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English 4/533
Henri’s questions on Adams and Barker for September 9
1.Adams and Barker propose a model for the study of the book different from the one suggested by Darnton. What are the differences between the two models? Are there any similarities? Is one more valid or potentially productive than the other?
2.Adams and Barker write that the study of books should be recognized as important, but like many “new” disciplines, “it does not fit into a conventional academic framework. It does not apply a specific discipline (such as history or physics) to all events, but all disciplines to specific events, in this case books” (7). Does this statement imply that one model cannot serve all the needs of this interdisciplinary field?
3.What is Adams and Barker’s agenda in this article?
Kurt Kennedy
#1) Consider the institution of the "reading club" introduced on page 169 of Darnton's essay, "First Steps Toward a History of Reading." What kinds of factors/trends caused institutions such as this to arise(amount of people taking part in literacy, socio-economics, etc.)? What implications does this institution have on the view of literacy practice at that time? What does this institution suggest, directly or inadvertantly, about the roles of 'reader' & 'writer'? Does this examination of the roles of reader & writer, in the context of the "reading club," have any bearing on the content of the texts at that time?
#2)"Procuring Books and Consuming Texts," by Stephen Colclough is a study of the diary transcriptions of Joseph Hunter. Hunter's diary is a record of his active history with literacy. How did his involvement with a reading community contribute to his overall literacy practice? What were other "literacy" communities he was a part of? How did they affect his literacy practice? In what ways did he practice literacy more privately? How did this affect his reading practices? In what ways did the interaction of his private & communal literacy practices add value to his continued involvement with literacy in general?
Kurt Kennedy
#1) Consider the institution of the "reading club" introduced on page 169 of Darnton's essay, "First Steps Toward a History of Reading." What kinds of factors/trends caused institutions such as this to arise(amount of people taking part in literacy, socio-economics, etc.)? What implications does this institution have on the view of literacy practice at that time? What does this institution suggest, directly or inadvertantly, about the roles of 'reader' & 'writer'? Does this examination of the roles of reader & writer, in the context of the "reading club," have any bearing on the content of the texts at that time?
#2)"Procuring Books and Consuming Texts," by Stephen Colclough is a study of the diary transcriptions of Joseph Hunter. Hunter's diary is a record of his active history with literacy. How did his involvement with a reading community contribute to his overall literacy practice? What were other "literacy" communities he was a part of? How did they affect his literacy practice? In what ways did he practice literacy more privately? How did this affect his reading practices? In what ways did the interaction of his private & communal literacy practices add value to his continued involvement with literacy in general?
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