Category: Art

1.

Reading: Sun; Monanneng, Poems; Chiu/Zhang

Screening: Wawa No Cidai (2015, dir. Losia Shumi)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zclIbjzTFH0

2. Screening: The Great Buddha (dir. Huang Hsin-yao, 2017)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC4R8MeF-fo

Reading:  Pickowicz and Zhang, Ch. 13 
 
Reading: Pei-Chia Lan, Introduction to Raising Global Families

need to write detailed comparison and comments about the readings and films in providing substantial arguments about how the films go after (appropriate and respond to) the empires Japanese colonialism, Chinese cinema or Nationalist Partys film policy, and Hollywood film industry or world market.

Format: Please consult the latest edition of MLA Style Manual or MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.

Please write a commentary in which you begin by stating a problematic (thesis) on Taiwan films, then go on to frame Taiwan film/theme(s) you plan to analyze or compare, to examine textual evidence in detail to support your argument, to draw on issues raised in class, and to conclude with your creative insights.

will be graded on (1) 4.0 points: originality in developing your textual analysis and comparative perspective; (2) 3.0 points: your command of our readings and scholarships; and (3) 3.0 points: organization of your commentary and quality of writing.

Proposal Guidelines:

1) You must include a thesis statement (what your contextual analysis of the show you have chosen will tell us about the show), and a little bit about how you plan to make that argument (what your evidence is). Provide a bibliography of at least three sources, but include as many as you want.

2) You are not required to have academic sources, though you might want to have them for reference if you are talking about specific historical events or how other writers and scholars have viewed and reported those events. HOWEVER, if you are talking about things included in pieces of legislation, FCC documents, or something else, you do not need to refer to the textbook or a secondary source, you can (and should) cite that document itself as a primary source.

Write a one page proposal with thesis for the show Gossip Girl based on the requirement above, below is what I wanna talk about
“I found the business aspect of television very interesting, therefore for my final project I would like to dig into one show and analyze the commercial in it, how do they represent the economic and society back then, who are their targeted audience, and why would the production team choose certain brands to do commercial for and why would the companies choose the show to show their product to the viewers. I would like to choose shows like Gossip Girls which its targeted viewers are around my age, I feel like shows like this would be more relevant to my life and I would have a better understanding of it.”

Song List
Rapsody – 12 Problems, 2020

Goodie Mob – Frontline, 2020

Sampa the Great – Time’s Up, 2020

Babiboi – Molasses, 2020

Common with Black Thought – Say Peace, 2020

Clipping – Pain Every Day, 2020

Future and Lil Uzi Vert – Over Your Head, 2020

Gavlyn and DJ Hoppa – Stepping Stone, 2020

Trippie Redd – Weeee, 2020

Mulatto – In ‘n Out, 2020

5 pages, double-spaced, 12-point font.

– At least 3 bibliographic items.

– References and comparison to 2 songs from the course slides.

One song from the list found below in this module will be examined and deconstructed in detail. The song must be from the provided list.

The paper should be no shorter than 5 pages (excluding bibliography) and must reference 2 other songs from the lecture slides.

These references are meant to draw a connection between the songs on the list all released within the last year and the historical material that is discussed in class.

If you would like to expand on your discourse from Paper 1 you may use the same 2 songs, however remember that self-plagiarism is still plagiarism and it may tricky to avoid.

The continued use of Stingin Like Tabasco is suggested, along with at least one other written reference from the course materials and one print resource of your own choosing.

If you are stuck for bibliographic materials , contact your TA or myself to point you in the right direction.

You may use Genius, Wikipedia, or any other online source if you want but they DO NOT COUNT as one of the above 3.  Genius is often unreliable and Wikipedia is a collection of sources – you are free to use them alongside the others but be sure to double-check anything that you take from there. Remember, as I said for the last paper, “wrong is wrong” and if you include wrong information, no matter where you retrieved it from, you will be penalized.

Deconstruct the song in terms of the parameters as on Paper 1 signification, flow, political content, etcbut locate it in terms of the other two songs.

The grading rubric will be similar to the Paper 1 rubric.

Some Things to Think About
Below are two opinions on Hip Hop from 20 years ago that serve as kinds of predictions. Since you are writing about Hip Hop from “now ” and comparing it to Hip Hop from “then”, read these and think about whether or not you agree.

If you would like to use Greg Tates article Hip Hop Turns Thirty” as a source, I encourage it or anything else from Flyboy 2 , but regardless, meditate on these two quotes from the article before you begin writing.

“What the heck are we celebrating exactly? A right and proper question, that one is, mate. One to which my best answer has been: Nothing less, my man, than the marriage of heaven and hell, of New World African ingenuity and that trick of the devil known as global hyper-capitalism. Hooray.”

“Well tell them how fools thought they were celebrating the 30th anniversary of hiphop..when they were really presiding over a funeral. Well tell them how once upon a time there was this marvelous art form where the Negro could finally say in public whatever was on his or her mind in rhyme and how the Negro hiphop artist, staring down minimum wage slavery, Iraq, or the freedom of the incarcerated chose to take his emancipated motor mouth and stuck it up a strippers ass because it turned out there really was gold in them thar hills.”

Likewise, for a different perspective, any chapter from Nelson Georges Hip Hop America, could be a wise source, but here is a quote from Chapter 16 the final lines of the book – to ruminate on before you begin writing.

“The truth is that hip hop in its many guises has reflected (and internalized) our society’s woes so evocatively that it has grown from minority expression to mainstream appreciation..This thing labeled hip hop has simply been in the middle of much, and nothing at the turn of the century has changed that. The allegiance of its true believers is deep and looks to be lifelong”

“The long-term direction of America, and hip hop’s role in it, will be decided by two very different factors. First, the state of America’s soul. Will a commitment to social justice, to nonpolarizingpolitics and old-fashioned community resurface? If so, such a humanist movement would certainly alter the culture, perhaps spawning a musical movement as optimistic as the golden days of Motown. Don’t hold your breath.”

“One day ..all this fun and fury will seem as antiquated as spats and big bands do to us. The next generation may reject hip hop for the next sweeping cultural trend. And, by the logic of pop culture, they are actually supposed to.  But, whether they like it or not, they’ll know there once was a hip hop America.”

5 pages, double-spaced, 12-point font.

– At least 3 bibliographic items.

– References and comparison to 2 songs from the course slides.

One song from the list found below in this module will be examined and deconstructed in detail. The song must be from the provided list.

The paper should be no shorter than 5 pages (excluding bibliography) and must reference 2 other songs from the lecture slides.

These references are meant to draw a connection between the songs on the list all released within the last year and the historical material that is discussed in class.

If you would like to expand on your discourse from Paper 1 you may use the same 2 songs, however remember that self-plagiarism is still plagiarism and it may tricky to avoid.

The continued use of Stingin Like Tabasco is suggested, along with at least one other written reference from the course materials and one print resource of your own choosing.

If you are stuck for bibliographic materials , contact your TA or myself to point you in the right direction.

You may use Genius, Wikipedia, or any other online source if you want but they DO NOT COUNT as one of the above 3.  Genius is often unreliable and Wikipedia is a collection of sources – you are free to use them alongside the others but be sure to double-check anything that you take from there. Remember, as I said for the last paper, “wrong is wrong” and if you include wrong information, no matter where you retrieved it from, you will be penalized.

Deconstruct the song in terms of the parameters as on Paper 1 signification, flow, political content, etcbut locate it in terms of the other two songs.

The grading rubric will be similar to the Paper 1 rubric.
 

Below are two opinions on Hip Hop from 20 years ago that serve as kinds of predictions. Since you are writing about Hip Hop from “now ” and comparing it to Hip Hop from “then”, read these and think about whether or not you agree.

If you would like to use Greg Tates article Hip Hop Turns Thirty” as a source, I encourage it or anything else from Flyboy 2 , but regardless, meditate on these two quotes from the article before you begin writing.

“What the heck are we celebrating exactly? A right and proper question, that one is, mate. One to which my best answer has been: Nothing less, my man, than the marriage of heaven and hell, of New World African ingenuity and that trick of the devil known as global hyper-capitalism. Hooray.”

“Well tell them how fools thought they were celebrating the 30th anniversary of hiphop..when they were really presiding over a funeral. Well tell them how once upon a time there was this marvelous art form where the Negro could finally say in public whatever was on his or her mind in rhyme and how the Negro hiphop artist, staring down minimum wage slavery, Iraq, or the freedom of the incarcerated chose to take his emancipated motor mouth and stuck it up a strippers ass because it turned out there really was gold in them thar hills.”

Likewise, for a different perspective, any chapter from Nelson Georges Hip Hop America, could be a wise source, but here is a quote from Chapter 16 the final lines of the book – to ruminate on before you begin writing.

“The truth is that hip hop in its many guises has reflected (and internalized) our society’s woes so evocatively that it has grown from minority expression to mainstream appreciation..This thing labeled hip hop has simply been in the middle of much, and nothing at the turn of the century has changed that. The allegiance of its true believers is deep and looks to be lifelong”

“The long-term direction of America, and hip hop’s role in it, will be decided by two very different factors. First, the state of America’s soul. Will a commitment to social justice, to nonpolarizingpolitics and old-fashioned community resurface? If so, such a humanist movement would certainly alter the culture, perhaps spawning a musical movement as optimistic as the golden days of Motown. Don’t hold your breath.”

“One day ..all this fun and fury will seem as antiquated as spats and big bands do to us. The next generation may reject hip hop for the next sweeping cultural trend. And, by the logic of pop culture, they are actually supposed to.  But, whether they like it or not, they’ll know there once was a hip hop America.”

Song List
Rapsody – 12 Problems, 2020

Goodie Mob – Frontline, 2020

Sampa the Great – Time’s Up, 2020

Babiboi – Molasses, 2020

Common with Black Thought – Say Peace, 2020

Clipping – Pain Every Day, 2020

Future and Lil Uzi Vert – Over Your Head, 2020

Gavlyn and DJ Hoppa – Stepping Stone, 2020

Trippie Redd – Weeee, 2020

Mulatto – In ‘n Out, 2020

You will write a comparative analysis of two works of art of your choice selected from the Permanent Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art viewed on the museum website. The two artworks chosen should united by a theme and should fall within the dates and cultures covered in this course (25,000 BCE to 1300 CE; Prehistoric, Egyptian, Ancient Near Eastern, Greek, Roman, Islamic, Byzantine, Christian, Medieval, Romanesque, or Gothic). The two art works should also be from two different cultures to provide a nice contrast.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search#!?q=
You will discuss the works in light of ONE of the following topics or from a topic of your own design
Power, Politics, and Glory (includes political and military leaders, war scenes, or art about peace)
Everyday Objects (includes objects with a utilitarian function)
Social Constructions of Gender (which can include art depicting couples, sex and sexuality, fertility, and offspring)
The Body (includes portraits, self-portraits, sickness and death)
Class (includes art that depicts luxuries of the ruling class, workers at work, the plight of the poor)
Icons (includes religious works that were thought to hold spiritual power for worshippers)
Two artworks must be from the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art selected from the website and must be from two different cultural periods that we will have studied (dates should range from 25,000 BCE to 1300 CE). A list of recommended works is located in this module. You must identify the 2 works of art by artist, title, date, and medium within your paper.

Papers should include a full bibliography with photographs of the two selected art works at the end of the paper. Photographs should be labeled by artist, title, year, medium, and location. If you do not include the photographs of your selected art works, paper will be marked down -10.

Visual Presentation
Put together a PowerPoint presentation with a voiceover (your voice!) ” send it  in another file” of what will present by my voice; later, I will record it.
that is at least 5-7 minutes long and focuses on the evolution of funerary architecture through the periods we have studied so far in class.
You must use at least 2 images from the study guide and at least 3 images we have not seen in class.
i. You can use more if you need to to make your point.
Make sure to discuss stylistic changes, influences, who and when they were created, and the social and political atmosphere of the time(s).
Your sources must be cited at the end of your presentation.
please kind the attachment of study giude .
if any questions text me for more information .