Tuesday, January 26, 2010

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I'm not really [happy as] a lecturer, and things may have gone by pretty swiftly yesterday, so if you want to talk about "sincerity" or "objectification" or "Sincerity and Objectification," here's the place to do it.

9 comments:

  1. OK, it's Wednesday night. Leaders? Assignments? Comments? Or is everyone waiting for the weekend?

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  2. I will post an assignment by this afternoon-- it will either be, or very closely resemble, the suggested reading-- according to what we discussed in class, and what Genna, Katherine, and & have discussed since.

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  3. Sorry guys. We all got this last night probably. I had a late practice.

    For relief--I love the poem on page 80. Sincere, witty and amusing. After reading up to it, I was very pleased with the editor--it emphasized the humorist that was harder to see in Zukofsky while reading him as a dry, dry man.

    On page 97 begins a collection from "12", three pages later on 100 I really enjoyed an excerpt of the excerpt, namely:
    "Heart / With mind quick to love, / Look to the real thing / Unfold it within you / Turned there thru pleasure, / Bound anew."

    Although at points he seems overbearing, I like his way of approaching the subject matter. Also, I think this emphasis on that which is real: the real thing--keeps me committed to his words through ease of images.

    When we read through the area before the Half-dozenth movement I was particularly struck by line 248: "But she has more color in her cheeks than the Angles--Angels--mother,--"

    It particularly reminds me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_QekGnpcPA

    I like the idea more that the Decemberists are thieves, rather than not.

    I also really enjoyed the pieces from Anew (pg 22) particularly "2". It continues to mock the "superiority" of upper class with subtle jabs. In a look, it feels like the compelling loneliness of any house party--but to me it doesn't feel particularly Jewish.

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  4. Heh, Jason, I don't think the Decemberists are talking about Angles (the race -- the first half of Anglo-Saxon) in their lyric! But it would be nice to think of them as closet Zukofsky-readers.

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  6. Jason--

    I've been waiting for people to post on the other-- as in the assigned reading. There's another blog post where the discussion can take place through that specific comment stream.

    Also, the problem remains where I don't have access to the blackboard site as an independent study.


    Re: Your comments-- I haven't yet read that far in the Selected--as it reaches outside this weeks' time period & our assigned reading for the next session, and assigned by leaders (me, Genna, Katherine) as such.

    However, I look forward to your comments on the assigned poems, Scroggins Bio, Zukofsky's Statement, for this week.(See new blog post-- not in the comments stream).

    Thanks!

    ps, I heart the Decemberists.

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  7. So are we discussing the readings pre class online or after class? maybe I am misunderstanding.

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  8. J

    my understanding is that the discussion pre-class is supposed to occur before midnight sunday. although i believe there is also a goal that some conversation will continue post-class--

    the requirement seems to be pre-class in the syllabus, to me.

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