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SEAN'S HOMEWORK PAGE

Due Tuesday, June 3

Read the handout "National Culture" by Frantz Fanon, and finish the Spivak piece

Due Wednesday, May 28

Read the handout on Postcolonialism and Orientalism

Due Friday, May 16

Essay on Simulation and Ideology

Due Monday, May 12

Complete the reading from postmodernism by Glenn Ward, pp 63-75.

Due Friday, May 9

Four phases of the image activity due by the end of class.

Due Thursday, May 8

Create examples of the four phases of an image according to Baudrillard.

Due Wednesday, May 7

Complete the reading on hyperreality.

Due Thursday, May 1

Have a new, complete draft of the essay you selected for revision.

Due Tuesday, April 29

Make progress on your essay revision. I have no absolute goal in mind, but you should be able to show me specific and substantial differences between your initial draft and something on your computer tomorrow.

Due Thursday, April 24

Read the paper "Are Disagreements Honest?"

Due Tuesday, April 22

Read the handout on Marxism/Leninism/Stalinism. We will be using it, among other things, to practice methodological belief in class.

Due Monday, April 21

Final, complete version of the Shostakovich assignment.

Due Friday, April 18

Part 3 and the summary of the Shostakovich assignment.

Due Wednesday, April 16

Parts 1 and 2 of the Shostakovich assignment.

Due Monday, April 14

Listen to your piece of music and take notes on each movement.

Due Friday, April 11

Select a piece of music for the Shostakovich project.

Due Thursday, April 10

Read the following pages on the web.

A Manual for Beginners http://www.siue.edu/~aho/musov/deb/begin.html

The Question of Dissidence http://www.siue.edu/~aho/musov/deb/qodx.html

These are from a "revisionist" writer and they have an obvious bias toward viewing Shostakovich as the film does, but still they provide lots of information. Read all of "A Manual for Beginners" and "The Question of Dissidence Part 4." I encourage you to read the other parts of the dissidence section if they interest you. You might also enjoy reading

Do Not Judge Me Harshly http://www.siue.edu/~aho/musov/dmitri.html

Due Monday, April 7

Read the handout "The Shostakovich Question" and listen to Symphony No. 5 while following along in the second handout on that symphony. It's about 45 minutes of music. You will probably get more out of it if you listen in one sitting, but there also nothing wrong with taking it one movement at a time. Remember to check back in with the handouts on the symphony, sonata and other forms, and musical terms to support your understanding.

NOTE: Last day to turn in Brief Essay #3.

Due Friday, April 4

No homework.

Due Thursday, April 3

No homework.

Due Wednesday, April 2

Read the handout on the symphony and sonata form.

Due Tuesday, April 1

No homework. Or is that merely an April Fool's joke. . . ?

Due Monday, March 31 (NOTICE NEW DUE DATE)

Brief Essay #3 is due today.

Finish the reading How Marxism Works

Due Thursday, March 20

Read pages 15-20 of How Marxism Works

Due Wednesday, March 19

Read pages 8-14 of How Marxism Works

Due Tuesday, March 18

Read pages 1-7 of How Marxism Works

Due Monday, March 17

You need to have selected a film text to use for Brief Essay #3. You will be asked to share this with the class. Also, you need to have completed your writing on the exhibit from the Hirshhorn: The Cinema Effect.

Due Friday, March 14

Read the Exhibit handout (legal size)

Due Thursday, March 13

Read the handout "The 'Grammar' of Television and Film."

Due Wednesday, March 12

Read the handout "Interpreting Ambiguous Pictures." We don't have class Wednesday, but this will be part of the discussion on Thursday.

Due Tuesday, March 11

Read the so very brief handout of Molly Bang's principles of structure in pictures.

Due Monday, March 10

Read the chapter "Modality and Representation" from Semiotics for Beginners. The complete book is published online and can be found here: Semiotics for Beginners by Daniel Chandler

Due Friday, March 7

If necessary, reread the chapter "Signs" from Semiotics for Beginners. C'mon, don't lie to yourself--you know it's necessary.

Due Thursday, March 6

Read the chapter Signs from Semiotics for Beginners. The complete book is published online and can be found here: Semiotics for Beginners by Daniel Chandler

Due Wednesday, March 5

Brief Essay #2 is due in class today.

Due Tuesday, March 4

Bring in whatever you have done on your essay to work on in class.

Due Monday, March 3

Start work on brief essay #2. Due on Wednesday.

Due Friday, February 29

no homework!

Due Thursday, February 28

Read Hegel Chapter 5: Logic and Dialectics

Due Tuesday, February 26

One day extension on Monday's assignment, due to weather absence.

Due Monday, February 25 (including 2/21 and 2/22)

The short version is that you have a lot of reading to do, but you have 5 days and 2 class periods in which to do it. Use each other for assistance. You will need to be able to articulate the basics of each chapter upon my return--there is a handout that should give you some guidance on this.

It should be done in the following order for maximum learningizationalism.

First read Ideology Chapter 6: The macro ideologies

then Ideology Chapter 7: The micro ideologies

then Hegel Chapter 3: Freedom and community

Due Tuesday, February 19

Read the handout, Chapter 2 from A Very Short Introduction to Hegel

Due Friday, February 15

Final draft of Brief Essay #1 due, if not already turned in.

Due Wednesday February 13

Brief Essay #1 is due in class.

Due Tuesday, February 12

Work on the Brief Essay #1: Define Ideology. Bring your draft into class in e-form so you can keep working on it.

Due Monday, February 11

Read the handout, Chapter 2 from A Very Short Introduction to Ideology.

Due Friday, February 8

Write a response to this question, inspired by the reading: When would an individual have an "imaginary relation" to "the real condition of existence"?