Extra Credit - Moby-DickMoby-Dick

Extra Credit: up to 1%
Attend any of the following events or activities AND write a blog post explaining how the event/extra-curricular learning extends and enhances our learning. These posts are due by THE LAST DAY OF CLASS. (NOTE: **be sure to add the WordPress category “extra credit”)

& “Discovery”

This blog assignment can be written at any point during the semester is intended to inspire you to read beyond the texts assigned in class. For this blog, you will select a reading that is not on our syllabus and write a blog post about why it is important to your understanding of our class learning. (See our “Additional Reading/Research” page) Your post should contain a thesis and textual explication/close reading to receive credit.

CLOSE READ A BODY OF WATER
Be like Ishmael, and get thee to a natural body of water– ocean, river, lake, etc.– and share with us WHAT you see and WHY it matters to see it from your perspective. In other words, close read the environment and provide a detailed interpretation of your experience.

ANNOTATION EXPLANATION
Write a blog post explaining HOW and WHY you interact with your book in the way you do. How do you annotate, produce marginalia, etc. And, tell us how this process has helped you read and interpret– the SO WHAT of your experience.

Halloween costume: Wear a Moby-Dick related costume to class on 10/30, and write a blog post about the meaning of your costume (and include a photo!). Be creative!

DATED EVENTS

BLOG POST: Write a 5 substantial questions for Steve Mentz for his classroom visit on 9.16

Please join the Digital Humanities Initiative and the School of Art & Design for the La Jolla Reading Room Sound Installation artist talk and reception:

Thursday, October 16, 2025
3:00-5:30
Digital Humanities Center
LA 61, Bottom of the Library Dome
About the La Jolla Reading Room Sound Installation
Visit the Digital Humanities Center this semester to experience La Jolla Reading Room, an interactive sound installation by Matthew Hebert, SDSU Art + Design, with Jared Stanley, University of Nevada – Reno.
Composed of sculptures and sound recordings, the exhibition draws inspiration from the traditions of library reading rooms, places set aside for silent reading and contemplation, as well as the form of artists’ books, especially those which include the full spectrum of sensory experience in the act of reading. The sculptures resemble a set of reading tables arranged in a maze-like pattern. Recordings are composed of the voices of writers, artists, and book enthusiasts—a collaged chorus of readers, thinking aloud about the experience of reading and interacting with artists’ books.

The exhibit runs through November 21, 2025.

https://www.eleetwarez.net/about

LIVING WRITERS series

The SDSU Center for the Study of Media and Performance events:

1. Writing About Art

Who: Brian Hu (TV, Film, & New Media), Shelley Orr (Theatre), Eric Smigel (Music)

Format: Panel of informal presentations, discussion

When: Wednesday, October 15 at 12 noon.

Where: Rhapsody Hall (Music 113)

2. Why Artists Make Robots: A Conversation

Part of CSMP’s AI (and) Art series.

Who: Prof. Yin Yu (Art + Design) with Qi Wang (Aerospace Engineering))