Princess Bride

Class,

Remember, we will be watching The Princess Bride in class this week, so try to arrive a little earlier than usual. We can start the film around 12:45, so fifteen minutes early should be fine. Now, we've discussed literature and rhetoric for most of this class, and I want to see if you consider film to be literary, and if so, are they using any specific rhetorical moves? A couple of things to consider with this particular film: Does this film follow the Hero's Journey? If so, how? Which elements do they leave out? Second: Do fairy tales have any merit? Or should we stop telling them and focus more on realistic stories?

Feel free to bring in any movie candy you like. I have some popcorn. :)

TSI Practice

Class, tomorrow in class, we will spend 50 minutes working on a practice TSI essay. You will need paper and a pen/pencil for this. For those of you that prefer to type yours, you may do so if you bring in a laptop and email me a copy of your essay. I will give you the prompt in class tomorrow, plus some tips on writing for the TSI.

You will also need to bring in your research paper assignment from last week (it's here on the blog if you forgot). We will work on this the last half hour of class.