{"id":259,"date":"2012-10-01T13:12:26","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T17:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/?p=259"},"modified":"2012-09-28T10:33:11","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T14:33:11","slug":"750-invention-work-klostermans-the-lady-or-the-tiger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/2012\/10\/01\/750-invention-work-klostermans-the-lady-or-the-tiger\/","title":{"rendered":"750: Invention Work &amp; Klosterman&#8217;s &#8220;The Lady or the Tiger&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Invention Work (for upcoming essay)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Take five minutes and list all the toys (new or old) you can think of.<\/p>\n<p>Take a short break.<\/p>\n<p>Take five minutes and list all the board games and video games (new or old) that come to mind.<\/p>\n<p>Take another short break. Then comb over your lists and pick the one artifact that feels most magnetic to you (it draws your attention; you want to think about it more). Write about why you think you chose this particular artifact.<\/p>\n<p>: : :<\/p>\n<p><em>Process-writing (mandatory part of 750 to get full credit)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Content:<\/p>\n<p>In this essay, Klosterman analyzes sugary cereals, but he also does some broader cultural analysis (see his readings on different types of cool). Let\u2019s practice your skills of cultural analysis:<\/p>\n<p>What is coolness? What qualifies something as cool?<\/p>\n<p>: : :<\/p>\n<p><em>Craft<\/em>:<br \/>\nIs there a thesis in here? Is it more than one sentence?<\/p>\n<p>If so, where is it\u2014and what makes this the thesis?<\/p>\n<p>How do Klosterman&#8217;s ideas develop through the essay?<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Invention Work (for upcoming essay) Take five minutes and list all the toys (new or old) you can think of. Take a short break. Take five minutes and list all the board games and video games (new or old) that &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/2012\/10\/01\/750-invention-work-klostermans-the-lady-or-the-tiger\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/281"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":672,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions\/672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/seriouslyfunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}