| Purpose |
As
in Papers 1 & 2, the purpose of this assignment is to give
you the chance to focus on a specific issue, problem, term, or
question from one or more of our readings, now for the readings
throughout the quarter, including your reading report material.
NOW
you may extend your material beyond our readings if you so choose,
by imagining, for example, what Heidegger might do when called
by a poem by, say, Wallace Stevens or Robert Duncan. Remember,
however, to keep a Heideggerian focus.
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| Format |
The
question: that is Heidegger's particular mode of composition.
So
your job, likewise, is to work through the question, asking things
such as "What, for Heidegger, is language?" or "What
is Derrida's point in his reading of Heidegger?" or "How
does Spanos's conception of a Heideggerian poetics square with Heidegger's
writings after Being and Time?"
Now
you may give your own answers, but still according to the way you
think he (or Derrida or Spanos or Bruns, etc.)
might have answered your question. |
| Requirements |
Length:
15-20 pages. Now quality and quantity are both important.
Engagement:
You want to show that you are engaged, that you are really trying
to figure out what Heidegger is saying. I will be looking more for
the sincerity of your questioning than for the accuracy of your
understanding of the readings (although that is nice, too). For
now it is more important to try hard than to be right (unless, of
course, you make claims that just cannot be supported by or completely
contradict the writings). |
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