs, a-b (read both posts, not just the first one)  
(Filling out "reading logs" is voluntary, but reading all posts is mandatory!)
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Week Four—September 15
Fieldnotes From History—Introduction
Longevity Mountain—Mao and Then
Longevity Mountain—Stone Cold Poetic
Longevity Mountain—Up to South Heaven Gate 
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Week Five—September 22
Theory Corner—Bricolage, a-c (read all three posts, not just the first one).
Styling Culture: Chicago-style Footnotes and Endnotes
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Week Six—September 29
Prairie Ethnography—The Thousand Ask Question, a-c (read all three posts)
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Week Seven—October 6
The Philosophy of History of Philosophy (a History)—Introduction
Fieldnotes From History—Introduction
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Week Ten—October 27
Structure, History, and Culture—Introduction (read both posts)
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Week Eleven—November 3
Structure, History and Culture—Packing the Car
Structure, History, and Culture—Interstate Highways
Structure, History, and Culture—Electoral College Politics (a)
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Week Twelve—November 10
Felicitous Felinity—Introduction
The Power of Five—Introduction
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Week Thirteen—November 17
Primary Sources—Introduction, e-h (read all four posts, not just the first one)
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