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Purpose This assignment is intended to do a couple
of things. First, it is intended to give you a reason to attend a cultural
event that you may not have otherwise. Many college students have never been
to a live play, the symphony, the opera, or to an art gallery, so as a way to
experience first hand what we discuss in class, the instructors of this
course have made the outside experience one of the required aspects. Second, the outside experience is intended
to get you to slow down and consider the experience from a little more active
perspective. In this case, it means you will need to analyze what your
experience entailed and in the end it means that you will have to render some
kind of intelligent statement about the work or performance supported by
details of the work that support that statement. The
Events For HUMS 101, you will attend two outside
events and a field trip and write a short paper analyzing each experience. The
selection of events becomes a bit subjective, but I want to be a part of it.
The primary consideration is that you attend a quality venue, and a secondary
consideration deals with you stretching so you are witnessing something new
to you. Any musical event sponsored by We will read The Diviners, so I am strongly encouraging you to attend a
performance of the play. In addition to the play, there are various scheduled
music events, such as the opera, the I am also always open to other
outside events. If you have a trip planned or an activity scheduled that you
think might fit, ask me. Don’t though expect me to say yes after the fact. Requirements
for the Papers For each paper, you should consider either
what the work communicates or why it was created—purpose; or how the
work impacts its audience -- effect. Create a heading at the top of the page titled either, Purpose or Effect. Below that heading write a clear, concise thesis statement about the
work and a couple of sentences or short paragraph explaining the statement. As you are watching the event or when you
go to a gallery, consider how the work comes together to communicate ideas.
How do the pieces contribute to a message or to a couple of messages? This is
a subjective comment; your analysis though becomes more valid as you connect
evidence (your comment on details of the work) back to your statement. So, in
a second section of the paper, I want you to think and consider the evidence
that you can provide to support your statement at the top of the page. Create a second heading titled, Elements. Below this heading, identify how at least three
elements from the inquiry sheet for the appropriate genre support your thesis
statement—about a paragraph for each element. Use the proper terminology in
the right context here. Finally, I would like you to consider a
third section titled: Unifying Principle. For this section, write a
paragraph explaining how one aspect of the show seems to control it or stand out to you and how it is
tied in some way to the statement you made about effect of purpose. The paper should be 400-500 words, should be
double-spaced and should follow MLA guidelines for format—the Grading 75 points for each paper (225 total or 22.5% of
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