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December 27, 2004

Assignment for March 10

Please note: our meeting place will return to 020 HBC today and henceforth.

To prepare for class,


  1. If you've read The Order of Things, bring your copy to class.
  2. Review notes, etc., from any previous encounters you've had with the work of Giambattista Vico, and we'll have a chat about him in class, pooling our information.
  3. Read Certeau, The Writing of History, translator's introduction + introduction (vii-16): Becky will summarize and lead class discussion
  4. Read Connors Ch. 5: Becky will summarize and lead class discussion
  5. Read White Ch. 11: Carolyn will summarize and lead class discussion

By March 14, Post (or email) annotated bibliography and/or research notes

In class,


  1. Discuss assigned texts. Regarding Certeau, I'd like to pay particular attention to the term figuration (see, for example, p. ix), which appears in both Certeau and White and which constitutes a key term in poststructural historiography.
  2. Discuss the work of Giambattista Vico (Vico Day, at last!)
  3. Discuss the work of Michel Foucault

Posted by senioritis at December 27, 2004 10:18 AM

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