After watching How Stella Got her Groove Back and The Harder They Come, discuss the depiction of gender and sexuality in these films about Jamaica. Compare and contrast depictions Jamaican masculinity in these two films. What does manliness look like in each movie? How is masculinity performed or achieved? How does genre shape the depiction of Read more about For Wednesday, March 16: Jamaica on film[…]
We will be discussing the genre of photo essays and looking at some models. Your homework has three parts: Read pgs. 77-85 in The Bedford Book of Genres. Find, and post, an example of a photo essay. Try Look and Exposures from the New York Times, or In Focus from the Atlantic. For the later, Read more about For Wednesday, March 2: Photo Essays[…]
For this activity you will need to refer to pages 188-192 in Bedford Book of Genres. Study your artifact (listed below) Identify and write down the following for your artifact: Rhetorical situation Audience Purpose Rhetorical appeals Ethos/Pathos/Logos Mode and media Genre conventions: Headline Visuals Ad copy Slogan Signature Style Technique Details Voice and Tone Design Read more about Class activity: Wednesday, February 24[…]
Monday, February 22 Review due: posted to the review website of your choice, with a link on your personal website My colleague Marlo Starr will be covering the class, she will take attendance You will workshop your reviews. Your work will be collected at the end of class for credit. Wednesday, February 24 Review reflection Read more about For next week: 2/22- 2/26[…]
Watch Around Ireland with a Fridge, and write a blog post about how Ireland, and the Irish people, are depicted in the film.
Please the following poems by Irish authors: Seamus Heaney, “Digging” Seamus Heaney, “Punishment” (feel free to read the “contextual note” as well) Eavan Boland, “The Achill Woman” Eavan Boland, “A Woman Without a Country” Eavan Boland, “Mother Ireland” Eavan Boland, “In Which the Ancient History I Learn is Not My Own” Please write a blog Read more about For Monday, Feb. 15[…]
We will be discussing proposals and getting started on your proposal for your Atlanta Attraction Review. Please read the short chapter on proposals (on Course Reserves). You should also get started thinking about which attraction you would like to review and on which website you would like to post your reveiw. I’d suggest poking around Read more about For Wednesday, Feb. 10[…]
