ACTING, TECHNOLOGY, REALITY
THERESA M. SENFT, INSTRUCTOR
YOUR WEEK-BY-WEEK ASSIGNMENTS
NOTE: These are your writing, viewing and other assignments, organized by date. Your reading assignments are NOT ON THIS PAGE. To get to your reading assignments, click here. You should double-check this page prior to each class, and I will keep it as current as I can.
| Class date | Writing due | To watch on tv or video | Other notes |
| Tues 9/12 | take class questionnaire; if you are not registered (and want to be) you must take entry questionnaire | get familiar with the shows listed in the recommended readings on the syllabus | familiarize yourself with class website; sign up for class email list |
| Thurs 9/14 | remember to introduce yourself on the class email list | have you seen The Truman Show yet? You may want to rent it (we'll only watch bits in class) | |
| Tues 9/19 | are you writing in your journals? I'll be checking. | have you seen The Matrix yet? You may want to rent it (we'll only watch bits in class) | you must sign up to meet with Terri by this date. If you haven't done so, send her mail now. |
| Thurs 9/21 | If you are adding this class after 9/19, you need a signed form from Terri. Send her some email if you need to. | ||
| Tues 9/26 | Let me know when your shows are so I can put them on our Web site! | ||
| Thurs 9/28 | Assignment 1 due today: You must write about a moment you "woke up" from a representational slumber. Use a story of your choosing as your "object"; use quotes from Debord and Plato as your critical lens. | You may want to check out some trip hop cd's, to better understand your reading materials.We'll play some in class, but the more familiar you are, the more you'll get out of it. | |
| Tues 10/3 | Remember that vocabulary list we've been developing? I'd expect an in-class writing assignment if I were you. | Remember to bring in your section of the newspaper we dealt with on Thursday, for discussion today (or if you've lost that, just bring in any old newspaper to discuss.) | I expect everyone to have posted to our class mailing list at least twice by today. Remember, it's part of your participation grade. |
| Thurs 10/5 | Class is cancelled today--sleep in!! | Make it a BlockBuster night, people. I'll expect you to be familiar with Being John Malkovich and Paris is Burning for our discussions on mimesis. | Get
ready to meet with Terri re. your paper topics. If you are still struggling with a topic idea, you might want to bounce ideas off people on the mailing list. |
| Tues 10/10 | Journals will be checked today. It's week 4, so I expect to see at LEAST 12 pages. | Meetings with Terri begin. You are expected to show up with some NOTES sketched out re. your planned paper topics. | |
| Thurs 10/12 | meetings with Terri continue | ||
| Tues 10/17 | |||
| Thurs 10/19 | |||
| Tues 10/24 | It's week 6 for journals, which means you owe me 18 pages of stuff. I'll be checking! | We'll be talking about Paris is Burning today. | Terri returns assignment one |
| Thurs 10/26 | Get ready for another quiz, where I ask you about Boal and his legacies. | Have you gotten your packet of reading materials from the bookstore yet? You are going to need them for next class, so I recommended heading over there. | |
| Tues 10/31 | Halloween! | ||
| Thurs 11/2 | CHARLIE VICTOR ROMEO is up Thurs Fri and Sat this month. To order tix, go to http://www.weird.org | ||
| Tues 11/7 | Assignment 2 is due today. This is the two-page "blueprint" for your plan to disrupt a particular spectacle of your choice. Viva la revolution! Etc. | ||
| Thurs 11/9 | |||
| Tues 11/14 | |||
| Thur 11/16 | |||
| Tues 11/21 | midterm papers due | Terri returns assignment 2 today | |
| Thurs 11/23 | Thanksgiving holiday | ||
| Tues 11/28 | Terri returns midterm papers | ||
| Thurs 11/30 | |||
| Tues 12/5 | rewrites of assignments 1 and 2 due | last day of class | |
| Thurs 12/12 | final paper due |