CMS.796 | Fall 2006 | Graduate

Major Media Texts

Assignments

The work below is presented courtesy of the students, and is used with permission.

Three-page Close Reading

A reading of Henry V, by Neal Grigsby. (PDF)

“A Meditation on Meditation: A Close Reading of Olivier’s Cough.” by Sam Ford. (PDF)

“Images of Womanhood in Shakespeare’s Othello: Emilia as Feminist.” by Evan Wendel. (PDF)

Three-page Annotated Bibliography

Audio Books, by Neal Grigsby. (PDF)

One-page Comparative Essay Precis

“Gallery Talk: Christian Jankowski.” by Karen Verschooren. (PDF)

Ten-page Comparative Close Analysis Essay

“Two Worlds: Aspects of Shelley’s Frankenstein in Miller’s Capote .” by Sam Ford. (PDF)

“Between Enlightenment and Self-Destruction: The Sublime Landscape in Frankenstein and Moby Dick .” by Neal Grigsby. (PDF)

“William Kentridge: Complexity and Intimacy.” by Karen Verschooren. (PDF - 1.9 MB)

“The Last Laugh: Comedy and Gender in Howard Hawks’ His Girl Friday .” by Huma Yusuf. (PDF)

“Worldspace in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner : From Romantic Nature to Artificiality.” by Evan Wendel. (PDF)

“Text, Performance, and Politics: The Offstage Bodies of Antigone and The Island .” by Amanda Finkelberg. (PDF)

Final Project

“A History of the World in Hypertext Pages.” by Evan Wendel.

Course Info

Fall 2006
Written Assignments with Examples