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Introductions
Course Overview |
Homework 1 (PDF)
Letter to me
Didion, Updike, Menand (handouts) |
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Creativity: Motivation and Inspiration
Writing: Voice and Sensibility
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Homework 2 (PDF)
Fraser, Walker, Pollack
Begin Journals (PDF) |
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Creativity: Circumstances in which Creativity Flourishes (or doesn't)
Writing: Elements of the Essay-theme vs. Idea; Introductions and Conclusions; Description and Imagery; Characters
Background on Psychoanalysis
Introduce Dancemaker
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Homework 3 (PDF)
Hawthorne and Jung |
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Video Dancemaker (Paul Taylor)
Creating as a Social Act; Creating as a Physical Act; Fear, Joy, and Suffering as part of Creative Process
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Homework 4
Gather ideas for Essay I (PDF) |
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Discuss Dancemaker
Discuss Hawthorne and Jung: the Romantic Vision of the Artist
Play with ideas for Essay I
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Homework 5
Draft of Essay I |
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Workshop Essay I in Pairs |
Homework 6 (PDF)
Sacks, McAuliffe, Gladwell |
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Creativity: The Creative Temperament - Does it Exist?; Imagination and Knowledge
Writing Clinic: Introductions
Introduce Essay II
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Homework 7 (PDF)
Read Murray
Revise Essay I |
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Video Maya Lin
Vision; Conflict; Persistence; Courage
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Homework 8 (PDF)
Begin Courage to Create
Journal entry on Maya Lin
Proposal for Essay II due to next class
Film List (PDF) |
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Library Visit: Focusing Research; Using Electronic Resources; Using the Libraries at MIT |
Homework 9 (PDF)
Finish Courage to Create
(Polish Essay I)
Essay II Revision (PDF) |
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Creativity: The Psychoanalytic Approach; Existentialism
Discuss Rollo May and Maya Lin
Writing: Theories and Definitions
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Homework 10 (PDF)
Hirschberg |
Essay 1: A Transient Citizen (PDF) (Courtesy of Rene De Santiago. Used with permission.)
Essay 2: Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1 in B-flat Minor (PDF) (Courtesy of an Anonymous Student. Used with permission.)
Essay 3: The Child Playing Alone (PDF) (Courtesy of Eleojo Ocholi. Used with permission.)
Essay 4: Anthropomorphized Creativity (PDF) (Courtesy of Omri Schwartz. Used with permission.)
Essay 5: Influence and Creativity (PDF) (Courtesy of Rene De Santiago. Used with permission.)
Essay 6: Ithaca (PDF) (Courtesy of Constantinos Melachrinos. Used with permission.) |
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Creativity: Discuss Hirschberg: Creativity in Organizations
Close Reading: Texts and Movies
Share Journals
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Homework 11 (PDF)
Research Project: Précis of your movie
Annotated Bibliography
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Share Précis and Refine them
Free-write on Movie
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Homework 12 (PDF)
Research Project: Bring notes on at least 2 sources to class |
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Small Group Work on Research
Whole Class: Research Problems and Questions
Using Sources Responsibly
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Homework 13 (PDF)
Draft of Essay II: post to group before Session 14 |
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Workshop Essay II in Small Groups
Set up Conferences on Essay II
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Homework 14 (PDF)
Koestler |
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Workshop Essay II as a Class (3 Essays) |
Homework 15 (PDF)
Boden |
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Writing Clinic: Thesis; Integrating Quotations
Introduce Essay III
Share Journals
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Homework 16 (PDF)
Revise Essay II
Due before Session 18 |
Essay 1: To Whom Much Is Given, Much Is Expected (PDF) (Courtesy of Michelle Aquing. Used with permission.)
Essay 2: The Beautiful Mind of Ron Howard (PDF) (Courtesy of Paul Estrada. Used with permission.)
Essay 3: Schizophrenic Creativity (PDF) (Courtesy of Paul Estrada. Used with permission.)
Essay 4: Through the Ruins of What Once Was (PDF) (Courtesy of Sergio Haro. Used with permission.)
Essay 5: Glenn Gould, the Eccentric Artist (PDF) (Courtesy of Matthew Harrington. Used with permission.) |
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Creativity: How it Happens
Discuss Koestler and Boden
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Homework 17 (PDF)
Proposal for Essay III (PDF) |
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Work with Proposals and Refine Them
Writing Clinic: Transitions; Sentences
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Homework 18 (PDF)
Draft of Essay III: post before Session 19 |
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Workshop Essay III in Small Groups |
Homework 19 (PDF 1) (PDF 2)
Complete Journals
Proposal for Oral Presentation: e-mail to me before Session 20 |
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Workshop Essay III Whole Class (3 Essays) |
Homework 20 (PDF)
Revise Essay III due before Session 21 |
Essay 1: The Artist (PDF) (Courtesy of Michelle Aquing. Used with permission.)
Essay 2: Powerful Depths of the Unknown (PDF) (Courtesy of Brittany A. Jones. Used with permission.)
Essay 3: Capturing Beauty (PDF) (Courtesy of Anonymous Student. Used with permission.)
Essay 4: Ideas From the Underground (PDF) (Courtesy of Eleojo Ocholi. Used with permission.)
Essay 5: The Solution (PDF) (Courtesy of Stephen Oglesby. Used with permission.)
Essay 6: It's the Cake (PDF) (Courtesy of Sebastián Castro. Used with permission.)
Essay 7: Essay on Koestler and Boden (PDF) (Courtesy of Rafael Maldonado. Used with permission.)
Essay 8: Rock Music and Creativity (PDF) (Courtesy of Constantinos Melachrinos. Used with permission.) |
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Conferences as Needed |
Homework 21
Work on Oral Presentation |
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Video: Rediscovering Dave Brubeck |
Homework 22
Work on final revision for Portfolios |
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Oral Presentations |
Homework 23
Work on final revision for Portfolios (cont.) |
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Oral Presentations (cont.) |
Homework 24
Work on final revision for Portfolios (cont.) |
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Oral Presentations (cont.)
Evaluations
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Homework 25
Portfolios (PDF) |
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