{"id":278,"date":"2015-08-25T11:06:44","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T11:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/davis\/?page_id=278"},"modified":"2018-08-17T12:38:21","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T12:38:21","slug":"performative-rhetorics-assignments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/davis\/courses\/e-387m-performative-rhetorics\/performative-rhetorics-assignments\/","title":{"rendered":"Performative Rhetorics Assignments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Home<\/a> \/ Course Description <\/a>\/ Texts<\/a> \/ Assignments<\/a> \/ Schedule <\/a>\/\u00a0Resources<\/a><\/p>\n

1) Weekly Reading Posts: Informal notes analyzing\/exploring key issues in the readings on the canvas course site under Discussions. One or two people will be responsible for writing the opening post for each reading, to which others will respond. Opening posts due on the discussion board by the Saturday before the class in which we discuss the text. Substantial responses will be due by Tuesday at noon. Whether you\u2019re responding to a classmate\u2019s post or offering your own read, these \u201csubstantial responses\u201d should offer a real engagement with the material that takes us into the text, using quotes and page numbers, and posing questions and\/or offering reflections on passages or ideas.<\/p>\n

2) Three Summary\/Response Papers: Formal, one-page, single spaced, beautifully polished, and terribly insightful papers that are interested less in opinions than in relationships and that are to be read aloud in class and submitted to the course site before class begins. Margins are optional, but no smaller than 12 point font and no more than one letter-sized page. The first half of each paper should be a very concise but thorough summary of the assigned text. The second half should be your reading of that work \u201cacross\u201d another text we have read in class.\u00a0I am very serious about devoting half of the page to each task.<\/p>\n

Please don\u2019t be fooled; these one-pagers are hard as hell\u2014they demand a higher level of reading\/writing savvy than a traditional essay. Until you get the hang of the process and the style-cramping format, expect to rewrite at least once, maybe more. The grading will be rigorous; excellence will be required. The hope is that when you leave this course, these short, dense papers will offer you a theoretical base for one or more publishable papers and also provide you with some valuable study resources for your third year or comprehensive exams.<\/p>\n

Here are a few S\/R papers from other courses:\u00a0\u00a0Gerdes Paper 1 <\/a>\/ Eric’s Paper 1<\/a><\/p>\n

3)\u00a0One medium-form seminar paper: A 15-ish page, double-spaced paper, in which you accomplish one of the following:<\/p>\n