Final Paper “Workshop”

These readings must be incorporated into the paper.

· Read Foss, chapter 12, “Generative Criticism” (411-37)

· Read Foss, Waters, and Armada, “Toward a Theory of Agentic Orientation: Rhetoric and Agency in Run Lola Run,” in Rhetorical Criticism: Exploration and Practice (438-58)

· Identify and explain the context for your artifact. This will consist of a summary (not a copy-and-paste job) of the artifact paper you wrote during week 2. Provide enough information that your classmates can understand what you are writing about.

· Explain your interest in your artifact. What drew you to it? Why do you want to write an analysis of it? Here, you may speak to your personal and/or theoretical interests.

· Describe your research question and theoretical approach. How do you plan on analyzing your artifact? Why this approach? What question do you hope to answer through your analysis? And why does your question/ answer matter (i.e., what will we learn as a result)?

· https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2001/winter/crafting-day-of-infamy-speech.html

I am using the speech President Roosevelt gave to Congress following the attacks on Pearl Harbor. I have selected this artifact because the phrase “a date which will live in infamy”, is still utilized today. I also have selected this speech as I am a Veteran and draw towards the study of History and Military History to be specific. This speech woke a nation living in Isolationism and created the superpower that the Admiral of Japan knew existed within the people of the United States. Turning the tides of World War II in favor of the US and its allies.