10 October 2005
if ("due_dates" != syllabus) { ?>if ("due_dates" == "class topics") echo "Today's Topic: "; if ("due_dates" == "readings") echo "Assigned Text: "; if ("due_dates" == "news") echo "News: "; if ("due_dates" == "in-class activity") echo "In-class Activity"; ?>Ex 1-3: Pro/Con
Length: 3p. Choose a good thesis -- one that asks an intellectualy complex question about one or more of the plays we have studied. Perform a close reading that assesses evidence both in favor of and against your thesis. (Rescheduled from 07 Oct.)
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if ("readings" == "class topics") echo "Today's Topic: "; if ("readings" == "readings") echo "Assigned Text: "; if ("readings" == "news") echo "News: "; if ("readings" == "in-class activity") echo "In-class Activity"; ?>Marlowe, Faustus (to end of Act II)
This is the "B" text of Christopher Marlowe's Faustus.
The story is based on the legend of a man whose thirst for knowledge leads him to sell his soul to the devil. In some ways, Fausuts is a kind of "mad scientist."
The text we will be looking at is from Tufts, and was edited by Hilary Binda.
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