Online position papers are due by email the Thursday after the class meeting. These need not be formal scholarly essays, but should present a scholarly argument related to the course readings. In addition, each student will be responsible for two responses to these position papers. Responses need not be adversarial in nature, but should be informed by the presenter's position, perhaps elaborating on the argument or taking it in another direction. These need be no longer than a couple of paragraphs, and should be informally structured.
Online responses are due by email before the next class meeting.
Online position papers and responses will be posted to the World Wide Web in an interactive web site that will be an ongoing collective project of seminar participants. There will be at least one wordsmith for each class session. This report may be a straightforward set of terms and definitions, a historical analysis of key terms, or a developed argument focusing on issues of vocabulary, language, or translation, which takes as its focus a set of terms and their definitions or explanations. This glossary will be made available on the web. Vocabulary reports should be distributed via email the day they are due.