In preparation for Monday’s class please address the following:

1. Please write 250 words in response to Kafka’s “Before the Law.” Your response should build on the conversation we started in class, and you might choose to pick a concept (law, power, agency, etc) and a character (law, gatekeeper, the man from the country, etc) and consider what the action and/or description of the character reveals about the way your concept functions in the text (ie what does the gatekeeper reveal about the nature of power as framed by the text).

2. Set the constraints and begin your “domestic writing” practice. You might choose to write a sentence per day or a stanza at the start of each of your classes. Or you might put a sheet of paper somewhere–on a cabinet or a mirror, etc–and write something on it each time you pass it. Once you have your constraint, you should maintain your writing practice for a minimum of one week.

3. Pick your focus text(s) and the audience for your final project.

4. Read Beckett’s Endgame in preparation for watching a staged version of the text on Monday. Details to follow.

Please don’t hesitate to be in touch with any questions.