Author: ProfKersh

In class: Modeling Constellated Discourses

Groups:

  • Consciousness & Bodies : “Crisis of Faith” and “The Age of Self-Scrutiny”
  • Empire & Law: “Age of Empire” and “Politics and Class”
  • Science & New Ideas: “Role of Art in Society” and “Age of Energy and Invention”
  • Narrative & Culture: “Age of Reading” and Age of Self Scrutiny”
  • Women & Sexuality: “Victoria and the Victorians” and “The Woman Question”

Part I: Skim the sections for your group.  Then, as a group point to passages from the text that you read differently in light of your section and talk about why you read them differently. (have at least 2-3)

Part II: Pair with another group and share your findings.  Then, work to think about what kinds of readings we discover when we work at the intersection of your two groups.  In other words, what is a reading you can do with this constellation?

Homework for Monday: Read the rest of the packet and come ready to talk about passages from the novel as seen through the lens of constellation (aka interconnections, matrices, overlaps, etc.).