Author Archives: sdgibson
Shakespeare and Lebowski
Little know fact: Shakespeare wrote “The Big Lebowski”: http://runleiarun.com/lebowski/.
David Mamet on writing drama
Lots of advice in few words. Read it here.
English 2510: Greenblatt and Smith
Assuming that, as the book suggests, origin stories “posit a general cultural outlook and offer perspectives on what life is and how to understand it” (17), what is the best way to understand life according to John Smith’s narrative of … Continue reading
Logos, Ethos, and Pathos
Logos Ethos Pathos Definition Appeal to reason and logic Projection of the speaker or writer’s character or personal authority Appeal to emotions and values Case study Reasons why you can’t go You can’t go because I say so Weeping so … Continue reading
Julie Myerson on the pleasures of writing
Writing gives me such enormous pleasure, and I’m a much happier (and therefore nicer) person when I’m doing it. There’s a place in my head that I go to when I write and it’s so rich and unexpected – and … Continue reading
Form and desire
[Form is] an arousing and fulfillment of desire. A work has form insofar as one part of it leads a reader to anticipate another part, to be gratified by the sequence. –Kenneth Burke
I will be in class on Monday
Here are your assignments for Friday, 06 Nov 09. 2250 Using the material you wrote and emailed me in class the last time we met, complete exercise one on page 206. Use this, like all the exercises in class, as a … Continue reading
Rhetoric and fiction
English 3510 Our introduction to Hope Leslie suggests that Sedgwick sees her texts as teaching morals: “Nineteenth-century critics endowed literature with both an aesthetic and moral purpose, which accorded with her perspective. Their laudatory recognition of her moral intent gave … Continue reading
The sickness continues
2010 (both sections) Proceed with the peer review we have planned. Be sure to email the completed forms to me as well as the peer whose work you review. The link “logos, ethos, and pathos” under 2010 can help you … Continue reading
I’ve got a sick family
and so I won’t be at school today. 2250 Workshop without me. You don’t need to email the completed forms to me this time. 3510 Keep up with the assigned reading. We’ll talk about the first big chunk … Continue reading
Metaphor by Metaphor 