Homework 1
Reference 1:
In your this reflection assignment, I’d like you to select any work of art/art object or performer/group that has a meaningful connection to you and do a detailed reflective examination. It can be a theatre production, a song, a film, an artist (and their work in general) anything that you feel passionate and connected to. Your essay should do three things:
1) it should analyze the art/artist using terminology from the semester. How are they (the work of art or the artist) examples of stuff we talked about this semester? Be specific.
2) it should consider the relationship of the art/artist to society, determine if the art/artist shapes, reflects, and/or critiques society. If they do, how do they do that? What are they critiquing, reflecting on?
3) it should analyze the impact of individual perspectives and positionality (the social and political context that creates your identity in terms of race, class, gender, sexuality, and ability status) of the art/artist, both in the way the art was created or how the artist creates it, and how audiences respond to the art.
Requirements:
In other words, your essay should demonstrate your ability to do the things the course objectives say you will be able to do at the end of the class.
Essays must be at least 3 paragraphs long, for a total of about 750 words:
paragraph 1 is the description or terms and specifics related to terms and the art/artists
paragraph 2 contains the relationship of the art/artist to society
paragraph 3 demonstrates an understanding of how individual perspectives might respond to the art object/artist (including how it might impact the creators)
