Analyze the NORTHERN RENAISSANCE (Erasmus, More, Dürer) + Gutenberg printing press c. 1450 — with explicit connection to prior TANG-SONG CHINESE PRINTING (Bi Sheng 1040 moveable type, Tang woodblock 9th century) from G7-FALL
Exercise
Difficulty 4
~12 min
hist.g7.s.ex_17
Claim Evidence Warrant
Prompt
Write a 200-word claim-evidence-warrant essay 'Whose printing revolution?' refusing Eurocentric framing. Cite Tang Diamond Sutra 868 + Bi Sheng 1040 + Korean Jikji 1377 + Gutenberg c.1450.
How it's presented
mode
text
Answer criteria
type
rubric essay
rubric
- points
- 3
- criterion
- Refusal of Gutenberg-as-inventor framing
- points
- 3
- criterion
- 4 named print-history events with dates
- points
- 3
- criterion
- Argues European print's distinctiveness is SOCIAL not technological
- points
- 2
- criterion
- Warrant connects to MG-13 Decolonial Toolkit
Hints
- European print revolution's distinctiveness: Latin alphabet + Reformation demand + urban-literate market.
- Korean Jikji 1377 is 78 years before Gutenberg.
Misconceptions to watch
- Treating Gutenberg as inventor
- Ignoring Korean/Chinese precedents
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