Instructor: Kristin Scott
Office Hours: By Appointment
E-Mail: or
Class Blog: http://revarts08.wordpress.com/
See Course Description
Class Reading and Assignment Schedule:
Monday, January 28th
- Introduction to class, review of syllabus and course requirements.
- In-class writing exercise.
- Discuss the differences/similarities between “criticism” and “reviewing.” What constitutes a review? What is the role of criticism in society?
Response Assignment #1(due next class): Reflecting on both Tolstoy and Bell’s thoughts on art, respond to any one set of questions on the class blog. Be sure you talk about BOTH authors.
Monday, February 4th
Response Assignment #1 DUE online at class blog
Reading:
Response Assignment #2 DUE online at class blog
Monday, February 11th
Response Assignment #2 DUE online at class blog
Reading:
Response Assignment #3 (due next class): Respond to any set of questions on the class blog.
Monday, February 18th
Response Assignment #3 DUE online at class blog
Reading:
Response Assignment #4 (due next class): Respond to any set of questions on the class blog.
Monday, February 18th
Response Assignment #4 DUE online at class blog
Reading:
- “Discussing the Undiscussable,” Crisis of Criticism (handout in class).
- “Confronting Head on the Face of the Afflicted,” Crisis of Criticism
Review #1 Assigned/ Due Monday, March 17th: Click on the assignment from online class syllabus for details.
Response Assignment #5 (due next class) Respond to any set of questions on the class blog.
Monday, February 25th
Response Assignment #5 DUE (in-class presentation)
Reading:
Monday, March 3rd
Response Assignment #6 (due next class) – Go to class blog for assignment.
Reading:
Response Assignment #6 (due next class) – Go to class blog for assignment.
Monday, March 10th
Response Assignment #7 DUE online at class blog
Reading:
Monday, March 17th
REVIEW #1 DUE in class!
Reading:
- Miller, Cynthia J. “Images from the Streets: Art for Social Change from the Homelessness Photography Project” (available with password online at class blog)
- View: Plato: The Cave.
- Excerpt from Susan Sontag “On Photography”
Response Assignment #8 (due next class – March 31st) – Go to class blog for assignment.
Monday, March 24th – SPRING BREAK – NO CLASS!
Monday, March 31st
Response Assignment #8 DUE online at class blog
Reading:
- Kakoudaki, Despina. “Spectacles of History: Race Relations, Melodrama, and the Science Fiction/Disaster Film,” Camera Obscura, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2002.
- Doneson, Judith E. “Holocaust Revisited: A Catalyst for Memory or Trivialization?” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 548, Nov. 1996 (handout).
Response Assignment #9 (due next class) online at class blog
Monday, April 7th
Response Assignment #9 DUE online at class blog
Reading:
Review #2 Assigned(due April 21st)
Response Assignment #10 (due next class) online at class blog
Monday, April 14th
Response Assignment #10 DUE online at class blog
Reading:
- Cowlishaw, Brian. “Playing War: The Emerging Trend of Real Virtual Combat in Currrent Video Games” (385-398). Common Culture Reader.
- Watch: “Grand Theft Auto IV – Trailer”
- Walkerdine, Valerie. "Remember not to die: young girls and video games." Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature, Nov 2004.
Monday, April 21st
REVIEW #2 DUE
Reading:
Monday, April 28th:
Presentations
Reading:
Extra Credit Response DUE (online at class blog) for those who want/need extra credit. This blog response will replace your lowest response grade.
Monday, May 5th:
Presentations
Monday, May 12th:
Presentations
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