Woolf Online: Time PassesIn Class: September 27, 2017
Today we will investigate Woolf's composition of the "Time Passes" section of To The Lighthouse using Woolf Online. How does the appearance of Woolf's drafts alter your sense of their contents? Working in pairs, select at least one quotation in the novel to consider in draft and in the final version. How do they differ? What do their differences teach us about Woolf's creative process? How does Woolf revise the portion you selected or this section of the novel in general? You might consider selecting a quotation or moment related to the theme, word, or topic you are tracing through the novel. Collect your notes in a Google Doc and we will share our responses.
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Leslie Stephen's Photograph AlbumVirginia Woolf had her father’s photograph album with her while writing To the Lighthouse. This photograph album, now housed at Smith College, has been digitized and is available here. These images may have inspired Woolf's artistic choices. But elements of the creative process are also unknown to the author and readers can draw connections that only they can see. Working in pairs, analyze one photograph alongside a quotation from To the Lighthouse. How does the image shed light on passage you have selected and vice versa? You will share your findings with the class. For further exploration, check out Jane de Gay's consideration of Leslie Stephen's Photograph Album in her book Virginia Woolf's Novels and the Literary Past. Language of The LighthouseIn the only recording that remains of Woolf's voice, she discusses the significance of words. Select one word or phrase and write about its relationship to the passage from which it comes and the first third of "The Window."
Some questions you might consider (you need not address them all) include: How would the passage differ if Woolf had used different language? What is the tone of your word? What role does its sound have? How is your word related to themes and topics in the novel, such as family, time, and art? How does Woolf's discussion of words alter your sense of her words? We will share our responses. Advertising Rhetoric Spend 25-30 minutes writing a paragraph analyzing the role of logos, ethos, pathos, or kairos in at least one of the NYIT advertisements we discussed last time. Your paragraph should resemble the form of a paragraph on page 164 of Understanding Rhetoric. Compose your paragraph in a Google Document. Exchange responses with a classmate, sharing your Google Docs with each other. Compose a 250 word response to your classmate’s writing. Address their strengths, weaknesses, and aspects they could consider in the future. After discussing you findings, share your document with the instructor. Interpreting NYIT Advertisements
Working in small groups, select at least one NYIT advertisement here and use the Questions for Rhetorical Analysis at the end of Issue One of Understanding Rhetoric to interpret the visual arguments it makes and their significance. After 15-20 minutes you will introduce the class to the arguments that your commercial makes and the connection you made to Understanding Rhetoric. |
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