readings for Wednesday / Thursday

Check out this article for our class on Wednesday 29 October (11-2) / Thursday 30 October (11-1).

For homework, write down one quotation from the text you think is interesting, infuriating, challenging, rewarding, exciting, etc. Bring this to class on the notecards I will give you in class.

1984 text / audio

Hi everyone,

We'll start reading George Orwell's 1984 (1948) this week.

Here is the full text of the book, in Microsoft Word doc form.

Here is a free audio version of the book -- not the best voice recordings, but it's FREE! Please use this if hearing something aloud helps your comprehension.

Also, if you want a hard copy of the book, here is it is on flipkart for Rs. 80. It delivers quickly.

Get excited about entering a whole new world, very different from the one in Atonement. Dystopia, here we come!!

Further reading on EMOTION / CREDIBILITY

Here are two more chapters from that Everything's an Argument book-- one on pathos and one on ethos. Feel free to read through these if you want to gain a deeper understanding of those appeals...

Further reading on LOGIC

As I mentioned, you can check out the chapter on LOGIC from Everything's An Argument here. It's about 20 pages long and goes into much greater detail than my "mini-lecture." This is optional reading, but helpful if you want a more nuanced understanding of the concepts.

Here's the powerpoint from class, as well...