Preparation

In addition to your book and your notebook, whether you are the discussion leader or not, you should come prepared with:

  • new interesting ideas or novel thoughts you had based upon the reading
  • several questions that press on technical or conceptual difficulty,
  • several concrete examples or constructions from the text,
  • a sense of what this reading sets up rather than resolves, and how it fits into a larger argumentative arc.

Why This Matters

A seminar only works if someone is responsible for its momentum. Learning to sustain serious technical discussion is part of the course and is evaluated accordingly.