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| [a] Image RF |
HIST 211
Drawing HIstory and Culture
Final Assignment: Write a "Graphic Essay"
(with plenty of illustrations
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| [b] Explaining RF |
The Shorthand Version
1. Choose something that interests you.
2. Write an essay of at least 2,000 words about it. Think about some of the essays we've read in the second half of our course.
2. Write an essay of at least 2,000 words about it. Think about some of the essays we've read in the second half of our course.
3. Add illustrations (the vast majority need to be your own drawings, but I am leaving it open to at least some other forms, including computer generated images).
Due as a .pdf file sent no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 12 (the end of finals week). Please note that this deadline is very serious. Beloit professors only have forty-eight hours to have all grades in after finals week.
Unlike earlier in the term, these copies must be sent as .pdf files. If you absolutely cannot make a .pdf, send a .doc or Google docs file. If I have problems opening it, I'll let you know.
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| [c] Essayer RF |
1. Choose something that interests you, and that you think might make for an interesting essay. This can be anything (you are in a candy store in terms of possible topics). Don't let this freedom paralyze you. You have already read several essays, and you can think about them as models.
2. Write the essay, just as you would for a "regular" class.
2. Write the essay, just as you would for a "regular" class.
3. Reread your essay and draw six (minimum, and all drawn by you) or more (most drawn by you, but with the possibility that a few are in another format).
4. Revise the relationship between the essay and the images to make your point most clearly.
Possible Format B—Integration of Materials
1. Choose something that interests you (see "Format A").
2. Draw six or more images that really speak to you in terms of the subject (minimum of six, all drawn by you, but as many as you wish—some of which may be generated with other tools).
2. Draw six or more images that really speak to you in terms of the subject (minimum of six, all drawn by you, but as many as you wish—some of which may be generated with other tools).
3. Review your images and now write a 2,000-word essay that brings text to your images.
4. Revise the relationship between the essay and the images to make your point most clearly.
Possible Format C—New Vistas
1. Masterfully blend all elements together in a striking narrative form (previously unimagined) that will be anthologized in essay collections for generations. If you have an idea for this, please run it by me first.
Summary
1. Choose something that interests you.
2. Write and essay (or draw a series of images).
2. Write and essay (or draw a series of images).
3. Draw images to enhance your essay (or write an essay to enhance your drawings).
Sorry—it’s really that straightforward.
We’ll discuss strategies in class throughout the term. This is a serious assignment, and is meant to make you reflect upon what we've learned about reading, writing, and drawing. It only seems “glib” and lighthearted. I could write ten pages of detail for the assignment, but this is really all you need...without clutter.Send to me (lafleur@beloit.edu) as a .pdf file (not a hard copy)!
by Thursday, December 12.
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| [d] Pathways RF |
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