The meetings in Italics will be held in our classroom.
All other meetings will be held in : 7-290M
Wednesday 30th
8-8:15 Gisselle
8:15-8:30 Dioni
8:30-8:45 Rabia
8:45-9 Joel
9:00-9:15 Ryan
9:15-9:30 Jana
9:30-9:45 Dini
9:45-10 Samira
10-10:15 Hyunseung
10:15-10:30 Ricardo
10:30-10:45 Quinn
11:30 Rob
Thursday December 1st
Kevin Wong: 3
Sabrina: 3:30
Andrew: 3:15
Kevin H. 3:45
Chris 4:00
Kyle: 4:30
After reading the Dada Manifesto by Tzara, the Manifesto of Surrealism by Breton, The Foundation and Manifesto of Futurism by Marinetti, AND the addition SCUM Manifesto by Valerie Solanas you probably have a sense of what kind of genre ‘manifesto’ is and what the purpose of a manifesto is.
A manifesto is about hope as much as it is about anger and disappointment. It is a declaration as much as it is a poem. It is embedded in the present but also looks to the future.
With this and what you’ve read in mind, I would like you to write your own manifesto. This manifesto can be based on something you actually wish to declare, change, or create. It can be a manifesto in support of a movement you believe in that actually exists or one that you have created yourself or would like to create. ( Apt times for this)
On the other hand, it can be completely fictional, silly, and ridiculous if you would like but I would still like it to be thoughtful and satirical if that is the case. (A Manifesto for Cats for example…)
Regardless, I would like it to resemble the manifestos you’ve read and hopefully this exercise will allow you to understand the essence of these manifestos and their purpose in time.
Please post your 500 (or more) word manifesto as a comment here by 5 pm on Sunday November 20th.
I can’t wait to hear these!
Hi Everyone- I am writing to let you know that something has come up regarding the conference I am running and unfortunately, I am required to cancel class tomorrow. I am not happy about this but I also think this may give you some time to breathe and catch up. Which means I expect you to be completely on top of things come Monday November 14th!
You will have a BLOG POST due on Friday 11/11 by midnight. We will resume Monday’s class as if it were 11/9 on the syllabus. So be prepared with Heart of Darkness for Monday’s class AND bring your response!
You definitely should have your paper grades on Monday! 🙂
Have a lovely weekend and I hope we all can survive this election…
Best,
CL
p.s. if you are interested in the conference I am running this week check this out:
https://cunypop.wordpress.com/
Hi everyone! I know that you are all feverishly writing your papers so I do not expect this to be a really in depth response. However, I would still like it to be a short and thoughtful one. Please choose one of the following topics and write a 100 word response based on the parts of the film we saw. Try to relate this to our conversations about realism.