18.1. Principles
- practicability
- shareability
- credibility
- discovery & insight
- accuracy
- equality (for rich analysis)
- diversity (for rich analysis)
- liveliness (for rich analysis)
18.2. Rules
- “equal interest” rule
- “in good taste” rule
- tolerance
- respect for group members’ sensibilities
- understanding before deciding
- persuasion, not preaching
- English as official language
18.3. Guidelines (standards) and advice
18.3.1. Class discourse rules
- “Equal interest” rule
- “In good taste” rule
- Critically aware tolerance and the CDE schema
- Respecting group member sensibilities
- Understanding before deciding
- Persuasion not preaching
- English is the official language (and other language issues)
18.3.2. Limiting the scope of interpretive projects
- The “always about high-order love” standard
- We analyze narrative worlds, not “real” worlds
- ToM as litmus test
- Short-listing
18.3.3. Achieving outcome credibility and interest
18.3.3.1. Credibility
- Analysis begins with a basic understanding of the story or film
- Using secondary sources effectively begins with wise selection and an understanding of its key ideas
- academically credible
- understanding what you are reading
- use the idea(s) effectively
- Being real in discussions and interpretive conclusions
- Critical judgement
- Time investment
- Rhetorical and logical missteps: overreach, false equivalents, term slippage
18.3.3.2. Interest
- Time-investment: The “Beyond-First-Thoughts” standard
- The “Content-Rich” standard
- Lively dialogue, bounded dialogue
18.3.4. Discursive rules and shared terminology for precision in communication
- Shared terminology
- Managing complexity by avoiding compound statements created by “X and Y” and “X or Y”
- Accuracy in specific terms
- “premodern” and “traditional”
- “Buddhist” vs “Buddhist-like” and similar structures
- Special course requirement when using the word “fate”
- “loyalty,” “faithfulness,” “fidelity,” and “devotion”
- “true love” and thoughts on “natural love”
18.3.5. Before you begin
- recalibrate
- resources: knowledge, research, dialogue
18.3.6. During the process
- together-separate-together
18.3.7. Before you conclude
- one-more-time check
