Monthly Archives: October 2015

Assignment_2

Please post your close readings here! I am really looking forward to reading these! (400 words )

Post here!

1. Think of two different writing situations you have found your- self in. What did you need to do the same in those two situations to place your writing appropriately? What did you need to do differently? 
2. Think of a writing assignment that you will need to complete this semester. Who’s your audience? What’s the occasion or context? What’s your message? What’s your purpose? What documents/genres are used? How does all that compare to the writing you are doing in this class?

Please Answer Both Questions in your response.

Questions you may choose to guide you in this week’s blog response:

• What kind of relationship do Baudelaire and Poe create between individual and city? How is this related to Benjamin’s ideas about the work of art?
• Examine or close read a quote from one of the texts. Why was this quote a space of tension for you in the text?
• Can you give an example of the Work of Art in our day and age and its (your example) Mechanical Reproducibility?

Please post your response as a comment to this initial post !