English 2150

ENGL 2150 Class Notes. 11 13 2012

ENGL 2150 Proofreading Summaries. Revision handout.

Notes on Camus. Baruch 2150 Class. 1162012 Tues.

Malcolm Gladwell – Outliers

(Post your summary — 50 word minimum — of Albert Camus’ essay in the comments section; read only the “10,000 Hour Rule” section of the Malcolm Gladwell text.)

[Our list of the worst punishments from last Thursday’s (10/18) class . . . ]

Here are some proper places, in addition to the Baruch College Library website to do research (finding statistics or professional opinions to back up your creative arguments):

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/

http://www.npr.org/

http://monocle.com/

http://scholar.google.com/ (This can help find scholarly articles that you can then access through the Baruch library.)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/  (This will help with formulas for, both, in-text citation and the works cited page.)

*** Please keep in mind that you will need AT LEAST one source for each page of the essay AND those sources will need to be varied between these formats — books, news and magazine articles, scholarly essays/articles from academic databases like EBSCO, JSTOR and MUSE, films, interviews, artwork (like MoMA’s website, etc.). ***

Download/Print/Read this:  Albert Camus – An Absurd Reasoning

Class Notes:  Class Notes. Baruch 2150. Fall 2012

** Please revise and post your creative argument’s full introduction (with thesis) below. **

Albert Camus – The Myth of Sisyphus

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(( Post your revised creative argument statement — the object and its abstraction — in the comments field below. ))

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On Thursday, you will need to bring a double-spaced and typed presentation of your creative argument. As well, please finish (completely) reading both Kwame Appiah texts as there may be a reading quiz on Thursday, 10/11.

Please post five observations and/or questions from your reading (Appiah’s Cosmopolitanism) in the comments field below. This is due, below, by Tuesday, 10/9/2012 at 5:30pm.

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Kwame Appiah – Cosmopolitanism

Kwame Appiah – The Ethics of Identity

You should ONLY read the final section, entitled, “Rooted Cosmopolitanism” which goes from pages 213(230) to pages 272(289). We will spend a week and a half or so on this text so begin reading it as soon as you can. Think of the ideas and practices of Diogenes, etc, and how cynicism ties in with Appiah’s argument(s).

Post your in-class writing about the axiology of your favorite physical object(s) in the comments field, below.

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