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    This document outlines the unit calendar for a college course titled "The Prison and the American Imagination" being held during the spring 2014 semester. The calendar details the topics, activities, and homework assignments for the first five weeks of the course. It includes assignments such as reading articles on representations of prison in film and television and drafting a 300-word proposal about a movie chosen for analysis. Students are asked to post summaries and drafts to the course Blackboard site and set up a blog to share their final prison movie analysis project.

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    This document outlines the unit calendar for a college course titled "The Prison and the American Imagination" being held during the spring 2014 semester. The calendar details the topics, activities, and homework assignments for the first five weeks of the course. It includes assignments such as reading articles on representations of prison in film and television and drafting a 300-word proposal about a movie chosen for analysis. Students are asked to post summaries and drafts to the course Blackboard site and set up a blog to share their final prison movie analysis project.

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    This document outlines the unit calendar for a college course titled "The Prison and the American Imagination" being held during the spring 2014 semester. The calendar details the topics, activities, and homework assignments for the first five weeks of the course. It includes assignments such as reading articles on representations of prison in film and television and drafting a 300-word proposal about a movie chosen for analysis. Students are asked to post summaries and drafts to the course Blackboard site and set up a blog to share their final prison movie analysis project.

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    WRT 205-M260: Critical Research and Inquiry The Prison and the American Imagination

    Spring 2014, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30-1:50 p.m., Heroy Geology Building 013 Patrick W. Berry, pwberry@syr.edu, office: HBC 235 office phone: 315-443-1912 office hours: Fridays, 1:00-3:00 p.m. and by appointment http://patrickberry.com/wrt205spring2014

    Unit #2 Calendar Prison Projections: Movie Analysis

    Date WEEK ONE: Tues, Feb 4 Thurs, Feb 6

    In-Class Topics and Activities Introduction to the Unit 2 assignment.

    Homework (due the following class) Read Cecil and Leitners Unlocking the Gates: An Examination of MSNBC Investigates. Write a critical summary and post to Blackboard. Bring hard copy to class. Read chapter 2, Forwarding, in Harris. Draft a 300word proposal in which you identify your movie and explain why you selected it. Include MLA citation of film. Post to Blackboard. Read OSullivans Representations of Prison in Nineties Hollywood Cinema: From Con Air to The Shawshank Redemption. Write a critical summary and post to Blackboard. Bring hard copy to class. Set up blog. Post blog link to Blackboard. Begin drafting your paper. Identify images or movies that you will use. Continue working on essay.

    Discuss Cecil and Leitner reading. Introduction to forwarding from Joseph Harris. Analyzing Movies I

    WEEK TWO: Tues, Feb 11 Thurs, Feb 13 WEEK THREE: Tues, Feb 18 Thurs, Feb 20 WEEK FOUR: Tues, Feb 25 Thurs, Feb 27 !

    Analyzing Movies II; discuss OSullivan reading; discuss how to set up blog and how to embed images and videos. No class

    No class

    Post complete draft to your blog. Post link to Blackboard and include any questions you might have. Continue working on essay.

    Stylistics

    Sharing work in progress

    Final project due. Post to Blackboard.

    WEEK FIVE: Tues, March 4

    Sharing projects

    TBA

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