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will be something to arouse, delight,
and offend all the brave souls who
sign up for this outrageous tour of
quirky, asylum inmates in literature
and cinema--have no fear of the big
class size with our of brilliant,
first-rate
TA, Ms. Christy Brown, this promises to
be one hell of a class. The particular
emphasis of this general education class
will be something called the "Sinematic
Psyche"--more or less, our course
focuses on a collection of books and
films where damaged individuals find
solace or further madness in
Hollywood and/or motion pictures. Think
of movies as an influenza, cinema
as a seductive plague and you get an
idea of the kinds of works and ideas
we will collectively pursue.
| REQUIRED
BOOKS
Nathanael
West
Miss Lonelyhearts and Day of
the Locust,
Dan
Clowes
Ghost World.
Maria
Amparo
Escandon
Esperanza's Box of
Saints: A Novel
Various
Writers
and Artists
Pacific Review 2002
Aldous
Huxley
Brave New World
Walker
Percy
The Moviegoer
Tino
Villanueva
Scene from the Movie GIANT
SPECIAL
IN-CLASS
PURCHASE The
Righting Game
by
Oliver
Mayer
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FILMS
Michael
Powell
Peeping
Tom
Federico
Fellini
8
1/2
Sam
Mendes
American
Beauty
Michael
Haneke
The
Piano
Teacher
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| GRADING
GENERAL
CLASS REQUIREMENTS |
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33% of your
grade will
be based on one 5 to 8 page essay
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33% of your grade will
be based on your final exam
score
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1% of your grade
will be based on your drive, ganas,
chutzpah etc.
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33% of your grade will
be based on quizzes, in-class writing,
attendance, and class
discussion/participation
Reading, discussion
and class interaction make up a
significant portion of the class;
attendance
helps--you won't pass without it. Get
this: I do not just expect attendance,
I expect prepared attendance--even,
brace yourself, participation.
And please do think twice about setting
foot in our classroom if you have
not completed your assigned reading for
the day. Also to be expected? ONE
5 to 8 page short essays, various
quizzes and in-class writing challenges
and a final exam.
Attendance and
participation
do form part of your graded work for
this class, so if you plan to miss
more than 4 classes, do please consider
dropping the course from your fall
2002 agenda; miss MORE than 4 classes
and your final grade will drop one
whole letter grade; for example a
hard-earned "B" becomes a "C" for a
less-than-dedicated
undergraduate. Alternatively, students
with a B+ have been known to garner
an A- for a seminar where they had
perfect attendance.
| OFFICE
HOURS,
PHONE AND EMAIL |
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1:30 to 4,
4117 ADAMS HUMANITIES,
7:30 to 9, Tuesdays
& Thursdays, TENNIS OFFICE HOURS, MAIN
COURTS, SDSU
Please do drop by
during the semester, as I hate working
with a room full of strangers!
Only if the idea of meeting a professor
has you breaking out in hives,
then email me at
memo@sdsu.edu
with
your questions or comments. Call me at
594.1524 if you want to schedule
a special appointment or just want to
chat. Note: I do keep my office
hours--if
I am not there, send flowers, because I
am either dead or have been abducted
by space aliens.
This GENERAL EDUCATION
class will deal with ADULT issues and
activities. If you are squeamish
about insanity, human sexuality, erotic
taboos or if graphic art, literature
and film leave you weak, angry, disgusted
etc., PLEASE drop this class
BEFORE you get the urge to call on your
parents and clergy to remove me
from my job! This is a university-level
course exploring usually hidden
elements of the human psyche: you should
EXPECT to be disturbed and moved.
Pla gia rize (?), v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Plagiarized (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. Plagiarizing.]
To steal or purloin from the writings of
another; to appropriate without
due acknowledgment (the ideas or
expressions of another). You steal someone
else's ideas or pay for them at some
creepy internet site, you will fail
this class and be reported to the
University.
Last time I checked:
university bed.
Rest before you come to class.
Shut off all telecommunication devices
BEFORE entering CSQ 201.
movie central? click the eye in the
lens above. |
 Sin
n. [OE. sinne, AS. synn, syn; akin to D.
zonde, OS. sundia, OHG. sunta,
G. s\'81nde, Icel., Dan. & Sw. synd,
L. sons, sontis, guilty, perhaps
originally from the p. pr. of the verb
signifying, to be, and meaning,
the one who it is. Cf. Authentic, Sooth.]
1. Transgression of the law of
God; disobedience of the divine command;
any violation of God's will, either
in purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in
the character; iniquity; as,
sins of omission and sins of commission.
Whosoever committeth sin is the
servant of sin. John viii. 34. Sin is the
transgression of the law. 1 John
iii. 4. I think 't no sin. To cozen him
that would unjustly win. Shak.
Enthralled By sin to foul, exorbitant
desires. Milton.2. An offense, in
general; a violation of propriety; a
misdemeanor; as, a sin against good
manners. I grant that poetry's a crying
sin. Pope. 3. A sin offering; a
sacrifice for sin. He hath made him
to be sin for us, who knew no
sin. 2 Cor. v. 21.4. An embodiment of sin;
a very wicked person. [R.]
Thy ambition, Thou scarlet sin, robbed
this bewailing land Of noble Buckingham.
Shakespeare
 Cinema
n.
1a. A film or movie. b. A movie
theater. 2a. Films or movies
considered
as a group. b. The film or movie
industry. 3. The art or technique of
making
films or movies; filmmaking.
ETYMOLOGY: French cinéma, short for
cinématograph. See cinematograph.
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