MOVIES

Several films studied this semester are structured around multiple characters whose narrative trajectories are dialectically related to each other, through interlocking character traits, linked episodic segments, shared challenges and struggles, etc.  In such films the meaning of the film emerges from the dialectical interrelation of these storylines or episodes, producing …

Week 4 Discussion

Week Four Asynchronous Discussion (150-350 words): This weeks discussion will continue to deal with Imani Perrys Stinging Like Tabasco, focusing this time on Perrys categories of verbal archetypes. We can refer to these more simply as types of flow: –  Narrative–  Exhortation/Proclamation–  Description–  Battle–  Allegory–  Realism Imani Perrys types of …

photography

Choose a photograph or photographer whose work we touch on in class, one whose work compels youmakes you stop, look, think, work you find yourself  lingering over.  As clearly and precisely as possible, describe something about this work you do not fully understand.  Then create a pathway through this incomprehension, …

Please talk about Louise Bourgeois work

For the fourth assignment I would like each of you to write a 5 pg. informative research paper (double-spaced, Times New Roman font) on any artist of your choice. This paper must be FIVE PAGES OF TEXT. This does not include a works cited page, or title page, or pictures. …

Masculinities Seminar

Course Name: DANCE 142 Masculinities in/as Performance Midterm Assignment is a short position paper, taking a stance on a specific theory or critical methodology in relation to a work of performance in any area.  The paper may compare and contrast works, take an interdisciplinary approach considering two or more seemingly …

Midterm Presentations & Masculinity and the Body

DANCE 142M – MASCULINITIES SEMINAR Midterm Assignment is a short position paper, taking a stance on a specific theory or critical methodology in relation to a work of performance in any area.  The paper may compare and contrast works, take an interdisciplinary approach considering two or more seemingly disparate performance …

DANCE 142M – MASCULINITIES SEMINAR

Midterm Assignment is a short position paper, taking a stance on a specific theory or critical methodology in relation to a work of performance in any area.  The paper may compare and contrast works, take an interdisciplinary approach considering two or more seemingly disparate performance genres, or some other format.  …

Choose one example from world history, from the earliest humans until the onset of European expansion (circa 1492) in which people would have thought the world was ending. Write a short essay (300-500 words) in which you discuss why people thought the w

Choose one example from world history, from the earliest humans until the onset of European expansion (circa 1492) in which people would have thought the world was ending.  Write a short essay (300-500 words) in which you discuss why people thought they were experiencing the end of the world, and …

Any topic (writer’s choice)

This is your first post about art and critique! Choose something that you think is critical, for better or worse. Please post by Wednesday, and respond on Thursday or Friday. Instructions Initial post: Open the discussion board, and create a thread for yourself in your group. Post a link (or …

Any topic (writer’s choice)

This is your first post about art and critique! Choose something that you think is critical, for better or worse. Please post by Wednesday, and respond on Thursday or Friday.InstructionsInitial post: Open the discussion board, and create a thread for yourself in your group. Post a link (or an image, …