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American Literature and
      Composition
   4 September 2012
The fact is that censorship always
 defeats its own purpose, for it
  creates, in the end, the kind of
   society that is incapable of
    exercising real discretion.
                 ~Henry Steele
             Commager
“Established, 1790, t0 burn English-influenced books in the
Colonies. First fireman: Benjamin Franklin.

                                  RE-DEFINE,
                                  RE-MODEL,
                                  RE-FORM
Not long ago, American schoolchildren learned a
quaint tale in history class about the nation's first
president. It had to do with a precocious George
Washington cutting down a cherry tree against
his parents' wishes. When confronted by his
angry father, Washington had to decide whether
to lie and avoid punishment or own up to the
offense. As the tale goes, young Washington
replied that he couldn't tell a lie and confessed to
axing the tree.
Revise and Rewrite
Good use                   Not so good
• Correct factual          • Falsify events
  inaccuracies
                           • Falsify rationale for
• Adjust dates based
                             event
  on research
• Offer an additional      • Change history for
  point of view (without     political purposes
  diminishing the actual   • Change history for
  facts of the history.      a particular agenda
Lenses of Revisionism
• Economic                       • Racial
   – Writing history to promote – Writing history to
     one system over another             promote one ethnic
     (e.g. capitalism v                  group over another
     communism)                  • Sexual
• Political                           – Writing history to
   – Writing history in order to         include or promote a
     affect perceptions of               particular gender
     foreign policy, political
     structure, and              When done for the right reasons,
                                 revising history can offer a clearer
     nationalism.                picture of past events. However, it is
                                     easy to abuse the process and create a
                                     “history” that is more fiction than fact.
Life blur

Ray Bradbury would probably
not be surprised at the speed
of 2012. Drivers on cell
phones speed past
pedestrians who have the
right of way-and then curse
the walkers. Family sit down
dinners are more often than
not purchased at a drive
through window and eaten in
the car. Advertisements rely
on size and titillation to
capture attention. Amusement
parks seek to draw in visitors
by promising greater thrills,
faster rides, and more
terrifying drops. Eight
teenagers die every day from
motor vehicle injuries.
Consider the lilies of the field
Consider the lilies of the field
Consider the lilies of the field
Can you focus?
                 pp 78-80
The Definition Paper
• Cite different meanings of X
                           – Clarify uses
Your essay will be a
definition paper       • Contrast X with what it is not
The prompt will come   • Trace the history of X
next time.                 – Origin
                           – Etymology
                           – Context
                       • Restore the original meaning of X
In the                 • Formal meaning of X
meantime,                  – Term,
                           – Class
                           – purpose
WRITE                  • Compose a new definition of X
THIS                       – Establish need
                           – Explain new purpose
DOWN!!!                • Explain a social definition of X
                           – New uses for old words (sick, phat…)
                       • Combine any of the previous
Homework
 •Re-read “The Sieve and the Sand”
 •Research how to write a definition
paper and compile a list of questions.

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  • 1. American Literature and Composition 4 September 2012 The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion. ~Henry Steele Commager
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4. “Established, 1790, t0 burn English-influenced books in the Colonies. First fireman: Benjamin Franklin. RE-DEFINE, RE-MODEL, RE-FORM
  • 5. Not long ago, American schoolchildren learned a quaint tale in history class about the nation's first president. It had to do with a precocious George Washington cutting down a cherry tree against his parents' wishes. When confronted by his angry father, Washington had to decide whether to lie and avoid punishment or own up to the offense. As the tale goes, young Washington replied that he couldn't tell a lie and confessed to axing the tree.
  • 6. Revise and Rewrite Good use Not so good • Correct factual • Falsify events inaccuracies • Falsify rationale for • Adjust dates based event on research • Offer an additional • Change history for point of view (without political purposes diminishing the actual • Change history for facts of the history. a particular agenda
  • 7. Lenses of Revisionism • Economic • Racial – Writing history to promote – Writing history to one system over another promote one ethnic (e.g. capitalism v group over another communism) • Sexual • Political – Writing history to – Writing history in order to include or promote a affect perceptions of particular gender foreign policy, political structure, and When done for the right reasons, revising history can offer a clearer nationalism. picture of past events. However, it is easy to abuse the process and create a “history” that is more fiction than fact.
  • 8. Life blur Ray Bradbury would probably not be surprised at the speed of 2012. Drivers on cell phones speed past pedestrians who have the right of way-and then curse the walkers. Family sit down dinners are more often than not purchased at a drive through window and eaten in the car. Advertisements rely on size and titillation to capture attention. Amusement parks seek to draw in visitors by promising greater thrills, faster rides, and more terrifying drops. Eight teenagers die every day from motor vehicle injuries.
  • 9. Consider the lilies of the field
  • 10. Consider the lilies of the field
  • 11. Consider the lilies of the field
  • 12.
  • 13. Can you focus? pp 78-80
  • 15. • Cite different meanings of X – Clarify uses Your essay will be a definition paper • Contrast X with what it is not The prompt will come • Trace the history of X next time. – Origin – Etymology – Context • Restore the original meaning of X In the • Formal meaning of X meantime, – Term, – Class – purpose WRITE • Compose a new definition of X THIS – Establish need – Explain new purpose DOWN!!! • Explain a social definition of X – New uses for old words (sick, phat…) • Combine any of the previous
  • 16. Homework •Re-read “The Sieve and the Sand” •Research how to write a definition paper and compile a list of questions.

Editor's Notes

  1. http://history.howstuffworks.com/historians/revisionist-history.htm