Course Schedule
The following schedule offers a provisional plan for all work throughout the semester. We may revise it as needed. PDF readings are available for download at EMU Online (see Doc Sharing).
1.Week of Aug. 31-Sept. 2
We.31 Introductions
In class: Syllabus and Schedule
2.Week of Sept. 5-9
Mo.5 Labor Day - No classes
We.7 How Technology Enframes: A Brief History
Read: Baron, "From Pencils to Pixels" (PDF)
In-class: P1.Elements of Style Remake setup
*DUE: SP#1
3.Week of Sept. 12-16
Mo.12 How Style Enframes: Another Brief History
Read: Crowley and Hawhee, "Style," Ancient Rhetorics for Contemporary Students, pp. 229-263 (PDF)
We.14 The Elements of Style
Project: What is a remake?
Read: Strunk and White, The Elements of Style, Foreword, Introduction, and pp. 1-33.
Read: Any two articles/pieces from EM-Journal issue 1.1 Elements
Mapping Rules and Principles: 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m.
4.Week of Sept. 19-23
Mo.19 The Elements of Style, cont.
Read: Pell, The Marquis de Sade Elements of
Style, selections (PDF)
Read: Elements of Style, pp. 34-85.
We.21 P1 Peer Response Workshop
Bring materials and drafts
In class: Project development
5.Week of Sept. 26-30 (Conferences)
Mo.26 DUE: P1.Elements of Style Remake
In class: P2.Style Analysis Setup
We.28 Characters and Actions
Read: Williams, Style: Toward Clarity and Grace, Preface and pp. 1-43 (PDF)
*DUE: SP#2
6.Week of Oct. 3-7 (Conferences)
Mo.3 Navigating Genres
Read: Dirk, "Navigating Genres" (PDF)
We.5 P2 Peer Response Workshop
Bring materials and drafts
In class: Project development
7.Week of Oct. 10-14 (Conferences)
Mo.10 DUE: P2.Style Analysis
We.12 In class: Midterm Evaluation
Introduce 3.33 Ways
Choosing a nonfiction passage
Project One revision due (see "Add-ons" in syllabus)
Fr.14 DUE: P2.Style Analysis
8.Week of Oct. 17-21
Mo.17 Sentences
Read: Tufte, "Short Sentences," from Artful Sentences: Syntax as
Style (PDF)
*DUE: SP#3
In class: Syntax analysis for style's sake
We.19 Paramedic Method
Read: From Lanham's The Longman Guide to Revising Prose (PDF)
In class: Applying the P-M
9.Week of Oct. 24-28
Mo.24 Oulipo Logic
Read: Selection from Queneau, Exercises in Style (PDF)
Read: Selections from Matt Madden (PDF)
P3: Commit to a non-fiction passage
We.26 Workshop - Writing with Pictures
Read: Selections from Scott McCloud (PDF)
In class: Blaze: Writing with Pictures
*DUE: SP#4
10.Week of Oct. 31-Nov. 4
Mo.31 Typography
Helvetica film (11 a.m. class meets in Halle G07B)
We.2 Imagetext
Read: Wysocki, "Awaywithwords: On the Possibilities in
Unavailable Designs" (PDF)
*DUE: SP#5
Project Two revision due (see "Add-ons" in syllabus)
11.Week of Nov. 7-11
Mo.7 Ignite Series
Read: Selection from Reynolds' Presentation Zen (PDF)
DUE: Draft of P3.3.33 Ways
In class: Ignite Series Overview
Addiction! Staying Afloat in the Age of the Stream (in class)
We.9 Workshop
In class: Project 3 and Presentation Development
12.Week of Nov. 14-18
Mo.14 Ignite Series
In class: Presentation comment-evaluation (11 a.m. class meets in Halle G07B)
We.16 Ignite Series
In class: Presentation comment-evaluation (11 a.m. class meets in Halle G07B)
13.Week of Nov. 21-25
Mo.21 Ignite Series
In class: Presentation comment-evaluation (11 a.m. class meets in Halle G07B)
DUE: P3.3.33 Ways
We.23 Thanksgiving Recess - No classes
14.Week of Nov. 28-Dec. 2
Mo.28 P3.Poster
Assemble design support teams
Poster development
(tutorial)
We.30 P3.Poster
In-class: Selective Review
15.Week of Dec. 5-9
Mo.5 P3.Poster
In-class: Selective Review
We.7 P3.Poster
In-class: Selective Review
16.Week of Dec. 12
Mo. 12
Final exam overview
Poster reviews
DUE: P3.Poster (carry printed copy to class)
17. Week of Dec. 13-19 Finals Week
We.14 DUE: Final Exam
Contact Information
Derek N. Mueller, PhDProfessor
Department of English
Virginia Tech
Office: 315 Shanks Hall
Phone: +1-734-985-0485 (Google voice)
dmueller@vt.edu
http://derekmueller.net/rc/
