I jumped at the bit to enroll in a course called Rhetoric, Composition, and the Digital Humanities. I’ve heard about ”digital humanities” in the past, but I’d never bothered to look up what it is or who is involved. Turns out, I’ve been missing some good shit. What is digital humanities? It is an amorphous field among … Continue reading
Whenever someone asks what I’m studying, I’m tempted these days to say “English” because I’m sick of explaining what rhetoric is. So I decided to compile a list of go-to definitions, most of which I found on the wonderfully useful rhetoric e-server. Below are some of the best definitions of “rhetoric” I came across, definitions that … Continue reading
Last night, I re-watched Munich, Spielberg’s second best film. (Jaws remains his masterpiece.) The film is about the kidnapping and murder of 11 Jewish athletes by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Munich Olympics, and about Israel’s covert, systematic assassination of the terrorists involved in the plot. On the film’s DVD, Spielberg gives a brief introduction, saying … Continue reading
