tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425514987715337437.post8673095206913325955..comments2024-03-26T22:47:45.276-07:00Comments on Intro to Critical Reading: Final Project ProposalAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425514987715337437.post-21257261077618263252012-04-13T18:08:11.245-07:002012-04-13T18:08:11.245-07:00Very good. Go do it.
No, really. I could probab...Very good. Go do it.<br /><br />No, really. I could probably nitpick at it if I wanted to, and I certainly think there will be challenges in the process of relating Marcuse to Ellison - but you've already done promising work in that area, and further difficulties will arise in the details of your readings - I don't see any problems at the high level.<br /><br />I agree with Colleen that one interesting line of argument would include a biographical element - but I don't think it's necessary, either.<br /><br />Good job. I really don't have any problem with this approach at all - I look forward to reading it.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5425514987715337437.post-71082129138799486102012-04-13T11:00:55.474-07:002012-04-13T11:00:55.474-07:00I think that your topic is very interesting and a ...I think that your topic is very interesting and a good way to bring the two texts together. I think that it's probably a good choice to stick with two main texts for your focus. I'm not familiar with the essays that you're using but I think that it's a good idea to use an essay to help make some passages by Marcuse more clear. I'm curious in your argument if you're going to focus on the narrator in Invisible Man or if you are going to include other characters - saying that everyone is part of the charade, oblivious to a corrupt institution. I think it's fine if you're just going to focus on the narrator but you may need ot mention it to show if the narrator -transcends if that's what you're saying, this institution by the end. Also, I'm just personally curious if at the end you're going to place meaning on the fact that the narrator is then aware of the corruption and his place in society - like Marcuse or readers of Marcuse. Does this make things better or worse because they still have to function in society, even though it is corrupt - sorry, I may be rambling a bit, but I guess I'm wondering if you'll include the significance of this and I'm personally curious as to what you think that is.<br /><br />Additionally, you mention the timing of the texts, and I think that would be an interesting thing to consider if you wanted to in your paper. I'm curious about the exact dates of the publications and the history of the authors - not something that I think you have to include but if you wanted to bring the focus that way I think you could. Anyways, I think you have a lot of good materical and I think it'll be a strong final paper.Colleen Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04082233159912327915noreply@blogger.com