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Major Media Texts

Graduate · Historical course

Fall 2006

Topics

  • Introductions: Textual Analysis Using Dickinson and Shakespeare
  • Discussion of Henry V : Text, Image, and Performance
  • Discussion of Henry V : Film, Contexts
  • Discussion of Othello
  • Othello and Cross-medial, Cross-temporal Adaptation
  • Discussion of The Island
  • Discuss Theatre; Reports
  • Reports and Reflections
  • “Joebell and America”
  • Frankenstein
  • Frankenstein (cont.)
  • Discussion of the Epic and the Sublime
  • His Dark Materials
  • British Radio/Recorded Comedy
  • His Dark Materials (cont.)
  • The Musical, Dance, Song
  • Attend Prof. Edward Turk’s Class for Further Discussion with Rambert and Moran
  • A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters
  • A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (cont.)
  • Possible Guest Speaker
  • Gericault, Paintings
  • My Son, the Fanatic
  • My Son, the Fanatic (cont.)
  • “After great pain,” Where are We?

Readings

  • Shakespeare, William. The Life of Henry V . Edited by J. R. Brown. New York, NY: Signet Classics/Penguin, 1989. ISBN: 9780451522863.
    Required
  • ———. Othello . Edited by E. A. J. Honigmann. Third edition. London, UK: Arden Shakespeare, 1996. ISBN: 9781903436455.
    Required
  • Fugard, Athol, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona. Statements . New York, NY: Theatre Communications Group, 1986. ISBN: 9780930452612. (Contains the play The Island .)
    Required
  • Barnes, Julian. A History of the World in Ten and a Half Chapters . New York, NY: Vintage, 1990. ISBN: 9780679731375.
    Required
  • Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein . Second edition. Edited by Johanna M. Smith. Boston, MA: Bedford/St.Martin’s, 2000. ISBN: 9780312191269.
    Required
  • Pullman, Philip. His Dark Materials Trilogy . New York, NY: Laurel Leaf/Random House, 2003. ISBN: 9780440238607.
    Required
  • The Book of Genesis
    Listed reading
  • Milton, John. Selections from Paradise Lost.
    Listed reading
  • Kureishi, Hanif. My Son the Fanatic .
    Listed reading
  • Gericault, Theodore. The Raft of the Medusa .
    Listed reading
  • The Limbourg Brothers. Les Tres Riches Heures de Jean, Duc de Berri.
    Listed reading
  • Olivier, Laurence. Henry V. 1944.
    Listed reading
  • Whale, James. Frankenstein. 1931.
    Listed reading
  • Condon, Bill. Gods and Monsters. 1998.
    Listed reading
  • Hawks, Howard. His Girl Friday. 1940.
    Listed reading
  • Kelly, Gene, and Stanley Donan. Singin’ in the Rain. 1951.
    Listed reading
  • Ray, Satyajit. “The Music Room.” Jalsaghar. 1958.
    Listed reading
  • Prasad, Udayam. My Son, The Fanatic. 1997.
    Listed reading
  • Gaghan, Stephen. Syriana. 2005.
    Listed reading
  • Bharadwaj, Vishal. Omkara. 2006.
    Listed reading
  • Shakespeare. Henry V .
    Listed reading
  • Henderson, Diana E. Henry V: An Introduction through Performance . ↗
    Listed reading
  • SES #: 3 · TOPICS: Discussion of Henry V : Film, Contexts · READINGS: Butler, Judith. “Photography, War, Outrage.”
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 4 · TOPICS: Discussion of Othello · READINGS: Shakespeare. Othello . · THEATER AND MEDIA EVENTS: Sampling Othello/Otello/OJ/O .
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 6 · TOPICS: Discussion of The Island · READINGS: Fugard, Kani, and Ntshona. The Island .
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 9 · TOPICS: “Joebell and America” · READINGS: Lovelace. “Joebell and America.”
    Reading assignment
  • Shelley. Frankenstein .
    Listed reading
  • Shor, Esther. Frankenstein and Film.
    Listed reading
  • Milton. Paradise Lost . Books 1-2.
    Listed reading
  • SES #: 13 · TOPICS: His Dark Materials · READINGS: His Dark Materials . Vol. 1. · THEATER AND MEDIA EVENTS: Gods and Monsters
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 14 · TOPICS: British Radio/Recorded Comedy · READINGS: His Dark Materials . Vol. 2. · THEATER AND MEDIA EVENTS: Talk by Suzan-Lori Parks, playwright.
    Reading assignment
  • His Dark Materials (cont.)
    Listed reading
  • His Girl Friday
    Listed reading
  • SES #: 16 · TOPICS: His Dark Materials (cont.) · READINGS: His Dark Materials . Vol. 3.
    Reading assignment
  • A performance (by Rambert, Kate Moran, and Alexandre Meyer) of Le Debut de l’a (The beginning of a).
    Listed reading
  • SES #: 19 · TOPICS: A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters · READINGS: A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 23 · TOPICS: My Son, the Fanatic · READINGS: Kureishi. My Son, the Fanatic .
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 25 · TOPICS: “After great pain,” Where are We? · READINGS: Dickinson. “After great pain.”
    Reading assignment
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