In this seminar, you will read in depth the major works of one influential author. The readings may include articles as well as books, book chapters, technical reports, and electronic publications. Whatever the mix, the overall scope of the written work should be equivalent to the reading assigned in your other three credit doctoral seminars.
Rather than ask you to write the traditional term paper, you will have a series of short tasks to do in order to demonstrate your in-depth knowledge of your author’s scholarship.
For the first class (Wednesday, January 4)
Do an internet search to learn more about your author. In two or three pages, summarize the biographical information you retrieved, and emphasize the information that sheds light on his/her scholarship.
For the second class (Thursday, January 19)
- Write a concise (two or three page) review of ONE article or book. Bring copies for the entire class.
- Take careful notes on the article or book you reviewed. Turn in one copy of those notes. Explain at the end of the notes the strategy you used for your notetaking.
For the third class (Wed or Thurs, February 2/3), email or give Prof Hampel #4 and #6 by noon of previous day, and bring #5 with you to class.
- For a different book or article, find a review in a journal or on the web. In two or three pages, explain why you agree or disagree with the reviewer (turn in a copy of the review along with your paper)
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Xerox several pages from one of the articles/books you read. In two or three pages, explain why this excerpt is representative of his/her work. That is, why would you recognize this as your author’s work even if you hadn’t known s/he wrote it? This question gets at the larger issue of craftsmanship—what is your author’s distinctive way of writing and reasoning?
Note: If there is another task that would be particularly valuable for you, let me know and we’ll see if a substitution can be made. |
