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Title: Academic Argument + The Coquette
Description: 2 pages. Notes describe and talk about writing academic arguments. Also briefly discusses the intro to The Coquette. Talks about gender roles and society's views of gender, women in particular.

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9/30/15:
Academic  Arguments  
-­‐Language  in  the  thesis  sentence  that  suggests  it’s  the  thesis
...
   
 
What  are  the  places  where  they  verbally  mark  out  something  new?  
 
List,  summarizing,  what’s  following    
-­‐tell  you  what  they’re  going  to  argue,  then  support  with  evidence    
 
makes  the  reading  a  lot  easier    
 
not  exact  detail  when  searching  for  sources;  pulling  out  main  ideas  (structure)  
 
knowing  how  to  get  through  information  quickly  
The  Coquette  as  a  Form  
What  is  a  novel?  
Epic=  long  poem;  written  in  verse;  oral  transmission  
Conceptions  of  intellectual  property  
Adam  Smith:  one  of  the  fathers  of  political  economy  
Basic  laws  of  human  interaction:  economic,  politics    
 
Supply,  demand,  price    
 
How  should  families  interact  with  one  another?  
 
How  should  you  treat  someone  who  owes  you  a  debt?  
 
What  is  the  proper  form  of  worship?  
 
How  should  relations  between  women  and  men  be,  if  any?  
 
 
Political  economy  doesn’t  really  tell  us  these  answers    
Novel  explores  family  interactions,  love,  religious  dramas,  adventures,  human  encounters,  etc
...
 Boyer,  mother,  general  and  family  represent  reason
...
   
 
Fancy:  
 
 
Eliza
...
 à  republicanism,  gender  roles,  jealousy,  emotions  
shaping  behaviors,  labels  (flirting)  
 
Women  should  be  chaste,  that  is  there  only  virtue,  so  being  a  coquette  isn’t  ‘okay’  
 
Women  seen  as  soft,  conservative
...
 Sanford  is  a  problematic  figure  but  is  socially  accepted
...
   
 
Roles  in  “getting  things  done”  
 
Helping  out  with  husband’s  roles    
 
Fewer  servants    
 
Women  do  a  lot  of  work  that  she  is  unrecognized  for
...
 
 
Eliza  considers,  then  blows  it  away
...
   
 
Won’t  reconsider,  Boyer  marries  someone  else;  very  cold  letter  to  Eliza
Title: Academic Argument + The Coquette
Description: 2 pages. Notes describe and talk about writing academic arguments. Also briefly discusses the intro to The Coquette. Talks about gender roles and society's views of gender, women in particular.