Academic Seminar Agenda for Today
In today's session, we will discuss homework details, return quizzes, offer extra credit opportunities, and analyze Swift's satirical targets. We'll review key aspects of Part 4 of GT, examine key passages in groups 5-8, and explore the contrast between Addison's "Royal Exchange" and GT Chapter 6. Additionally, we'll delve into Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock" and prepare response questions for the midterm.
Academic Seminar Agenda for Today
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Presentation Transcript
Today’s Agenda • Explain homework. Return Quizzes. Mention extra credit. • Pass around sign-up sheet for Presentations • Reminder: Swift, an irreverent conservative, whose main targets are pride and greed. • Go over highlights of Part 4 of GT. • Groups 5-8 • continue highlighting key passages. • Note how Addison’s Whigish“Royal Exchange” contrasts with Ch 6 in GT • Highlight key quotations about Swift
Homework for next class • Read Alexander Pope (pp. 2493-96): The Rape of the Lock (pp. 2513-32). • Do the Response Question on Pope • (to be submitted at the midterm)