For the article "Diaspora and Double Consciousness" you will be splitting in groups to discuss the reading. You will be in the same groups posted on the UB Learns document used for the "Realism and Representation"
Group 1: pgs 46-48 until "...asymmetries of power rather than a global cosmopolitanism"(Kaplan and Grewal 440)."
Group 2: pgs 48-51 from "There is a parallel and growing consensus that..." to "...the reality of being an intellectual" (15)"
Group 3: pgs 51-53 from "A self-conscious transvaluation of diaspora..." to "...modernity as independent from western modernity?"
Group 4: pgs 53-56 from "There would seem to be every reason" to "...within a hegemonic status quo."
Group 5: pgs 56-59 from "In splitting official narratives..." to "..cultural and postcolonial critique"
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
Guidelines for Final Paper
The paper should be 5-7 (double-spaced, font size 12-Times New Roman) pages long and it should address the issues covered in the course. You should use at least one of the films screened for the second part of the semester (after the midterm- from Do the Right Thing onwards). However, if you want to include films from the first half of the semester, you may do so, as long as you also include at least one from the second half. It should also be in MLA format (see link provided in related blog post).
For resources, you should use the articles (first or second half of the course- although if you decide to use Cortes, you may want to use other articles for a more critical stance) used for the class unless you find other external resources that fit better with your topic. If this is the case, please send me the citation beforehand just to make sure they are academic, peer-reviewed articles. Again, use MLA format to cite your sources and bibliography.
The topic is up to you, and it should relate to the issues we've covered. Your argument should be supported by formal analysis of the film, not just plot description. You may want to use the narrative sequence guide (posted under the label Guidelines and Supporting Material) to know what elements to look out for when analyzing the film.
If you have problems selecting a topic or focusing it, send me an email or we can set up an appointment.
For resources, you should use the articles (first or second half of the course- although if you decide to use Cortes, you may want to use other articles for a more critical stance) used for the class unless you find other external resources that fit better with your topic. If this is the case, please send me the citation beforehand just to make sure they are academic, peer-reviewed articles. Again, use MLA format to cite your sources and bibliography.
The topic is up to you, and it should relate to the issues we've covered. Your argument should be supported by formal analysis of the film, not just plot description. You may want to use the narrative sequence guide (posted under the label Guidelines and Supporting Material) to know what elements to look out for when analyzing the film.
If you have problems selecting a topic or focusing it, send me an email or we can set up an appointment.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Response assignment- Due 12/2/10
What is the concept of home for Mina in Mississippi Masala? How would you compare it to that of Marjane's in Persepolis? Use Naficy's and/or Rushdie's essay to support your argument. Respond in 2 short paragraphs.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Link to MLA format guide
"Summary: MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities. This resource, updated to reflect the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th ed.) and the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (3rd ed.), offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page."
*You will be using the MLA format for the final paper.
*You will be using the MLA format for the final paper.
Discussion Question - Due 11/19/10
Using Naficy's description of exile discourse and liminality, how does Marjane negotiate/consolidate her Iranian roots with the new countries and cultures she is exposed to? Cite specific passages from the article.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Updates to Syllabus
Tuesday November 16th
Screen Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Sartrapi’s Persepolis
Oral Presentation
Homework: Read Hamid Naficy. Exile Discourse.
Response for blog: 1-2 paragraphs.
Response for blog: 1-2 paragraphs.
Thursday November 18
Discuss Naficy
Screen Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala
Homework: Read Binita Mehta’s “Emigrants Displaced Twice: Race, Color and Identity in Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala” and Salman Rushdie’s “Imaginary Homelands”
Tuesday November 23
Finish screening Mississippi Masala
Discuss Mehta and Rushdie
Thursday November 25th – No Class (Fall Recess)
Tuesday November 30th
Screen Michael Haneke’s Code Inconnu
Homework: Read Samir Dayal’s Diaspora and Double Consciousness
Thursday December 2nd
Oral Presentation, group 10
Discuss Dayal
Screen Cary Fukunaga’s Sin Nombre
Reading "What is Transnational Cinema?: A General Introduction" by Elizabeth Ezra and Terry Rowden "Migrancy and the Latin American Cinemascape: Towards a Post-National Praxis" by Ann Marie Stock
Optional: Read Camilla Foja’s “Urban Frontiers; Border Cinema and The Global City” from Border Bandits: Hollywood on the Southern Frontier
Tuesday December 7th-
Finish screening Sin Nombre
Oral Presentation
Discussion of Sin Nombre
Pair up and discuss drafts of final paper.
Thursday December 9th-
Conclusion
Continue revising of drafts
Fill out teaching evaluations
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Discussion question- Due 11/11/2010
In Reflections on Exile, Edward Said mentions how nationalism and exile cannon exist without reference to each other. What did he mean by this?
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