Keep thinking about Dictee and how it incorporates ideas from some of our other readings, how you can think about it in terms of your own writing, work, educational and intellectual endeavors, etc., and how it may be useful for thinking, at least in part, about the relationship between writing, identity, and the world.
Today (Wed) we are doing the first of the presentations of outside texts. Think of this as a time to listen and learn more about the variety of kinds of texts that are out there in the world today. Think about the relationship between form and content particularly in texts that transcend or exceed genre in some way: what kinds of things do you notice in terms of formal and structural issues and strategies, and what do you notice about how and what kinds of content are used in the various texts. Think about your own writing and creative practices and how you can challenge yourself to go beyond your comfort zone, to try some different approaches and strategies in the construction of your next project, how you can think beyond your own conceptions of what genre is and what it can be. Consider engaging with the presenters of the outside texts by asking questions and helping all of us work through some thoughtful ideas and responses to these various kinds of work.
For Monday: read DuPlessis and Halberstam (on EMU Online) and write a 1-2 page creative response to one or both of the texts. The what and how of the response is up to you, be creative. Print and bring this with you to class.
Also start working on, thinking about your creative project 2. This will be similar to the first project but will be longer and may ask you to incorporate some specific practices or strategies that come out of some of the things we have talked about. Still it will be wide open to interpretation and construction based on your creative interests
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