Schedule | Fall 2015
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R 12/10 LAST CLASS |
HomeworkExam Preparation: Two Copies of Cluster1. Do a cluster of at least ten items from our semester's readings and discussions. (Follow the link for directions on clustering.) This cluster should have as its central starting point one "stimulus word or phrase": a particular object, example, symbol, person, etc. from a single text from our class. In that cluster, then try to associatively conntect to that central starting point as many items as you can from the entire semester as you can. These conntected items can be titles, examples, abstract ideas, characters, scenes, phrases, distinctions, passages, key terms, etc. Examples of the cluster's central object, example, etc. could be
All items should include have page numbers. 2. Make a second copy of your completed cluster and bring both to class. Another Moodle Post to "Psycho 1"Having finished the film, read over the postings in the Moodle forum "Psycho 1." Choose one to reply to. In this reply, extend the conversation started in the previous posting(s) with additional details from the last part of the film. In your post, try to speak to what Hitchcock is doing in both the
That is, try to write not only about
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Day 27. Exam Preparation
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WEEK 16 FINALS WEEK: T 12/15 |
Online FINAL EXAM via Moodle
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Semester Calendar:
September
WEEK 1
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HomeworkObtain the BooksSee the syllabus |
Day 1. Introduction to Literacy, Technology, and SocietySyllabus and CourseLiteracy, Technology, SocietyTimeline and Phases of Society/Identity Terms to Remember
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R 9/3
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HomeworkRead and Be Prepared to AnswerRead Walter Ong, Chapters 1 and 2 using the principles of Active Reading, and come in prepared to answer the Reading Questions. Don't answer the questions on the handout in sentences and paragraphs, however. Instead, answer them in the margins of the book with word tags, arrows, stars--whatever symbols seems useful. Photocopy and Bring inAfter you've read and marked your text, choose a two-page spread from the book that best shows your active reading and engagement with Ong and one of more of the questions above. Photocopy (a.k.a., scan and print) that two-page spread, write your name in the upper right on the paper, and bring it to class next time to turn in. Re-read, Re-mark and Bring BackThe Handout from Class "Jay David Bolter: The Cathedral and the Book"
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Day 2. Literacy and Orality
Review from Last Time
Goals Today
Terms to Remember
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WEEK 2 T 9/8 |
HomeworkRead and MarkRead Ong's Chapter 3, "Psychodynamics of Orality" and come in prepared to answer the Reading Questions for Chapter 3 Answer The Reading Questions on PaperAnswer each of these questions in writing: a paragraph, a list, a chart, or map, etc. Make your answer "thing-like" (Ong 11), and be sure the "thing" specifically refers to particular pages and passages in Ong's Chapter 3. |
Day 3. The Oral MindGoals for Today
Kinds of Things to Know How to Do for the Exams
Psychodynamics of Orality A 38-Year-Old Wheat FarmerTerms to Remember
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R 9/10 | HomeworkRead and MarkRead "Ong Chapter 4 "Writing Restuctures Consciousness." Mark and, using the techniques of Active Reading, make marginal notes, especially with the question below in mind. Write, Print, and BringWrite a 500-word "Preparation Sheet" titled "Ong Chapter 4" which answers the following question:
This preparation sheet should
BringBring your Ong book and be sure you have the handouts "The Cathedral and the Book" and "from Plato's Phaedrus" |
Day 4. Writing Restructures ConsciousnessReview from Last Time
Look at Homework for Next Time
Discussion of Chapter 4Extreme change of gears: "The Sense of True Writing"
Plato
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WEEK 3 T 9/15 |
HomeworkPost to Moodle SiteIn the Moodle forum, "Writing Restructures Consciousness," create an "intellectual postcard" about a key idea from the first four chapters of Ong's Orality and Literacy. Use a quote from Ong somewhere in your writing. Feel free to repurpose some analysis from your Preparation Sheet on Chapter 4. You should try to insert a visible image into your posting, rather than just inserting a link. To insert an image in Moodle,
If you insert the URL of a video (YouTube, for example), Moodle will usually embed the video in a player, which will allow us to watch it without having to leave the Moodle page. Bring Your Ong Book
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Day 5. The Machine that Made UsViewing GuideHandout: Viewing Guide for the film Return of Preparation SheetsTerms of Remember
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R 9/17 | HomeworkReadPaul Cobley, Narrative, Chapter 1 "In the Beginning, The End" Reading Question: Cobley argues that the power of narratives comes not simply from their content, but from the form of narrative. This power, Cobley says, is fundamental to the human experience, which makes "narrative" much more than just another way of organizing a piece of writing. Choose three specific, key quotations from Cobley's chapter which suggest the source, nature, and/OR consequence of this primal, narrative power. Come to class prepared to read and explain your choices. |
Day 6. Why Narrative?The Machine That Made UsHow the Cobley Book is Different From Ong's Book
Terms to Remember from Cobley C1
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WEEK 4 T 9/22 |
HomeworkRead Cobley Chapter 3Read Cobley, Chapter 3 "The Rise and Rise of the Novel." Reading Question:Cobley argues that how you choose to tell a story creates a "problem of representation" and a potential crisis of social authority. Identify three passages (with page numbers) from the chapter that suggest why the telling of a story has such an effect on the story's meaning and consequence. Post In MoodleChoose one of those passages and, in a reply to the Moodle forum, "Cobley C3,"
Read Cobley Chapter 4Read Cobley, Chapter 4, "Realism" Reading Questions1. According to Cobley, what are some characteristics of "realist" representation? What ideas, attitudes, philosophies, or goals do works of realism share? Make a list of at least four characteristics with page numbers. 2. Conventionally, "realistic" representation is assumed to be objective, scientific, and apolitical. Throughout this chapter, however, Cobley argues otherwise. Identify at least three of Cobley's reasons, ideas, examples, or arguments (with page numbers) that show how realist narrative is not pure or uncontroversial in its representation of truth. Post In MoodleChoose one of those passages and, in a reply to the Moodle forum, "Cobley C4,"
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Day 7. Cobley C3: The Problem of Representation;Cobley C4: RealismRepresentation
Imitation and Elaborationshowing and telling, scene and summary, imitative mimesis and the poet's voice ListIdeas, Attitudes, Philosophies, Goals Shared by Works of Realism Terms to Remember
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R 9/24 | HomeworkReadRead Cobley Chapter 5, "Beyond Realism" Reading Question:In Chapter 4, Cobley argued the 19th and 20th centuries saw a transformation in the scale of economic life (i.e., "capitalism") through three phases (88). These phases had profound effects on both the form and focus of narratives, and on contemporary models of individualism or identity. In Chapter 5, Cobley is describing the last phase of economic development: the global or "imperialist" stage. Identity at least three passages or examples from Chapter 5 that demonstrate the characteristics of this third phase, and how those characteristics resulted in "modernist" narrative style and a "modernist" identity. In a reply to the Moodle forum "Cobley C5" (by 7 a.m.), give the page number, a brief quotation, and two or three sentences of explanation for each of your choices. |
Day 8. Modernism (Cobley C5: Beyond Realism)Reveiw from Last Time:
CommentNarrative Levels Resources
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WEEK 5 T 9/29 |
Homework1. ReadRead all of The Picture of Dorian Gray, including the "Preface" 2. Answer a Reading Question in MoodleThe Picture of Dorian Gray is a book about the relationship of art and life--or, more generally, of representation and life. (Remember, "representation" includes writing, visual art, music, performance, or any other way of "externalizing" and preserving experience.) Wilde's particular position about that relationship can be termed "aestheticism," which is partly a reaction against realism and the conventionalized "common sense" that accepted forms of realism expressed. In a message to the Moodle forum "Wilde Dualisms," identify 2 quotations with page numbers which demonstrate the novel's ongoing preoccupation the relationship of art and life and its opposition to common-sense realism, which appears in dualisms like the following:
Write a paragraph under these quotations explaining how the two quotations, together, might suggest a philosophy or position concerning the relationship of representation and life. In what ways might representation be the foundation of a life founded on "aestheticism"? 3. Be Ready to Discuss the "Problems of Representation" Posed By This NovelContemporary criticisms of Picture of Dorian Gray charged:
Wilde responded to these criticisms in his "Preface" to The Picture of Dorian Gray. Is the book immoral? Are the characters shallow? Is Wilde using the book only as a vehicle for his wit and personal style? How does Wilde answer these accusations in specific lines of his rather cryptic Preface? 4. Read to Understand "Aestheticism" BetterRead the brief excerpts from Walter Pater's The Renaissance. These are two classic statements of aestheticism (in short, the assertion of art and literature's independence from the need to teach, inspire, or otherwise be socially useful). 5. Complete the HandoutIn the right-hand column of the handout Realism vs. Aestheticism, try entering in phrases and page numbers from either Wilde or Pater which characterize aestheticism, in contrast to the characteristics of realism listed on the left side. Please bring this handout in paper form so you can turn it in for credit. |
Day 9. Picture of Dorian Gray
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HomeworkReadRead Dracula, pages 26-153 Find Quotations, Page Numbers, and Be Prepared to Discuss:
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Day 10. Dracula IReview: Base and SuperstructureI will give you a paper copy of the online handout, Base and Superstucture (Historical Materialism of Marx). art and literature (narrative forms) Discussion
Wilde and StokerHandout
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WEEK 6 R 10/6 |
HomeworkRead and Be PreparedRead Dracula, page 154 to the end of the novel. Be prepared for some plot-oriented questions that might take the form of a pop-quiz. Compare Dracula and Dorian GrayOur handout, "Notes on the Gothic Genre," describes six characteristics of Gothic Narraive. On the version of the handout with tables under each characteristic, write page numbers and brief notes under each to compare Dracula to The Picture of Dorian Gray as examples of this Gothic genre. Under characteristic #6, some aspects of modern culture that might be the subject of either radical critique or conservative defense include
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Day 11. Dracula IIMidterm Moved to Tuesday, October 20This will allow us to spend one more day with Dracula. Return of Realism/Aestheticism HandoutsWhat I Was Hoping We Would Get Out of Reading Dracula in this Class
Dracula, Dorian Gray, and Gothic NarrativeResources
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R 10/8 |
HomeworkLiteracy, Technology, or Society in Dracula (Response in Moodle)Post the following to the Moodle Forum, "Literacy, Technology, or Society," by 8 a.m. today. Choose a passage from Dracula and use it to analyze how Stoker's presents literacy, technology, or society as a theme in Dracula. 1. Start by choosing a character or plot event in the novel, which seems to feature literacy, technology, or society as a theme. 2. Look closely at Stoker's language in some passages from the novel which represent what happens to that character, what the character does, or how the plot event unfolds. 3. In a rite a substantial paragraph in which you quote from Dracula to describe what you see Stoker saying about the
Be sure to quote from the novel at least twice in your paragraph, and to do a "close reading" of the language of those quotations in your own analysis. A Note on "Society" (Remember the Car Example from the First Day)By the word society, we mean not just the people of a nation or group, but the entire complex of conditions, practices, and structures that makes up the norms of given way of life: economic, legal, technological, bureaucratic, cultural, geographical, etc. Remember the first day of class when we drew on the board a cluster around the picture of the car. With this cluster, we attempted to identify all the "conditions, practices, and structures" necessary to make having a car possible and useful. That cluster was one way of describing a modern society, of which the car is emblematic. In the Moodle paragraph assigned above, I'm asking you to choose some element of Dracula to put at the center, and then describe how Stoker represents the society (or the literacies, or the technologies) that fan out from the example you pu at the center. |
Day 12. Dracula IIIReview
For Next Time: Set Up Historiography,
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WEEK 7 T 10/13 |
HomeworkDownload, Print, Read, Mark, and Bring1. From Moodle, download, print, read, mark and bring to class
See the Moodle site for links to these PDFs. 2. Download, print, read, mark and bring to class Karl Marx's "Preface" to A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy (starting with the fifth paragraph, which begins "The first work which....") Read this as both an example of what White calls "metahistory," and also an interpretation of the historical processes we've been discussing in class (think of Ong, the big timeline on the board, the succession of eras in Cobley, etc.). |
Day 13. Historiography: Hayden White, Karl Marx
Exam FormatI will give you a copy of the exam format for the Midterm Kinds of Things to Know How to Do for the Midterm Exam
Question about White's Tropics of Discourse— Why does what White's analysis of "data," "discourse" and "meaning" call into question the very possibility of history being scientific and objective? Terms to Remember
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R 10/15 | HomeworkBring to ClassBring to class all books, handouts, and notes from the first half of the class. Make a Short List on PaperList the five or six most significant or memorable ideas or examples (to you) from the first half of the semester? These items may or may not appear on the "Terms to Remember" sections of each day's caldenar. Include the names of sources and page numbers for each item.Write and PrintoutDownload and open this online verison of the Aestheticism/Realism handout that I gave you previously. On this handout, I have included quotations that you selected from Oscar Wilde and Walter Pater to represent the aesthetic side of this conversation. Each row is a different issue or topic with the realism viewpoint described on the left and the aesthetic viewpoint suggested with quotations on the right. Using Word or another word processing program, try adding your own language above the quotaions on the aesthetic side. Try to make your language parallel the descriptions on the realism side so it speaks directly to them and thus replies to what the realist viewpoint argues. Print out the revised handout with your additions and bring it to class. |
Day 14. FIRST-HALF WRAP UP
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WEEK 8 T 10/20 |
HomeworkPost Three Sample Questions to the Moodle Wikis by Monday at NoonBy Monday at noon, post a question to each of the three Wiki's in our Moodle site's "Midterm Exam" section. The questions should follow the format of questions in the three parts of the Midterm's exam format handout I gave you previously. In the "Terms" and "Short Answer" Wiki, do not post or indicate the answers. In the "Matching" Wiki, be sure to list your "Item" out of order (that is, if your "Match" is third in the list, do not put your "Item" third in its list). See the directions in the headnote of each Wiki. I have posted an example of a sample question to get you started. In each Wiki, you will need to
Bring 2 Pens to Class
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Day 15. Midterm ExamTime Management in the ExamYou will have the entire 75 minute class period to take the exam. Though the exam is in three parts--Matching, Fill in the Blanks, and Short Answer--you should devote more time to the Short Answer part than the others. Since the Matching and Fill-in-the-Blanks parts take the least amount of writing, therefore, plan on spending no more than one-third of the period on both of these. If you finish both the Matching and Fill in the Blanks parts by 9:55, you would then have at least 25 minutes each on the two short answer quesitons. This would mean you could start your second short-answer question no later than 10:20 and complete it by 10:45. If you finish before 10:45, you can turn in all your materials and leave quietly. Directions for the Exam
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R 10/22 |
HomeworkReadRead Cobley C6: Modernism and Cinema Copy, Paste, Write, Print, BringCopy the following questions into a Word file and, for each, record page numbers and brief verbal tags that point to two quotations from Cobley that help answer it. Print out the document and bring it to class. (Note that your answers may be handwritten or typed on the printout.) 1. According to Cobley, what are the features of modernist narrative (for instance, how does it differ from realist or traditional narrative)? 2. What are the features of a modernist self or identity? 3. In what ways does cinematic narrative differ from print narrative according to Cobley? What are some of cinematic narrative's features and techniques? 4. According to Cobley, what are some ways that cinema naturally expresses modernist ideas and attitudes? What are some examples Cobley uses, or that Cobley makes you think about?
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Day 16. Modernism and Cinema (Cobley C6)
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WEEK 9 T 10/27 |
HomeworkReadGeorge Orwell's 1984, pgs. 1- 104. Write a Paragraph Using 3 QuotationsWhat are some ways that the government controls society in 1984? Identify three quotations that help describe these methods and their effects. Write a long paragraph that uses the three quotations to answer the question. Print the paragraph and bring it to class.
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Day 17. 1984 IWriting Constitutes Thought"How do I know what I think till I see what I say?" - E.M. Forester Modernism (SPAS)"Smirking Picasso Awfully Skewed." Topics
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T 11/3 | HomeworkRead1984 Book Two: pgs. 105- 298 Four Quotations and a ParagraphCome in with four quotations from 1984 and a paragraph (on paper): 1. Look at the four characteristics of modernism from out Modernism handout. 2. Consider these two questions:
3. For each of the four characteristics, write down a quotation (with page number) from the novel that demonstrates/illustrates that kind of world or representation. (Be sure that at least two of the four quotations come from today's reading assignment) 4. Beneath those four quotations, write a substantive paragraph that sums up how those four quotations work together:
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Day 18. 1984 2
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R 11/5 | HomeworkReadCobley, Chapter 7 "Postmodernism" Copy, Write, Print, Bring inAnswer each of the following questions in a paragraph. Quote from the Cobley book at least once in each. 1. In what ways does the postmodern condition result from the saturation of everyday life by media (the "mediation" of life)? 2. In what ways does the postmodern condition result from changes in the material or economic nature of this era's society (a.k.a., Marx's "base")? 3. How do postmodernist attitudes and ideas about the past (or history) differ from either the modernist rejection of the past, or the older veneration of tradition? What are these attitudes and ideas? 4. How do the "grand narratives" or "metanarratives" that Cobley (via Lyotard) talks about differ from ordinary stories or narratives? In other words, what makes them "grand" or "meta"?
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DAY 19. PostmodernismPostmodernism"Real Dogs Have Fun, Mostly Inside" Resources
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WEEK 11 T 11/10 |
HomeworkReadBridget Jones' Diary through page 177, but finish it if you have time. Note Page NumbersCome to class with two passages (with page numbers) chosen to help answer each of the following questions. 1. If you found this book funny at all, let's think about its comic or satirical aspects. In general, what are we laughing at? Are there repeated objects of humor? What might Fielding be satirizing (criticizing) in this book? 2. What are some postmodern aspects or moments in this book? (See details from our handout and Cobley's chapter). 3. Bridget and her friends like to go out and indulge in what Bridget calls "drunken feminist ranting" (107). Is Bridget Jones' Diary feminist? anti-feminist? post-feminist? We've talked about how female gender identities in Dracula signal anxieties about the coming modernist age. What implications does postmodernism have for gender identities in (more or less) our own time? |
Day 20. Bridget Jones' Diary 1Resources
Ong's 38-Year-Old Wheat Farmer
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R 11/12 |
HomeworkWrite and Print Out1. Choose one passage (a paragraph to a page) from Bridget Jones' Diary which illustrates or suggests how the book might be "postmodern" in its style, subject matter, or meaning. Consult the the Posmodernism handout defining the 6 characteristics of postmodernism. From class activities, you should have notes written on the handout, keying certain quotations from Cobley's book to the handout's six items. 2. From the passage in the novel, identify several key words or phrases that exemplify its meaning as an example of postmodernism. 3. Write a preparation sheet of 250 words (1 page, double-spaced) which performs a close reading of these words or phrases and their role in the passage. What are the implications of Fielding's word choice or word order for postmodern issues? In the paragraph, be sure to quote Bridget Jones' Diary at least twice, and the Postmodernism handout (or Cobley's postmodernism chapter) at least twice.
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Day 21. Bridget Jones' Diary 2Bridget Jones and 1984See 10 Books That Defined the Twenieth Century (Guardian newspaper) Walter Ong on DiariesSee page 101 in Orality and Literacy Postmodernity on the StreetWe'll watch a short video of walking through Times Square (contrast to walking through Medieval cathedral) Postmodernity: (R.D.H.F.M.I.)Discussion of Postmodernity in Bridget Jones' DiaryHow does
register some of the social and psychological consequences of life in postmodern conditions? Feel free to make changes and annotations to your printout of your homework. Postmodern IntertextualityResources
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WEEK 12 T 11/17 |
HomeworkPrint, Read, and Make Notes OnPrint, read, and annotate Chapters 2 and 6 of Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics" available from the Moodle site. Reading Questions: 1. What points does McCloud make in Chapter 2 about the nature of "visual literacy" (in comics and graphic fiction). 2. In Chapter 6, how does McCloud characterize the hybrid literacy that results when visual and verbal languages are mingled together? For each question, come in with 3-5 specific panels to point to that illustrate/make such points. Designate panels by page number, row, and column (example: 41.1.2, meaning page 41, row 1, 2nd panel from the left) Be ready to discuss the key ideas about visual or hybrid literacy, to point to where and how McCloud "explains" those ideas (what's the right word?), and ways that McCloud's style of presentation reflects the principles that he's conveying. Post to Moodle by Monday NightIn the Moodle forum “Visual Styles,” post an image (as a visible image) and use McCloud’s critical vocabulary to analyze its visual style in a paragraph. Start with McCloud's index of visual styles on pages 52-53. How does the visual style affect the images meaning and effect? Be sure to cite the page, row, and column of the panel where McCloud discusses any critical terms you use. Resources That Might Be Useful
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Day 22. Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics: Visual and Hybrid LiteraciesResources
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R 11/19 | HomeworkReadRead Persepolis: all including introduction Post to 2 Moodle ForumsBy 8:30 today: In the two Moodle forums for Persepolis and McCloud, I will ask you to compare an individual panel or sequence of panels from Persepolis (cite page number and row number) to an idea/technique/effect from McCloud (represented by a particular panel or set of panels identified by page/row number). Write about two such comparisons:
In each case, try to explain how the McCloudesque technique affects the meaning and feeling Satrapi achieves in the story at that moment. In other words, we want to see how McCloud's various techniques actually matter when it comes to a real narrative. |
Day 23. PersepolisResources
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WEEK 13 R 11/24 |
No Class Meeting: Optional ConferencesIf you could like to schedule an optional conference during our classtime, please email me at <cstroupe@d.umn.edu>. I will list the times of already scheduled conferences below:
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HomeworkBringBring to class your McCloud printouts, Persepolis, and 1984. Print Out and ReadPrint, read, and write comments on the pages of McCloud’s Chapter 3 (available from the Moodle site). You can print multiple pages per sheet if you want to save money and paper. Print and AnnotateThen Xerox/scan/print a single page from Persepolis and write annotations on the copy/printout that perform a "close reading" of the ways that Satrapi uses techniques of "closure" between or among panels to create meaning or effects in the reader's mind. Draw lines between details in the panels (or the spaces between) and your comments (which you can write on post-its or small pieces of paper taped to parts of the page which are not part of your analysis. Each of your comments should cite a page/row/column in McCloud (mostly from Chapter 3, but other chapters too as useful). Bring this printout to use in class and turn in. |
Day 24. McCloud C3 and Persepolis; Film Literacy: PsychoMcCloud's "Blood in the Gutter" (C3)Four Parameters of Film
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HandoutThe Tragic Wit of Psycho (Donald Spoto)
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R 12/3 | HomeworkFilm Literacy Exercise
Bring your page with you to class. Read "Tragic Wit...," Choose Topic, and Bring Note SheetsRead the handout The Tragic Wit of Psycho (Donald Spoto) Choose a particular theme or effect described by Spoto to look for as you watch the film Come in with several sheets of paper divided into four columns for taking notes on the four parameters of film: Cinematography, Editing, Mise en Scene, Sound. Be prepared especially to take notes on the narrative of the film (as opposed to the story or plot), paying particular attention to how the film's technique serves a meaning and effect that Spoto talks about (and the meaning and effect of the film generally). Essentially, we want to pay attention to how technique (narrative) is deployed not for its own sake, but for larger social, cultural, political, aesthetic purposes. |
Day 25. PsychoTaking Notes on FilmToday in class, I will ask you to take notes on the film using the four-column-entry format I explained as part of your homework for today:
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WEEK 15 T 12/8 |
HomeworkPost to Moodle in "Psycho 1"In a reply to the forum "Psycho 1," write a long paragraph that does the following: 1. Begin by quoting Spoto about one theme or idea that he observes in Psycho from the handout "The Tragic Wit of Psycho." Some of the themes or ideas Spoto mentions incude
2. Then do the following in your paragraph: A. describe a scene, shot, or sequence in the film that illustrates Hitchcock's handling of that theme or idea, B. analyze how Hitchcock employs one of more of the narrative "parameters of film" to develop this theme or idea in your chosen scene or shot (cinematography, editing, mise-en-scene, sound), B. Then, explain how that same scene or shot suggests a relationship or association between your chosen theme or idea and another one that Spoto mentions, or perhaps one that you've observed. (For example, how a particular scene relates
If you are able to find a screen shot online from that scene to illustrate your paragraph, feel free to insert it into your post. (For help, see these instructions for inserting images into Moodle.) Reply to Someone Else's Post to "Psycho 1"Finally, respond to someone else's Moodle posting, explaining to some connection or parallel between that posting and your own. In essence, we're using one scene or shot from Psycho to enable us to see how two of the many ideas Spoto talks about work together in the film. |
Day 26. PsychoTaking Notes on FilmToday in class, I will ask you to take notes on the film using the four-column-entry format I explained as part of your homework for today:
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R 12/10 LAST CLASS |
HomeworkExam Preparation: Two Copies of Cluster1. Do a cluster of at least ten items from our semester's readings and discussions. (Follow the link for directions on clustering.) This cluster should have as its central starting point one "stimulus word or phrase": a particular object, example, symbol, person, etc. from a single text from our class. In that cluster, then try to associatively conntect to that central starting point as many items as you can from the entire semester as you can. These conntected items can be titles, examples, abstract ideas, characters, scenes, phrases, distinctions, passages, key terms, etc. Examples of the cluster's central object, example, etc. could be
All items should include have page numbers. 2. Make a second copy of your completed cluster and bring both to class. Another Moodle Post to "Psycho 1"Having finished the film, read over the postings in the Moodle forum "Psycho 1." Choose one to reply to. In this reply, extend the conversation started in the previous posting(s) with additional details from the last part of the film. In your post, try to speak to what Hitchcock is doing in both the
That is, try to write not only about
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Day 27. Exam Preparation
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WEEK 16 FINALS WEEK: T 12/15 |
Online FINAL EXAM via Moodle
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