Topic Brainstorm | Week 8
Topic Brainstorm, Week 8 |
You’ve been appointed the student member of a college committee to revise the core curriculum. The committee has decided to require that all students enrolled at LMC must take this course, and you have been asked to nominate 4 to 5 fiction selections (from the selections we have read this semester) that will be required reading for the course. You are, in other words, creating the anthology.
You’ve been appointed the student member of a college committee to revise the core curriculum. The committee has decided to require that all students enrolled at LMC must take this course, and you have been asked to nominate 4 to 5 fiction selections (from the selections we have read this semester) that will be required reading for the course. You are, in other words, creating the anthology.
-I think this prompt would be fun for me because it gives me the chances to focus on more than just one or two pieces. It will also give me the chance to go into further details with the readings that I will chose to create my very own anthology. This will project will probably take me the longest since I do have to look at more pieces but since I read them all already it should be easy for me to decide which ones I will choose.
Choose a reading.
In your project, consider the following:
What does this work reflect about its historical, social,
political and/or economic context? You may focus on race, class, power,
cultural values and beliefs, historical events, the author’s biography, gender,
psychology, etc.
- This one seems the most interesting to me. I like looking at different aspects of the readings and seeing how they are truly related to things like, power, class, race, history etc. so I think this would be a good topic to explore. I can also go into more depth to see how the time period could be affecting ones views/point of view on certain situation and events. By this I mean, I want to figure out what the author really means in whatever reading I decide to choose. I want to see if the Authors views or beliefs have an impact on the reading itself. If I don't use this prompt now I would like to use it for the next project.
Compare and contrast elements of two different texts. For
example, explore the similarities and differences between two characters in the
text, or examine how one theme is handled in similar and dissimilar ways in
two different texts.
- This is my third choice because for my last project I wrote about two different texts and how they related through love. Although I would like to do this again I feel it will benefit me more to stray away from comparing and contrast different types of themes. On the other hand, I feel I could do really good because I did do something similar on the last project but not the exact same.
Hi Megan, I love your project brainstorm choices and your reasoning for each one. I am interested to see what selections you choose and how you will create your anthology. For your second choice, I too am interested in how a time effects the views of people and how it impacts society today. So much of our current values/beliefs might be history past. For your last choice, you can also compare a character instead of a theme, it might be easier. Not to mention, I believe we must choose an option different from what we chose from our first project. No matter, what you choose you will do great. I believe the first choose will give you more creative freedom because you get the opportunity to voice your own opinion for each recommendation. I chose your last two options and a new option to explore a theme from my life.
ReplyDeleteHi Megan, I really liked your project brainstorm. It is great that you chose the college committee one. It looks like a very interesting topic and it is one of the more unique ones out of the entire list since it requires you to think differently in terms of the readings. The second one is very fun, I did that one for my project, I feel like if you choose a specific context like historical or social it will be easier, that is something that I didn't do. The third option is more straightforward and seeing how you want something slightly different from the last project it will be great. All of them are very cool and different which is fantastic, whatever project topic you end up choosing I am sure it will be brilliant. You did a good job on the topic brainstorm and good luck on your project.
ReplyDeleteHello Megan, I'm also circling the college committee prompt. The ability to essentially create our own curriculum is enticing and seems like a fun choice to delve into. It probably would take a little longer than the others, but the personable nature of picking and explaining why these readings are ideal in theme/structure seems endlessly interesting. I'm leaning towards choosing this prompt for the final project because we will have read nearly every work by that point. The second prompt (which appears to be the one your leaning towards), also seems to be ripe with possibilities. Art produced during any given time period more often than not directly reflects the social, political and economic atmospheres of the time; so delving into readings from this mindset will leave room for much analysis. It seems like you've got a good foundation for your upcoming project. Good luck going forward.
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