Assignments Weeks 5-7

Week 5 (2/27, 3/1) (Essay One Due 3/1, Short 2 Due 3/8)


For Monday 2/27

From War is a Force: Ch 3 (62-82)
Finish Part One: Man’s Search for Meaning
Assign New Syllabus.

For Wednesday 3/1

Discussion: Review Hedges (Ch 3)
& Discuss Frankl:
How does Frankl find meaning?
What is meaningful?
Lecture (time allowing): Biopolitics and Hiroshima

Week 6 (3/6, 3/8) (Essay 2 Due 3/ 22, Short 3 Due 3/15)

For Monday 3/6

From: War is a Force, CH 4
From: Sontag’s Regarding the Pain…CH 5: Hand-Out
From: “The Beauty of the Battlefield,” Stratis Myrivilis

For Wednesday 3/8


From: “Valkyries Over Iraq” Lawrence Weschler
From: Apocalypse Now (‘Napalm in the Morning’)
Short 3 Assigned (Due 3/15)

Week 7 (3/13, 3/15) (Essay 2 Due 3/22)

For Monday 3/13

From: Slaughter-House Five (CH’s 1, 2, 3)

For Wednesday 3/15

From Slaughter-House Five (CH 4)
Short 3 Due