- You people don't eat wings? The senior English majors in Later C18 Lit (427) had lots of suggestions. So did the folks in Intro to Fiction (109). I'm not sure what to make of the silence from my (ahem) Enlightenment class.
- In case you were wondering, good wings are, apparently, to be found at Buffalo Wild Wings, Hooters, Farren's, Black Dog, Brothers, Applebees (half price after 9:30), and Gumby's. But the Intro to Fiction class mostly recommended BWW. Then again, according to a 2-year old Buzz review of CU wings, which someone in Later C18 Lit helpfully linked to, BWW isn't that good. So now you know. (Me, wings have always seemed like a lot of work relative to the payoff. I'll have a brisket sandwich with extra sauce and sweet potato fries at Black Dog or a cheeseburger at Farren's--and leave the wings for someone else.)
- As I announced in class today, we'll finish up Candide on Friday; Monday we'll review the semester and I'll pass out the exam questions. Wednesday, we'll discuss the reading that will appear on the exam.
- I misspoke in class. The exam will have three questions: one requiring you to make sense of some Enlightenment-era text you haven't seen before, one inviting you to think broadly about the semester's reading as a whole, and (this is the part I forgot) a question on Candide.
- As some of you have noticed, there's an Exploration Assignment listed on the syllabus that never got assigned. It won't be. You all have had plenty to do this semester as it is. Instead I'll just give everyone the 10 points.
- SO, here's the bloggy question for credit: How should the exam prompt your best thinking about Candide? Propose a good exam question. It should elicit 2 - 3 pages of double-spaced interpretive writing, be only answerable by someone who has read the text attentively and paid attention to the issues raised in class, and demonstrate the skills one has mastered over the course of the semester.
Deadline: Friday (4/29), start of class.
10 comments:
Connecting Candide back to the travel narratives seems like a solid way to end the semester.
And now I want Black Dog.
I think connecting Candide to Kant would be worthwhile as well, since both are related to experiences and discourses.
Is picking meat off of a nearly meatless piece of chicken that has been coated with a sauce that leaves your taste buds numb enlightened?
I think we could write about Pangloss and Martin’s outlooks of life and connect their views to the other main authors that we have studied this semester. We could have to classify the other main authors as being more similar to Pangloss or Martin in relation to their outlooks.
Throughout the semester we have read works in which the authors or characters search from some type of knowledge, and in our third papers, we discussed the objects of knowledge. Interesting analysis can be made about the way knowledge and limits of human understanding are portrayed in Candide and a previous work we have read. What things can humans know and what benefits, if any, do they receive from this knowledge?
First of all, BWW 18 boneless honey BBQ with ranch and a cherry coke is so good its like when Beauplaisir found out he wasn't going to be held responsible for his illegitimate child, it's simply an unexplainably good feeling.
Second, the exam question should definitely connect to a previous reading or two. We should relate Candide to another character and maybe discuss the Enlightenment characteristics in consistency with another character and how their ideals are similar are different.
OK, Chad Bob, you almost had me convinced about BWW. Then you mentioned Beauplaisir and suddenly I felt a little nauseous.
What elemenets of an Enlightenment-era piece does Candide contain?
We could write a comparison/contrast analysis on two characters' philosophies in Candide.
Also, for any non-carnivores out there, if you haven't had these, you're missing out:
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First, regarding the question for the exam, I'd like to see a comparison/contrast between Martin and Pangloss's outlook on life, while also taking into consideration Voltaire's commentary on the limits of human understanding. I think it's a good combo of some of the previously posted ideas.
On to the wings: My suggestion would be to grab a buffalo chicken slider + wings at Seven Saints. (with a side of the greatest cheese curds of all time). The sliders at Seven Saints are unbelievably good, and the buffalo chicken one has more meat than wings, HOWEVER, they hand-bread their own wings and have great Habanero sauce.
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