Reading Stephen Browne's Jefferson's Call for Nationhood

Certainly one of the layers of your reading of Browne's book is for information on Jefferson. But our initial discussion will not be about Jefferson but about Browne. Since you will be doing a study much like Browne's we want to understand how he conducts his study, what he does that you admire, and want to emulate and what he does that you want to improve upon.

Introduction

• Does Browne have a thesis for this chapter?
• List Browne's claims in this chapter.
• How does Browne support each major claim he makes?
• Do you see instances of Browne's using biographical research in this chapter? Historical research? Research on the moment? Research on the impact of the speech?
• What things you see Browne doing in this chapter do you wish to emulate?
• Are there things that you dislike about Browne's approach here?

Chapter 1

• What is the thesis of this chapter?
• List Browne's claims in this chapter.
• How does Browne support each major claim he makes?
• Do you see instances of Browne's using biographical research in this chapter? Historical research? Research on the moment? Research on the impact of the speech?
• Do you see evidence of Bitzer's way of framing rhetorical situations in this chapter?
• Do you see arguments that Brockriede would call merely descriptive? Classification? Significant?
• What things you see Browne doing in this chapter do you wish to emulate?
• Are there things that you dislike about Browne's approach in this chapter?

Chapter 2

• What is the thesis of this chapter?
• List Browne's claims in this chapter.
• How does Browne support each major claim he makes?
• Do you see instances of Browne's using biographical research in this chapter? Historical research? Research on the moment? Research on the impact of the speech?
• Do you see evidence of Bitzer's way of framing rhetorical situations in this chapter?
• Do you see arguments that Brockriede would call merely descriptive? Classification? Significant?
• What things you see Browne doing in this chapter do you wish to emulate?
• Are there things that you dislike about Browne's approach in this chapter?
• Select a section of the chapter. Why is the section in the chapter? What purpose does it fulfill? How do you know? What is the thesis of the section? Is the thesis proven?
• Select a paragraph of the chapter that to you is an excellent paragraph? Why is that paragraph there? What work is it doing? How does each sentence function with relationship to that purpose?