Course Description

Course Requirements

Class Schedule

Co-leading class

Discussion Questions

Periods T 2-3, R 2

PUGH 120
296 BUCKMAN DR
GAINESVILLE, FL 32611
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"Bene navigari, cum naufragium feci . . ."

["When I am shipwrecked, I have navigated well."]

--Friedrich Nietzsche, The Case of Wagner, section 4 (p. 240 in the Cambridge UP edition)

"We are not in metaphor like a pilot in his ship," Jacques Derrida, "The Retrait of Metaphor," in Psyche: Inventions of the Other, 49.

"The Raft of the Medusa" ("Le Radeau de la Méduse") Théodore GÉRICAULT

Professor Richard Burt

[email protected]

Richard Burt is "an innovative and successful teacher who challenges
students and who puts tremendous energy into course design and
execution."
Kenneth Kidd,
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of English
9/9/2011 7:19 AM.

It’s time for you to take a You-Turn

Please email me only to send me class assignments. Otherwise, please talk to me in person after (not before) class or during office hours.

Office: 4314 Turlington Hall

Office Phone 352 392-6650

Office Hours: after class, and by appointment

Possible future epitaphs for Richard Burt that are quite possibly overdone:

"He put the 'high' back in 'higher' education."

"He put the 'universe' back in 'university.'"

"He put the 'cool' back in 'school.'"

"Richard Burt died fighting with his books on."

A little about me

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Class Policies

Paper Guidelines

Grading

TeachingLearning

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Slow Motion Reading

Better to Burt Out than Fade Away