This area, here, is the space for commentary. Apart fom this present post, everything in the “WEEKLY COMMENTARY” area is password-protected and accessible only to students in this course. I hope this enables free comment and the progressive building of a community of readers in our course.<\/p>\n
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Welcome to the world of post-Medieval commentary.<\/p>\n
Here is a Who’s Who of the course participants: Thursday Liberal Arts groups<\/a><\/p>\n By the end of the week:<\/p>\n NB: You are of course at liberty to write more, and more frequently, and to add further comments. Whether you prefer to wax eloquent or to be aphoristic is a matter of personal style.<\/p>\n GRADING<\/strong><\/p>\n The above is the minimum required: simply make your weekly contributions, with at least some content–it needn’t be profound or stellar–and you’re guaranteed at least a B for this portion of the course.<\/p>\n At the end of the course (week 13), I’ll ask you to choose what you consider to be your ten best posts. These will then become your portfolio = 10% of your final grade.<\/p>\n HOW TO WRITE YOUR BLOG COMMENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n RULES AND LIMITS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
\nand the space for your comments, questions, further discussion;
\nthese commentary-parts of this site are password-protected and only accessible to the class<\/li>\n\n
\n\u2014Comments can be as simple or complex as you like,
\n\u2014any length (though they tend to be around a paragraph long on average),
\n\u2014in any form or style (so long as it’s coherent and comprehensible),
\n\u2014and pertaining to any aspect of or angle on the reading.<\/li>\n
\n\u2014comment
\n\u2014comment on an earlier comment, thus starting a conversation \/ discussion-thread
\n\u2014or comment on a comment on an earlier comment
\n\u2014etc.: this section of the course site allows for nested comment-threads…<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\n– you may use your own real name,
\n– or a pseudonym,
\n– and you may also change your online identity from comment to comment (ex. adopting different personae<\/em> and different points of view)
\n– BUT<\/span>: YOU MAY NOT BE ANONYMOUS!
\nIf you decide to be pseudonymous, please tell O’Brien what pseudonym(s) you are using so that she can attribute marks for comments accordingly. You may choose to reveal your online identity to your fellow-students (ex. in the Thursday discussions) or not: this is an individual matter.<\/li>\n
\n– you may use your UBC email address,
\n– or any other non-UBC email
\n– or indeed create a new email account\u2014gmail, hotmail, yahoo, etc.\u2014specifically for online-identity purposes<\/li>\n
\n– write your two questions and comment in here.<\/li>\n\n
\nNote: unlike real life and the law, however, ignorance is <\/em>a defence (and is often expected: this is after all a course).<\/li>\n
\nNote: in rhetoric\u2014a.k.a. the art of argument and persuasion\u2014ad hominem <\/em>is an informal fallacy\u2014a.k.a. “fail.”<\/li>\n