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Readings:
Path 1 |
Details |
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| T, 9-24 |
The Positive Negative
The Bible: Acts 4:32-37, 5:1-11, PDF
Flannery O'Connor's letter to "A" (Betty Hester), Aug. 28, 1955 / 948-51, PDF
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "A Musical Instrument" (1860), PDF
Robert Browning's "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister" (1842), 89-92, PDF
Salvador Dalí's Woman with a Head Full of Roses (1935) |
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| R, 9-26 |
Stumbling Blocks
The Bible: I Corinthians, chps: 1:1 thru 2:16
video: Elements & Principles of Design and "Christ Crucified" (33 min.) [TYPO: I say "immaculate conception" when I should say "Virgin Birth"]
The Bible: Matthew 26:47 - 28:10
The Bible: Luke 22:47 - 24:53
The Bible: John 18:1 - 20:31
Matthias Grünewald's The Crucifixion (1515)
Salvador Dalí's The Spectre of Sex Appeal (1934)
Salvador Dalí's Corpus Hypercubus (1954) |
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| T, 10-1 |
Fierce and Dreamy Both
The Bible: 2 Corinthians 12:1-10
video: artistic modalities w/ graphs (36 min.)
video: Life Is Layered--Part 1: "Dirt, Digging, and Cultural Engagement" (16 min.)
Flannery O'Connor's talk "The Teaching of Literature" (date unidentified) / PDF (print out & bring to class)
Flannery O'Connor's "A Temple of the Holy Ghost" (1954), 197-209
Path 2 grps assigned |
- roundtable discussion; sml grp discuss & report
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| R, 10-3 |
The Way, The Truth, & the Parable [ASYNCHRONOUS CLASS]
The Bible: Matthew 5:33-46
The Bible: John 10:1-21
The Bible: Matthew 20:1-16 & Luke 18:1-8
The Bible: Matthew 18:10-14 & Luke 10:25-37
Musings on Truth, Metaphor, & Parable: Part 1, Part 2 |
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| T, 10-8 |
Not Your Own Hero
The Bible: Matthew 16:24-26
The Bible: Philippians 4:4-9
The Bible: Romans 14:1-23
Flannery O'Connor's "The Church and the Fiction Writer" (1957), 807-12
Flannery O'Connor's "Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction" (1960; 1965), 813-21
Flannery O'Connor's "Good Country People" (1955), 263-84 |
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| R, 10-10 |
Maximum Control [ASYNCHRONOUS CLASS]
The Bible: Psalm 23
The Bible: Luke 12:24-34
watch lecture on Dalí, in pieces: Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6 / Part 7
video: Life Is Layered--Part 2: "The Sensuous Surface" (31 min.)
Salvador Dalí's prose poem "St. Sebastian" (1927)
Salvador Dalí's lecture "The Moral Position of Surrealism" (Mar. 22, 1930)
Salvador Dalí's Apparatus and Hand (1927)
Salvador Dalí's The Great Masturbator (1929)
Salvador Dalí's The Persistence of Memory (1931)
reference the Principles and Elements of Design handout . . . |
Dalí's bio / Part 1 |
| M, 10-14 |
DUE (before screening): Impassioned Plea comment on Dr. M's intro. to First Reformed at Digging in the Dirt [coming soon]
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| M, 10-14 |
Required Screening of Paul Schrader's First Reformed (2017), 1h 48m, at the Palm Theater in SLO (817 Palm St.) / 7:00 p.m.
only look at the content warnings if you're fine with more spoilers than my intro. video provides . . . |
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| T, 10-15 |
Metaphor, Paradox, and Truth
The Bible: Romans 5:1-8,
The Bible: Mark 10:13-16
The Bible: Matthew 13:1-23
The Bible: I Corinthians 7:1-5
C. S. Lewis's The Problem of Pain, only chp. 4 ("Human Wickedness"), pgs. 30-38 at this PDF
Dr. M's intro. to First Reformed (2017), subscribe to my free, non-monetized channel Digging in the Dirt so you're instantly aware when this video drops
Paul Schrader's First Reformed (2017), watch at The Palm the evening of Monday, Oct. 14 / only look at the content warnings if you're okay with lots of spoilers!
film terms handout [students: print out and bring to class--this and all future PDFs] |
- slideshow-directed, interactive lecture
- small group argumentation exercise
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| R, 10-17 |
The Way of Distortion
The Bible: Mark 12:1-12
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "Lord Walter's Wife" (1862), PDF
Robert Browning's "Porphyria's Lover" (1834; 1836, 1842), PDF
C. S. Lewis' "Transposition" (1940) / PDF
The Bible: Genesis 4:1-16; 2 Samuel 11:1-12:25; Job 23 (all), 24 (all), & 31:1-22; Lamentations 3:16-40
Midterm Exam study guide
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| T, 10-22 |
Rousing Arousal
The Bible: Song of Songs, chps. 1-8 (entire book)
CLOSED-BOOK MIDTERM (bring 100-qstn scantron & blue book); essay exam first (50 min.), objective exam second (20-25 min.) |
- roundtable discussion
- exam
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R, 10-24 |
Love & Marriage
The Bible: Ephesians 5:21-33, James 3:3-10
video: the lives of EBB & RB
video: Life Is Layered--Part 3: "Equality & the Disenfranchised" (26 min.)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850), sonnets 7 & 30 / PDF
Robert Browning's "Meeting at Night" (1845) and "Parting at Morning" (1845), PDF
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "The Romaunt of the Page" (1839), PDF [used w/ permission of one of the editors, Dr. Beverly Taylor]
Robert Browning's "A Lover's Quarrel" (c.1853), PDF
TERM PAPER assigned. Path 2 groups sign up for 60-min. PAPER CONFERENCES (to take place Wed., Nov. 6 thru Sat., Nov. 11) |
- slideshow-directed discussion
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| M, 10-28 thru S, 11-2 |
Groups discuss assigned Path 2 short story by Flannery O'Connor during expanded office hours; 30 min. per grp
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| T, 10-29 |
Eyes Wide Shut
The Bible: 1 John 1:1-9
Robert Browning's "Andrea del Sarto" (c.1853; 1855), PDF
Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood (1952), chps. 1-3 |
- slideshow-driven discussion
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R, 10-31 |
Parabolic Drift
The Bible: Luke 15:11-32
video: Flannery O'Connor's life
video: Life Is Layered--Part 4: "Psychological Substance" (24 min.)
Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood (1952), chps. 4-7 |
- sml grp: argumentation exercise
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| M, 11-4 |
Required Screening of John Huston's Wise Blood (1979), 1h 46m, at the Palm Theater in SLO (817 Palm St.) / 7:00 p.m.
only look at the content warnings if you're fine with spoilers |
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| T, 11-5 |
DUE (before Tues. class begins): Impassioned Plea comment on Dr. M's intro. to Wise Blood at Digging in the Dirt [coming soon]
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| T, 11-5 |
Out of Sight
The Bible: Mark 8:22-25
The Bible: Acts 9:1-19
Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood (1952), chps. 8-14 (73 to end)
John Huston's Wise Blood (1979), 1h 46m (available at Kanopy through Cal Poly library) |
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| R, 11-7 |
The Evolution of Ecstasy
The Bible: Ecclesiastes 1-2
video: Life Is Layered--Part 5: "Spiritual Substratum" (34 min.)
Salvador Dalí's essay "Mystical Manifesto" (1951)
Salvador Dalí's My Wife, Nude, Contemplating Her Own Flesh Becoming Stairs, Three Vertebrae of a Column, Sky and Architecture (1945)
Salvador Dalí's The Madonna of Port Lligat (1950-51, 2nd version of the painting, not the 1949 version)
Salvador Dalí's Christ of St. John of the Cross (1951)
Salvador Dalí's The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory(1952-54)
bring: the Principles and Elements of Design handout to class
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- slideshow-driven discussion
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| Sun, 11-10 |
DUE by midnight: Impassioned Plea #3 comment on Dr. M's intro. to your assigned Path 2 film at Digging in the Dirt
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| T, 11-12 |
Personal Accidie
The Bible: Psalm 106:24-26, Psalm 91: 1-15, Revelation 3:14-22
Salvador Dalí's The Endless Enigma (1938)
P. D. James's Children of Men (1992), chps. 1-8
Triangulating Acedia: handout |
- pairs: Mad Libs
- roundtable conversation
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| T, 11-12 thru S, 11-16 |
60-min. Term Paper Outlining Workshop, 1-2 page, single-spaced, detailed outlines (not essays) sent as Word docs via email to Dr. M and path 2 group members before workshop
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| R, 11-14 |
Dark Like Blood
The Bible: Proverbs 1:1-19
P. D. James's Children of Men (1992), chps. 9-16
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- sml grp: argumentation exercise
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| T, 11-19 |
Graceful or Grotesque? Mercy, Justice, & Gender
The Bible: Proverbs 31:10-31
Romance 101: "Shared Visions: More Dance Than Drill"
Romance 101: "Future Forward"
Salvador Dalí's Paranonia (1935-36)
P. D. James's Children of Men (1992), chps. 17-26
bring to class a paper or electronic copy of Dr. M's comments on the Impassioned Pleas |
- sml grp: tableaux vivants & dry-erase drawings
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| R, 11-21 |
Veilings and Unveilings
The Bible: I Corinthians 13:1-13
Romance 101: "Truth That Hurts Can Heal"
Romance 101: "Can I Trust You to Protect Me?"
P. D. James's Children of Men (1992), chps. 27-33
In-Class Peer Editing of Complete Term Paper (20 pts); bring two hard copies (printed out), and send Word .docx to Dr. M via email before class begins |
- format: roundtable discussion
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| F, 11-22 |
TERM PAPER DUE by 11 p.m. on Fri., Nov. 22. Send to Dr. M as Word doc attachment via email. I will grade these after Thanksgiving break. |
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| Nov. 23 - Dec. 1 |
Thanksgiving Holiday
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| T, 12-3 |
Magical Freedoms
The Bible: Genesis 1-3
pre-class video: the life of C. S. Lewis [includes notes about The Problem of Pain, all of which I assigned in an earlier course iteration]
C. S. Lewis' The Magician's Nephew (1955) |
- roundtable discussion
- small group exercise
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| R, 12-5 |
Everything Off Balance
The Bible: Mark 12:28-34 and Matthew 10:32-39
Salvador Dalí's The Temptation of St. Anthony (1946)
Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" (1953), 137-53
Final Exam Study guide shared and discussed
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- discussion
- review session for final exam
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| Thurs., 12-11 |
DUE by midnight: Impassioned Plea comment on Dr. M's discussion of storytelling for children at Digging in the Dirt [coming soon]
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FINAL EXAM: MISCELLANEOUS REVIEW LECTURES [only review if assigned this quarter]
RB's "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" (reading & explication)
EBB's "The Romaunt of the Page" (walk-through reading)
LvT's Dogville & film terms |
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| Finals Week |
FINAL EXAM
sec 03 (class: 12-2 p.m. / TR) / final: Tues., Dec. 10, 1:10-4:00 p.m.
sec 02 (class: 2-4 p.m. / TR) / final: Tues., Dec. 10, 4:10-7:00 p.m. |
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