Schedule and working agenda for Wednesday, February 2, 2000
I. Introduction
II. Read and reflect on David Rothenberg's
Point of View in the Chronicle of Higher Education for August 15, 1997,
p A44
III. Search the Web for references to Aaron Burr to test the questions
of
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how much we can learn
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how reliable what we find is
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how to save the best of what we find
IV. assignment for next week:
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read through chapter 20 of the novel BURR by Gore Vidal, and be prepared
to discuss it in terms of historical questions, style, and any other aspect
of Vidal's writing that you think of interest
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reflect on the question of whether the novelist who writes about an historical
figure should be concerned about the accuracy of what he or she writes