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== Andrew Sarris, ''The American Cinema'' ==
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This in-class exercise is not a group project, but you may ask for advice from your fellow group members.
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'''Group 2'''
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Using the book you brought to class (or, alternatively, Brett Mills's ''The Sitcom''):
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#How does Sarris characterize Hawks' visual style?
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#What does Sarris mean by "professionalism" and how have we seen that in Hawks's films (not ''His Girl Friday'')?
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#Go to Blackboard, look in the "Tests and Assignments" folder open the assignment titled, "In-class Exercise: Outlining a Book."
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#Click "Write Submission" to open a window where you may type your submission directly in Blackboard,
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#*Or you may write your submission elsewhere and choose "Browse My Computer" to find that file later and then upload it.
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#Create your submission, which must include:
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##A properly formatted citation of your book--using Chicago, MLA, or another style guide
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##*For example: Mills, Brett. ''The Sitcom''. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009.
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##*''The Chicago Manual of Style'' is [http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html available online]. Look for the "Bibliography entries" for books on [[http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html this Webpage].
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##Your book's table of contents
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##An outline of at least 10 pages from the beginning of the book.
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##*You may choose 10 pages from the book's introduction or its first chapter--whichever you find more interesting.
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##*The outline should include at least one bullet point from each paragraph.
  
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==Peter Wollen (in John Caughie, ed., ''Theories of Authorship'')==
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==Post-exercise free-time activities==
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'''Group 3:'''
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*Put on headphones and watch the ''Fresh Off the Boat'' episode on Blackboard.
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*Start reading, for 3/28 the keywords:
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**representation, ideology, identity, othering, appropriation
  
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#Wollen writes, "...by a process of comparison with other films, it is possible to decipher...a structure which underlies the film and shapes it....  It is this structure which ''auteur'' analysis disengages from the film" (146).
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== Bibliography ==
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#*What does he mean by a "structure"? On the next page, he puts "Hawks" in quotation marks and refers to it (him?) as a structure. (Remember: Edward Buscombe quoted Wollen in last week's readings.)
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#'''Alternative assignment:''' Mills, Brett. ''The Sitcom''. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009.
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#A lot of this essay contrasts the work of Howard Hawks with that of John Ford. What "master antinomy" does Wollen see in Ford's work (and what does "antinomy" mean?)?
 
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==From ''Howard Hawks American Artist''==
 
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===V. F. Perkins===
 
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'''Group 4:'''
 
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#What function does language serve in Hawks's comedies? How is that evident in ''Ball of Fire''?
 
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===Lee Russell (Peter Wollen)===
 
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'''Group 5:'''
 
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#How does Russell characterize the Hawksian group?
 
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#What aspects of Hawksian "professionalism" does Russell discuss?
 
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#What does he believe are the two principal themes of Hawks's comedies?
 
  
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===Naomi Wise===
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==External links==
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'''Group 6:'''
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*''The Chicago Manual of Style'', http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html .
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#Wise sees Bonnie Lee in ''Only Angels Have Wings'' as the quintessential "Hawksian woman." What characteristics does she see associated with the Hawksian woman?
 
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#Wise maintains that Hawks's films "frequently show a merging of sexual roles for the benefit of both sexes" (113).  What does she mean by this? Have you seen evidence for this in the films we've watched (not ''His Girl Friday'')?
 
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#In the end, Wise claims that "a central theme throughout Hawks is the shedding of sexual roles" (118). Do you agree?
 
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===Jacques Rivette===
 
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'''All Groups:'''
 
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#According to Rivette, what is the relationship of Hawks's comedies and dramas? (It differs from what was discussed in lecture.)
 
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===André Bazin===
 
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'''All Groups:'''
 
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#How does Bazin defend the auteurist emphasis on the director?
 
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== Bibliography ==
 
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#Andrew Sarris, ''The American Cinema'', 52-56.
 
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#From ''Theories of Authorship'', John Caughie, ed. (Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981):
 
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##Peter Wollen, "The Auteur Theory," 138-151.
 
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#From ''Howard Hawks American Artist'', Jim Hillier and Peter Wollen, eds., (London: British Film Institute, 1996):
 
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##Jacques Rivette, "The Genius of Howard Hawks," 26-31.
 
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##André Bazin, "How Could You Possibly be a Hitchcocko-Hawksian," 32-34.
 
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##V. F. Perkins, "Hawks's Comedies," 68-71.
 
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##Lee Russell (Peter Wollen), "Howard Hawks," 83-86.
 
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##Naomi Wise, "The Hawksian Woman," 111-119.
 
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##*'''Sample "Works Cited" citation according to [http://libdata.lib.ua.edu/login?url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/ ''The Chicago Manual of Style'']:'''
 
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##**Author-Date format (or you may use the "Notes and Bibliography" format):
 
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##***Wise, Naomi. 1996. "The Hawksian Woman." In ''Howard Hawks: American Artist'', edited by Jim Hillier and Peter Wollen, 111-119. London: British Film Institute.
 
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##***In the body of the essay, use: (Wise 1996, 112)
 
  
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Revision as of 10:35, 21 March 2018

This in-class exercise is not a group project, but you may ask for advice from your fellow group members. Using the book you brought to class (or, alternatively, Brett Mills's The Sitcom): Template:Gallery

  1. Go to Blackboard, look in the "Tests and Assignments" folder open the assignment titled, "In-class Exercise: Outlining a Book."
  2. Click "Write Submission" to open a window where you may type your submission directly in Blackboard,
    • Or you may write your submission elsewhere and choose "Browse My Computer" to find that file later and then upload it.
  3. Create your submission, which must include:
    1. A properly formatted citation of your book--using Chicago, MLA, or another style guide
      • For example: Mills, Brett. The Sitcom. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009.
      • The Chicago Manual of Style is available online. Look for the "Bibliography entries" for books on [this Webpage.
    2. Your book's table of contents
    3. An outline of at least 10 pages from the beginning of the book.
      • You may choose 10 pages from the book's introduction or its first chapter--whichever you find more interesting.
      • The outline should include at least one bullet point from each paragraph.

Post-exercise free-time activities

  • Put on headphones and watch the Fresh Off the Boat episode on Blackboard.
  • Start reading, for 3/28 the keywords:
    • representation, ideology, identity, othering, appropriation

Bibliography

  1. Alternative assignment: Mills, Brett. The Sitcom. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009.

External links

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