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Oral Presentation Using slides, power-point, video, animation, or other visual materials, present a topic related to a recitation theme, as worked out with the TA. | Oral Presentation Guidelines (PDF) |
Paper 1Write an essay of five to seven pages on the subject of Delacroix and modernism. | Paper 1 Guidelines (PDF) |
Paper 2Write a five page essay, as a take-home portion of the midterm exam, on the subject of Monet's painting la Japonaise, 1876, with the aim of examining "Orientalism" in Monet. | Paper 2 Guidelines (PDF) |
Paper 3Write a five to seven page essay comparing Clement Greenberg's "Avant-Garde and Kitsch" essay (1939) and Walter Benjamin's "Work of Art" essay (1936). | Paper 3 Guidelines (PDF) |
Paper 4Take the previous paper that received the lowest grade, conduct further research based on preliminary questions and comments, and revise, rewrite, and resubmit it. | Paper 4 Guidelines (PDF) |
Paper 5Write an essay of 10 to 15 pages on an artist, genre, or movement of your choice, examined in relation to modernism or postmodernism (as theories), particularly as engaged with mass culture. | Paper 5 Guidelines (PDF) |