How to Mark a Book” to annotate “Discursive Formations”, english assignment help
For this assignment, will employ the strategies outlined in Adler’s “How to Mark a Book” to annotate “Discursive Formations” (under Shared Files).
one of the most important strategies is using the margins for questions, thoughts, etc. Keep track of these, even if in a separate notebook. This is the strategy on which I would like you to focus.
After annotating “Discursive Formations”, will compose a brief reflection that responds to their own personal line of inquiry. Specifically, I want you to focus on 2 or 3 instances from your annotation where you noted questions about the text, found something intriguing, found something problematic, etc.
For each of these instances, you will compose a paragraph that either speculates an answer to your own question or explicates why you noted a particular moment in the text. There should be no introduction or conclusion, just entries identified by quoting the first few words of the sentence you’ve noted.
For example:
“I have decided to describe statements . . .”
Foucault uses the term “statements” repeatedly throughout this passage. He even references using the word indiscriminately which makes me wonder if there is a specific meaning to his use of the word. When I think of the word “statement”, I imagine verbal or written expression, but Foucault’s meaning seems to go beyond . . .
and so on, and so on.
Reflections should be approximately 1 page in length (double-spaced).