LEITURA DE PRODUÇÕES DE MÍDIA EM LÍNGUA INGLESA - ACTIVITIES

Leitura de Produções de Mídia – Activities for 21st. 26th. of December and 2nd. of December – 6 hour class;

You should write a 4-5 page essay and include references. It is not a copy of the text, but a critical reading of the ideas purposed by Walter Benjamin. Papers should typed in Word for Windows, Times New Roman font, size 12, and spaced 1, 5 space. If you quote the author or any other work, you should use proper references. You should include references in the body of the article with the author’s surname in uppercase, the date of publication and page number in parentheses (eg. SPIVAK, 2002, p. 82). Complete bibliographical references should be placed at the end of the text. Remember that plagiarism is a crime and will not be tolerated.

Ø  Falling back on the concept of aura proposed by Walter Benjamin in “The Work of Art at the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”, compare and contrast the movies A Woman of Paris and the Golden Rush by Charlie Chaplin to other two of your choice. You should explain the concept of the aura as developed by Benjamin and demonstrate if there are elements of this idea in the movies selected.

Note that you will be evaluated in terms of understanding of the text, comprehension of the movies by Chaplin and a selection of the other two. Creativity and originality are going to be praised, as long as they are involved with the text read in class.