Assignment Reminder for July Th 16th

Dear Quartet:

Here is the assignment for class today, July 16th, Thursday.

1. Review all of the Becker chapters that we have read so far, pp. 1-294 to answer the following questions in a blog post:

• What does Becker mean by a "linguistics of particularity" (or a "language of particularity") on p. 277?
• How does a linguistics of particularity provide a basis for a "modern philology" (or "new philology") on p. 277?
• How does a new philology based on a linguistics of particularity help us to better understand works of literature?

Please support your answers with quotations from the text with page numbers.

2. Finish reading Watkins, pp. 297-438 and be prepared to discuss chapters in class.

3. Start reading Becker, pp. 297-330. Our reading assignments will be getting shorter now.

4. Keep working on your Dickinson poem words for the term project.

5. Keep working on your creative text for the final exam.