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History of the Book WRIT.4720

History of the Book WRIT.4720

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  • Learning Objectives and Evaluation
  • Syllabi
    • First Term Lectures and Readings
      • The Swerve
      • A Collage of student answers on reading and writing
      • What is writing, a text, a book, print culture?
      • We love the History of the Book!
      • What is the History of the Book?
        • New Historicism
      • Thomas R. Adams and Nicolas Barker “A New Model for the Study of the Book”
      • Adams and Barker 1993
      • Bibliography
      • The Communication Circuit and Rigaud’s Book’s Business
      • Congreve’s woes
      • Ephemera and Periodicals
      • From Homo loquens to Homo scriptor
      • Old World Civilizations
      • Proto-writing: cave paintings
      • The Middle Ages
      • Ancient Scripts
      • Early writing: The Pictograph, Phonogram & Rebus
      • The Middle Ages
      • Visit to Fisher Rare Books Library
    • Second Term Lectures and Readings
      • Folktales and Fairy tales
      • Traditional Fairytales and Harry Potter
      • The Advent of Print
      • The Renaissance (1400-1560)
      • Grimoires & Magic Books Magic & Ancient Society
      • Oral (Tribal), Scribal, and Typographical Cultures
      • The Enlightenment
      • L’Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers
      • The Author
      • Barthes & Foucault Summary
      • Authors, Texts, and Readers
      • Fiction & the Imagination: Great Characters & their Power
      • TATTOOS: THE BODY AS A BOOK
      • The Book as an Object and a Work of Art
      • Last visit to Fisher Rare Books Library
      • Censorship and Obscenity
  • Assignments
    • Quizzes
    • Personal Statement
    • Early Writing in the World
      • Group Presentation Guidelines
    • Proposal (Book Quest: Part I)
      • Books for the Quest
      • Research
      • Questions to ponder
    • Tests
    • Essay (Book Quest Part II)
      • MLA format
      • Quoting
    • Seminar
      • Possible Topics for Seminar
      • Seminar Guidelines
  • Readings
    • First Term Readings
    • Second Term Readings
    • Many scripts but only one alphabet

Assignments

Written Assignments
Quizzes
Personal Statement
End-of-term Tests
The Book Quest: Part I. Essay proposal & bibliography
The Book Quest: Part II. Essay

Class Presentations
Round table: Early Writing in the World
(Group Presentation Guidelines)
Seminar

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