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On this date in Round and Square History19 January 2016—Round and Square Syllabus 2016
19 January 2016—China's Lunar Calendar 2016 01-19
19 January 2015—Accidental Ethnographer Syllabus 2015
19 January 2015—China's Lunar Calendar 2015 01-19
19 January 2014—China's Lunar Calendar 2014 01-19
19 January 2013—Channeling Liam: Bike Seat Height
19 January 2012—Prairie Ethnography: The Thousand Ask Question
19 January 2011—Celebrity Commentary Resource Center
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All Classes
Spring 2018
Robert André LaFleur Office Hours:
Morse Ingersoll 206 Tuesday 3:00-5:00
363-2005 ...or by appointment
lafleur@beloit.edu 363-2005 ...or by appointment
We will be reading the January 18, 2018 issue of the New York Review of Books
this semester. Each week's reading is REQUIRED, and you need to bring your
own copy of the NYRB to class for each meeting.
Available behind the sales counter at Turtle Creek Bookstore
Just ask; they know all about it
Week One
(No class meeting this week)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's readingRead all front matter (cover, inside-cover advertisement, table of contents, contributors).
Skim all back matter (letters, advertisements, even the personals; who is an NYRB reader?)...
Week Two
(30 January)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading Martin Filler. Between Nouveau and Deco, 9-12.
Week Three
(6 February)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading(6 February)
Thomas Powers. The Nuclear Worrier, 13-15.
Week Four
(13 February)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's readingAdam Kirsch. Classical Cancan, 16-18.
Week Five
(20 February)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading(20 February)
Raja Shehadeh. This Land is Our Land, 19-21.
Week Six
(27 February)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading(27 February)
Geoffrey Wheatcroft. A Star is Born, 22-23
Week Seven
(6 March)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's readingAndrew Butterfield. Divine Lust, 27-28.
Week Nine
(20 March)
No reading this week (Exam I)
Week Ten
(27 March)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading Emily Wilson. A Doggish Translation, 34-36.
Week Eleven
(3 April)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading
Ruth Franklin. The Decisive Moment, 41-42.
Ruth Franklin. The Decisive Moment, 41-42.
Week Twelve
(10 April)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading Antony Beevor. The Unmentionable Season of Death, 43-44
Week Thirteen
(17 April)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's readingAlan Ryan. An Anglo-Irish Cicero, 45-47.
Week Fourteen
(24 April)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's readingRuth Franklin. The Decisive Moment, 41-42.
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