Critical theory, critical culture, & postmodern humanism
Thinking more about my humanities manifesto-in-progress. Article in the NY Times about how small farmers are creating a new business model for local agriculture. Makes me wonder: as the American small farmer goes, so goes the American non-academic humanist? Take Continue reading Notes Toward A Post-academic Humanism, 2
aut sī dē multīs nūllus placet exitus, illudnōnne putās melius, quod tēcum pūsio dormit?pūsio, quī noctū nōn lītigat, exigit ā tēnūlla iacēns illic mūnuscula, nec queritur quodet laterī parcās nec quantum iussit anhēlēs. Of the many ways out of marriage, Continue reading Hot Latin for Guys & Guys: Juvenal 6.33-37
Ad cēnam invītant omnēs tē, Phoebe, cinaedī. Mentula quem pascit, nōn, putō, pūrus homō est. All the cinaedi invite you to dinner, Phoebus. A man whose dick feeds him is not, I think, pure man. LATIN YOU CAN USE!Mentula quem Continue reading Hot Latin for Guys & Guys: Martial, Epigrams 9.63
Excited about today. Looking forward to teaching Horace, Odes 1.11, “carpe diem,” at the optional lunchtime sight reading session. The greater Asclepiadean meter is very Lerner and Loewe, very Rogers and Hammerstein, circa My Fair Lady, circa South Pacific. Even Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 15, 9:18 a.m.
Long day, and yet I was not very busy. Colleague got stuck on the subway so I ended up administering the daily quiz and teaching the first hour of drill when I was not scheduled to do so. He, having Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 14, 9:42 p.m.
Twelve days ago, on DAY 1, when I gave the pronunciation lecture, we used Catullus 101 as a pronunciation exercise, and our students read it merely as a series of sounds, words without meaning that had their accent on either Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 13, 7:08 p.m.
Went home a bit earlier than usual yesterday to vote in an extremely important Congressional primary in my district (my guy won). Thought I was going to show our rental unit to a prospective new tenant for the fall, but Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 13, 8:14 a.m.
Who am I to say, but I thought my Unit 10 grammar lecture (my first of the summer) was a smashing success. Got through ablatives absolute, the “UNUS NAUTA” adjectives, ferō and its compounds, ablative of cause, and ablative or Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 12, 3:21 p.m.
Just had a fabulous first hour of morning drills on Unit 9 sentences, covering comparison of adjectives (regular and irregular), comparison with quam and the ablative of comparison, ablative of degree of difference, comparison of adverbs (regular and irregular) and Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 12, 10:48 a.m.
Week 3 begins. Second weekly exam this morning. Unit 9 this afternoon: comparison of adjectives (regular and irregular), comparison with quam and the ablative of comparison, ablative of degree of difference, comparison of adverbs (regular and irregular) and the partitive Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 11, 8:16 a.m.