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Introductions
Course Overview |
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Creativity: Motivation and Inspiration
Writing: Voice and Sensibility |
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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 |
Homework 2 due
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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 |
Homework 3 due
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Discuss Dancemaker
Discuss Hawthorne and Jung: The Romantic Vision of the Artist
Play with Ideas for Essay I |
Homework 4 due
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Workshop Essay I in Pairs |
Homework 5 due
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Creativity: The Creative Temperament - Does it Exist? Imagination and Knowledge
Writing Clinic: Introductions
Introduce Essay II |
Homework 6 due
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Video Maya Lin
Vision; Conflict; Persistence; Courage |
Homework 7 due
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Library Visit: Focusing Research; Using Electronic Resources; Using the Libraries at MIT |
Homework 8 due
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Creativity: The Psychoanalytic Approach; Existentialism
Discuss Rollo May and Maya Lin
Writing: Theories and Definitions |
Homework 9 due
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Creativity: Discuss Hirschberg: Creativity in Organizations
Close Reading: Texts and Movies
Share Journals |
Homework 10 due
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Share Précis and Refine them
Free-write on Movie |
Homework 11 due
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Small Group Work on Research
Whole Class: Research Problems and Questions
Using Sources Responsibly |
Homework 12 due
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Workshop Essay II in Small Groups
Set up Conferences on Essay II |
Homework 13 due
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Workshop Essay II as a Class (3 Essays) |
Homework 14 due
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Writing Clinic: Thesis; Integrating Quotations
Introduce Essay III
Share Journals |
Homework 15 due
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Creativity: How it Happens
Discuss Koestler and Boden |
Homework 16 due
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Work with Proposals and Refine Them
Writing Clinic: Transitions; Sentences |
Homework 17 due
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Workshop Essay III in Small Groups |
Homework 18 due
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Workshop Essay III Whole Class (3 Essays) |
Homework 19 due
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Conferences as Needed |
Homework 20 due
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Video: Rediscovering Dave Brubeck |
Homework 21 due
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Oral Presentations |
Homework 22 due
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Oral Presentations (cont.) |
Homework 23 due
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Oral Presentations (cont.)
Evaluations |
Homework 24 due
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