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Recommended Reading for Acting, Technology, Reality Class

AUTHOR	TITLE	PAGES TO READ	TEXT AT BOOK STORE	IN PACK AT BOOK STORE	RE SERVE AT LIB RARY	AVAILABLE ON THE WEB
Close Watching Tues 9/12u
Martha Soukup from Salon.com	"Big Brother" mutiny brewing!	all				http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2000/08/22/bb_web/index.html
Joyce Millman from Salon.com	Oh, behave! (on "American High.")	all				http://www.salon.com/ent/col/mill/2000/08/14/american_high/index.html
Simon Firth from Salon.com	live! FROM MY BEDROOM (on Jennicam.org)	all				http://www.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/01/cov_08feature.html
Janelle Brown from Salon.com	A poster child for Internet idiocy	all				http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/08/01/dotcomguy/index.html
Benoit Denizet Lewis from Salon.com	The Voice of the Net	all				http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/09/06/voice/index.html
1Close Reading the Spectacle Thurs 9/14 9
Peter Marshall	DEMANDING THE IMPOSSIBLE A history of Anarchism	Guy Debord and the Situationists				A useful background piece on Debord and the Situationists http://www.nothingness.org/SI/simisc/marshallobit.html
boy, ahs	Biding Spectacular Time	Complete essay				Review of Society of the Spectacle http://www.nothingness.org/SI/simisc/biding.html
Close Reading the Spectacle 2 /Tues 9/19
Debord, Guy	Notes on the Society of the Spectacle
The Cave and The Matrix Thurs 9/21
Carmichael, James for Spark Notes	Sparks Notes Web site	Book VII				Really well done, easy to read summary and analysis http://www.thespark.com/sparknotes/guides/republic/section11.html
Encyclopedia Britannica	Plato entry					Anything you ever wanted to know about Plato, from Encyclopedia Britannica http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/printable/3/0,5722,115123,00.html
Reid, Jim	Intro on Plato					Good intro notes on Plato http://lilt.ilstu.edu/jhreid/plato_and_cave.htm
Sutton, Jon	Lecture Summary					Very useful introduction to the material http://www.phil.mq.edu.au/staff/jsutton/PHIL131Lecture1.html
Kreis, Stephen	The History Guide					Very good background and intro stuff http://www.pagesz.net/~stevek/ancient/allegory-bb.html
Iannini, Anthony	Cave Lecture Summary					Nice lecture summary on Cave by Anthony Iannini http://studentweb.tulane.edu/~aiannin/platoscave.htm
Tim S. (staleytl@aol.com)	*The Matrix*					A fan transcript from The Matrix http://homes.acmecity.com/thematrix/neo/228/matrixtranscript.html
Dew, from Dew's Matrix Page	P's Cave: Sprinboard for The Matrix					Nice supplement to Wark's Matrix article, with pix! http://homes.acmecity.com/thematrix/neo/228/matrixplatoscave.html
The Cave and the Matrix, 2 Tues 9/26
Carmichael, Michael	Book X Lecture Summary					Nice lecture summary on Book X by Carmichael http://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/republic/section14.html
Humanities Handbook	Book X Summary					Another useful explication http://www.aug.edu/langlitcom/humanitiesHBK/handbook_htm/plato_on_art.htm
Jane, Ong Yu Zi	Trip Hop: A Notable Music Genre					Nice student paper that tries to think through the aesteics of trip-hop music via Plato's rules http://www.thecore.nus.edu.sg/writing/students/janeong.html
Bramann, Jorn	from Traveling Light					Good notes on television and Plato's Cave http://www.fsu.umd.edu/dept/phil/forum/PhilFilm5.htm
Johnston, Ian	Class Lecture					Great class lecture on Book X and how it fits in to the Republic http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/introser/republic.htm
Original and Copy Thurs 9/28
Janko, Richard	Intro to Aristotle's Poetics					Extremely clear explanation of the important points here http://www.echonyc.com/~janedoe/classes/actreal/readings/catharsis.html
Cohen, Mark S.	Readings in Greek Philosophy					Nicely done introduction to Aristotle's thought and influence http://www.msu.org/intro/content_intro/texts/aristotle/aristotle_intro.htm
multiple	Encyclopedia of Philosophy Cambridge Classics					Good if you know nothing about Aristotle or Greek history http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/a/aristotl.htm
Original and copy 2 Tues 10/3
Clemson University Lit Crit Group	Abyss for Aristotle's Poetics					Nicely made up list of "key questions", plus vocab. material! http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/dial/litcrit/aristotp.htm
Bhaba, Homi	Of Mimicry and Man					This is part of a CLASSIC essay on the racial politics of mimicry versus mimesis. It's VERY difficult, but worth the struggle. http://prelectur.stanford.edu/lecturers/bhabha/mimicry.html
Class cancelled Thurs 10/5

Legitimate and Illegitimate Tues 10/10
Schutzman, Mady, et al.	Boal Pages	all pages				Ignore all the broken links at the beginning and learn a little something about what professor Mady Schutzman does with Boal! http://pages.nyu.edu/~as245/AITG/boal.html
Wood, Gary	The First Year	all pages				Here's an example of a group using Boal's techniques http://PeaceTroupe.org/pub/reprints/r-humble.html
Wood, Gary	Boal Basics	all pages				Like the piece says, some "Boal Basics" for you to look at http://PeaceTroupe.org/pub/reprints/r-humble.html#BOALBASICS
Legit. And Illegit. 2 Thur 10/12
Sandall, Jillian	Shopping for a Change	all pages				Excellent piece comparing House of Mirth (Age of Innocense) and Paris is Burning http://www.eserver.org/bs/11/Sandell.html
Kleinhaus, Chuck	Cultural Appropriation and Subcultural Expression	all pages				A little jargon-filled, but good nonetheless, discussion of what constitutes "subversive" representation http://www.rtvf.nwu.edu/people/kleinhans/cult_and_subcult.html
Real and Fake Tues 10/17
Encyclopedia Brittanica	Paradox of Acting	all pages				A handy explanation of the Paradox of Acting from Encyclopedia Britannica! http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/2/0,5716,118822+4+110170,00.html
Internet Encyclopedia of Philsophy	Denis Diderot	all pages				Everythng you might want to know about Diderot. http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/d/diderot.htm
Sechelski, Denise	Garricks Body and the Labor of Art in the 18th Century					For the hard-core theatre students. Very interesting essay on the techniques of David Garrik: http://www.press.jhu.edu/demo/eighteenth-century_studies/29.4sechelski.html
Trunbull, Eric	Intro to theatre: The Actor	notes				For the non-actors in the class, a quick summary of acting stuff: http://novaonline.nv.cc.va.us/eli/spd130et/acting.htm
Hecker, Christine	The Art of Acting in Past Centuries	all pages				Somewhat difficult to read the Swedish-version of "useful English", but lots of cool information here: http://www.theatrelibrary.org/sibmas/congresses/sibmas90/sto_15.html
Real and Fake 2 Thur 10/19
De Moreas, Lisa, for the Washington Post	Court TV: Coming Clean About Confessions	just top section of page				On court TV's "Confessions" series http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40034-2000Aug28.html
Ross, Ian for IGN Wrestling	"Wrestling with Death": A recap	entire article				The Wrestling Fans speak back to Court TV's "Wrestling with Death" special http://wrestling.ign.com/news/17483.html
Caher, John for NY Law Journal	Ban on Cameras in Court	entire article				Discussion of the legal issues around cameras in court rooms http://www.lawnewsnetwork.com/stories/A14269-2000Jan25.html
Liveness Tues 10/24

Liveness 2 Thur 10/26

Natural and unnatural Tues 10/31

Natural and Unnatural 2 Thus 11/2

Being and Acting Tues 11/7

Being and acting 2 Thur 11/9

Actor and Aura Tues 11/14

Actor and Aura 2 Thur 11/16

Thought and Madness Tues 11/21

THANKSGIVING VACATION Thurs 11/23

Thought and Madness 2 Tues 11/28

Technology Cometh Thurs 11/30

Last Updated on 9/29/00
By Theresa Senft

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