Assignments Weeks 5-7

Week 5 (2/27, 3/1) (Essay One Due 3/1, Short 2 Due 3/8)


For Monday 2/27

From War is a Force: Ch 3 (62-82)
Finish Part One: Man’s Search for Meaning
Assign New Syllabus.

For Wednesday 3/1

Discussion: Review Hedges (Ch 3)
& Discuss Frankl:
How does Frankl find meaning?
What is meaningful?
Lecture (time allowing): Biopolitics and Hiroshima

Week 6 (3/6, 3/8) (Essay 2 Due 3/ 22, Short 3 Due 3/15)

For Monday 3/6

From: War is a Force, CH 4
From: Sontag’s Regarding the Pain…CH 5: Hand-Out
From: “The Beauty of the Battlefield,” Stratis Myrivilis

For Wednesday 3/8


From: “Valkyries Over Iraq” Lawrence Weschler
From: Apocalypse Now (‘Napalm in the Morning’)
Short 3 Assigned (Due 3/15)

Week 7 (3/13, 3/15) (Essay 2 Due 3/22)

For Monday 3/13

From: Slaughter-House Five (CH’s 1, 2, 3)

For Wednesday 3/15

From Slaughter-House Five (CH 4)
Short 3 Due

Class Notes 2/27: Orders of Business

There was some confusion today about the film list relevant to Essay 2.

You can access the Essay 2 information by clicking on the 2/1 archive page on this site. I'll update the Essay 2 assignment for class Wednesday.

Here is a list of the films for analysis, discussion, and contrast:

LIST ONE

First bunch *Extra Credit* (5%)

The Battleship Potemkin (1925) La Grande Illusion (The Grand Illusion) (1937) Ivanovo Detstvo (1962) Battle of Algiers (1965) Hotara No Haka (Grave of the Fireflies) (1988) Life Is Beautiful (1998) No Man’s Land (2001) Broken Silence (2002)

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)Paths of Glory (1957)Apocalypse Now (1979)The Killing Fields (1984)Platoon (1986)Full Metal Jacket (1987)Schindler’s List (1993)The Thin Red Line (1998)Three Kings (1999)The Pianist (2002)The Quiet American (2002)Hotel Rwanda (2004)Jarhead (2005)

LIST TWO

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Johnny Got His Gun (1971) Born on the Fourth of July (1989) Jacob’s Ladder (1990)