Fragmented point of view; western genre conventions; post-war context;
Demonstrate how at least TWO of the filmmaker’s creative decisions in ONE film from the block (weeks 7-11) serve to establish the film’s point of view on the characters, story and subject. Screening: The Searchers (1956, John Ford, USA) Reading: Douglas Pye (1996) ‘Double Vision: Miscegenation and Point of View in The Searchers’ in Ian […]
Culture and Ethnic Studies: Paper Assignment, HAVC 30, Western Art
Write a 3-4 page paper (minimum 3, maximum 4, not including images) on the two images above. One the left, the Laussel relief, which dates from around 25,000 BCE; on the right, the so-called ‘Horned God’ from Enkomi, dating from around 1200 BCE. How are they possibly similar and how possibly different in function? We […]
Great books understanding-Classics of western thought.
Read the “Lancelot”( Chrétien de Troyes ) and “the song of Roland” in the book Classics of western thought Middle Ages, Renaissance, and reformation by Karl F. Thompson. Write some ideas of the connections between Classics of western thought, confession by St. Augustine and Dante the Divine Comedy. The ideas should be about the relationships […]
Culture and Ethnic Studies: Support western values over eastern values
Question the following notion: “Western values, including civil freedoms and individual rights (the right to speak, the right to criticize the government, the right to choose one’s own religion, etc.) were imposed on other countries by the West.” (Shiraev & Levy, 2017) The skeptics assume the pursuit of such individual rights persuade people to disregard […]
Project B: Expansion into Europe •Expansion into Western Europe has a
Project B: Expansion into Europe •Expansion into Western Europe has a forecast to increase sales/revenues and cost of sales by 10% per year for 5 years. •Annual sales for the previous year were $20 million. •Start-up costs are projected to be $7 million and an upfront needed investment in net working capital of $1 million. […]
The Rise of Western Power.
Must write one brief (1-2 page double-spaced page) analysis of how one or more of the primary sources available on the companion website to The Rise of Western Power. Explain clearly how the source(s) relate(s) to topics developed in a given chapter or subchapter, preferably placing the topic within the broader context of the chapter. […]
