[a] Mapping RL Drawing History and Culture HIST 211 Autumn 2024 Monday-Wednesday (Friday Research) 8:00-9:45 a.m. Robert André LaFleur Office Hours: Morse Ingersoll 206 Tuesday 13:45-15:15 363-2005 Thursday 13:45-15:15 lafleur@beloit.edu ...or by appointment (just send me an email message) Required Books Nabokov, Vladimir. Lectures on Literature *** *** Reading notebook Chicago Manual of Style Guidelines Round and Square (www.robert-lafleur.blogspot.com) The New York Review of Books (NYRB) Readings Available in .pdf Format New York Review of Books essays Reserve Books All books are on library reserve. Course Description xxx Evaluation Quizzes 10% Every Session Mountains Letter 15% Week Five Exam I 10% Week Seven Midterm Assignment 15% Week Ten Exam II 10% Week Fifteen Presentation 10% Week Fifteen Final Essay 30% Finals Week Class attendance and participation is expected. HIST 150 Mountains Autumn 2024 Week I (August 27, 29) See my class attendance and participation policy Tuesday, August 27 xxx, xxx xxx Thursday, August 29 Round and Square Syllabic Cycles: Introduction (a-d) Read all four posts, not just “a.” xxx, xxx xxx *** *** Week II (September 3, 5) See my class attendance and participation policy Tuesday, September 3 Round and Square Quotidian Quizzes:Introduction (a-h) Read all eight posts, not just “a.” (You may skim a-d, but begin reading carefully with post "e," or "5", depending on the link (some are listed a-h and others 1-8; they are the same). The last four are crucial; your grade depends on it). xxx xxxThursday, September 5 xxx xxx Week III (September 10, 12) See my class attendance and participation policy Tuesday, September 10 xxx xxx Thursday, September 12 xxx xxx Week IV (September 17, 19 ) See my class attendance and participation policy Tuesday, September 17 Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus xxx xxx Thursday, September 19 xxx xxx Week V (September 24, 26) See my class attendance and participation policy Tuesday, September 24 Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus xxx xxx Thursday, September 26 xxx xxx Week VI (October 1, 3) See my class attendance and participation policy Tuesday, October 1 LaFleur, Writing, History, and Culture Part One: Writing and Time Part Two: The Writing Process Read carefully and don't dismiss it because "it's too hard" Part Three: Navigating Grammatical Forests Read the individual items and quickly skim the examples Thursday, October 3 xxx xxx *** *** Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus LaFleur, Writing, History, and Culture Part Four: Chicago Cites, Chicago Writes Read carefully Thursday, October 10 xxx xxx Week VIII—Spring Break xxx xxx
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In early Chinese thought, heaven was considered "round" and earth "square." Westerners from St. Anselm to Kant taught that round and square are opposites. I will explore the connections between east and west (round and square) in a blog that takes seriously the little details of our lives. Round and square; east and west—never the twain shall meet (it has been said). Except when they do, and that is the whole point of this blog.
From Round to Square (and back)
For The Emperor's Teacher, scroll down (↓) to "Topics." It's the management book that will rock the world (and break the vase, as you will see). Click or paste the following link for a recent profile of the project: http://magazine.beloit.edu/?story_id=240813&issue_id=240610
A new post appears every day at 12:05* (CDT). There's more, though. Take a look at the right-hand side of the page for over four years of material (2,000 posts and growing) from Seinfeld and country music to every single day of the Chinese lunar calendar...translated. Look here ↓ and explore a little. It will take you all the way down the page...from round to square (and back again).
*Occasionally I will leave a long post up for thirty-six hours, and post a shorter entry at noon the next day.
A new post appears every day at 12:05* (CDT). There's more, though. Take a look at the right-hand side of the page for over four years of material (2,000 posts and growing) from Seinfeld and country music to every single day of the Chinese lunar calendar...translated. Look here ↓ and explore a little. It will take you all the way down the page...from round to square (and back again).
*Occasionally I will leave a long post up for thirty-six hours, and post a shorter entry at noon the next day.
Saturday, June 8, 2024
HIST 211: Drawing History and Culture Syllabus
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