Blog on To Kill A Mockingbird Write a blog post that compares the portrayal of one character from the film version of To Kill a Mockingbird with the way the character is presented in the stage version. Do you think the director and actors have altered the character in any significant way and if so…
The American Dream and The Book of Mormon.
The American Dream Blog *Choose any of the performances that you have seen to write this post. Remember you cannot write this post about a performance for which you have already written a blog. Choose one of the performances that you have seen and detail what you think it suggests about the American Dream. In…
‘True West’ and the central themes.
Blog on True West Write a blog post that identifies which theme(s) you believe are central to the play. In your post you must consider whether you believe the performance has communicated this theme (or themes) affectively through their use of theatrical semiotics. In other words, how has the director and actors ensured (through the…
‘America Today’ – My connection between the MET and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.
Choose a painting that you have explored at The MET (or The Moma or The Whitney) and discuss how it has amplified your understanding of the literary themes and forms that we have been exploring in the 19th Century Literature of New York. Earlier in our trip to New York we received the amazing opportunity…
‘A Sense of Smallness’ – My link between New York and J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye.
Catcher in the Rye / Poetry Blog. Write a paragraph in the style of J.D. Salinger – and using Salinger’s style of narrator – describe a location in New York that gave you a new understanding of the novel. Briefly say what this new understanding is. A new understanding from this novel can be found….
‘A Celebration of Faith’ – My experience at Canaan Baptist Church.
OPEN QUESTION In consultation with your lecturer design a topic of your own that reflects the impact of your visit to New York on your understanding of the literature of this city. Your topic can be either critical or creative or both. “Oh how I love the name JesusIt is the sweetest name I know”…
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