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Stay updated on Turnitin feedback, homework details, extra credit possibilities. Attend Benson Deng's talk, poetry slam, quiz review, and presentations covering historical and literary figures. Homework includes reading Bacon and Milton text. Prepare for upcoming class presentations on Bacon and Milton biographies.
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Today’s Agenda: • Collect Essay 2. --How did turnitin.com go? Problems? Questions? • Mention homework • Extra credit possibilities • Benson Deng, a “Lost Boy” from Sudan, Thurs, Nov 18, 7pm, MJC Auditorium, East. • Slam on Rye, poetry slam, Weds night, Nov 17th. • Quiz Today: It’s on these pages: 1235-36, 1242-43, 1254-55 and on anything emphasized last class, especially striking images from Donne’s poems. Presentations: • Jillian Kraut: Charles I, Cromwell, the Interregnum, and the Restoration • Reeta Chand: George Herbert • Go over early-mid 17th C poetry & politics; • PowerPoint/Group Work, depending on time • Distribute Grade Checks
Homework: Read Sir Francis Bacon (pp. 1550-51): “Of Superstition” (pp. 1556-57), NovumOrganum(pp. 1565-69); John Milton (pp. 1785-89): Areopagitica (pp. 1816-25), “How Soon Hath Time” (p. 1826), “When I Consider How My Light Is Spent” (p. 1828). Presentations Next Class: • Justin Fair: Bacon’s biography • Miriam Uc: Milton’s biography