Assigned Reading for the Seminar


Below is a table indicating reading assignments.  We hope that everyone has to time to read all six pieces of criticism and welcome full discussion by everyone on each piece of criticism.  But we ask that you concentrate on those indicated below.


Burke, "Antony on Behalf of the Play" Burke,  "Toward Helhaven," Miller, "Southern Progressivism and William Louis Poteat's Eugenic Rhetoric." .doc .pdf
Weiss, ""Kenneth Burke on Motion and Action: The Problem of Dualism" .doc .pdf
Foley, "Form and Desire: O.J. Simpson and the Trajectory of Colorblind Racism." .doc .pdf
Foster, "Protest as Civic Engagement: Initial Steps towards a Theory of Dramatistic Democracy" .doc  .pdf
Jean Miller






Megan Foley





Derek Foster





Katherine Tanski





Jessica Sheffield





Matthew Weiss 





John Thompson






John Schedel





John Dowd 






Amy Clemons





Nathan Claes





Leila Brammer





Meryl Carlson






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