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Readings:
Path 1 |
Details |
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| T, 8-25 |
The Positive Negative
video: introduction to course guidelines & website
The Bible: Acts 5:1-11, 4:32-37, PDF
Flannery O'Connor's letter to "A" (Betty Hester), Aug. 28, 1955 / 948-51, PDF
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "A Musical Instrument" (1860), PDF
Robert Browning's "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister" (1842), PDF
Salvador Dalí's Woman with a Head Full of Roses (1935) |
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| R, 8-27 |
Stumbling Blocks
The Bible: I Corinthians 1:1 thru 2:16
Matthias Grünewald's The Crucifixion (1515)
Salvador Dalí's Corpus Hypercubus (1954)
Salvador Dalí's The Spectre of Sex Appeal (1934) |
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| S, 8-29 |
DUE by midnight: Impassioned Plea #1 / comment on Dr. M's "Holding the Book at Hand in Your Hand" / coming soon--subscribe (for free) to my non-monetized channel Digging in the Dirt
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| T, 9-1 |
A Triangulated Telling
The Bible: Luke 21:15-19
The Bible: Matthew 26:47 - 28:10
The Bible: Luke 22:47 - 24:53
The Bible: John 18:1 - 20:31
video: Life Is Layered--Part 1: "Dirt, Digging, and Cultural Engagement" (16 min.) |
- roundtable discussion; sml grp discuss & report
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| R, 9-3 |
Fierce and Dreamy Both
The Bible: 2 Corinthians 12:1-10
Flannery O'Connor's letter to "A," Milledgeville, 17 November 1956, 1004-1008
Flannery O'Connor's talk "The Teaching of Literature" (undated) / PDF (print & bring to class)
Flannery O'Connor's "A Temple of the Holy Ghost" (1954), 197-209
Path 2 grps assigned |
- roundtable discussion; sml grp discuss & report
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| T, 9-8 |
Not Your Own Hero
The Bible: Matthew 16:24-26
The Bible: Philippians 4:4-9
The Bible: Romans 14:1-23
The Bible: I Corinthians 8:1-13
video: Life Is Layered--Part 2: "The Sensuous Surface" (31 min.)
Flannery O'Connor's "The Church and the Fiction Writer" (1957), 807-12
Flannery O'Connor's "Good Country People" (1955), 263-84 |
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| R, 9-10 |
Maximum Control
The Bible: Psalm 23
The Bible: Luke 12:24-34
Salvador Dalí's prose poem "St. Sebastian" (1927)
Salvador Dalí's lecture "The Moral Position of Surrealism" (Mar. 22, 1930)
Salvador Dalí's Apparatus and Hand (1927)
Salvador Dalí's The Great Masturbator (1929)
Salvador Dalí's The Persistence of Memory (1931)
The Motion Picture Production Code, or "Hays" Code (1930), PDF
The Principles and Elements of Design, PDF / print & bring to class
Students bring, printed out in color or on digital tablet (not cell), Dr. M's comments on Impassioned Plea #1
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- lecture: Dalí's bio / Part 1
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| M, 9-14 |
REQUIRED SCREENING: Dennis Villeneuve's Prisoners (2013), 2h 33m at 7:15 p.m. / Palm Theater. If you instead watch it on your own over the weekend, complete a 30-minute essay response on Monday in Dr. M's office sometime between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. |
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| M, 9-14 thru S, 9-19 |
Groups discuss assigned Path 2 short story by Flannery O'Connor during expanded office hours; 30 min. per grp |
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| T, 9-15 |
DUE BEFORE TUESDAY CLASS: Impassioned Plea #2 / comment on Dr. M's intro. to Prisoners (2013) |
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| T, 9-15 |
Pain, Paradox, and the Redemptively Grotesque
The Bible: Romans 5:1-8
The Bible: Mark 10:13-16
The Bible: Matthew 13:1-23
The Bible: I Corinthians 7:1-5
Dr. M's intro. to Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners (2013)
Dennis Villeneuve's Prisoners (2013) / only look at the content warnings if you're okay with lots of spoilers!
Film Terms handout, PDF / print & bring to class |
- slideshow-directed, interactive lecture
- small group argumentation exercise
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| R, 9-17 |
Diluted Senses
The Bible: Deuteronomy 15:12
The Bible: Leviticus 19:33-34
The Bible: Micah 6:6-8
The Bible: Isaiah 58:1-10
The Bible: 2 Corinthians 8:8-15
The Bible: Galatians 3:26-28
The Bible: Colossians 4:1
video: Life Is Layered--Part 3: "Equality & the Disenfranchised" (26 min.)
C. S. Lewis's The Problem of Pain, only chp. 4 ("Human Wickedness"), pgs. 30-38 at this PDF
Flannery O'Connor's "Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction" (1960; 1965), 813-21 |
- slideshow-directed, interactive lecture
- small group argumentation exercise
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| T, 9-22 |
DUE BEFORE TUESDAY CLASS: Impassioned Plea #3 / comment on Dr. M's intro. to The Five Obstructions (2003), coming soon--subscribe (for free) to my non-monetized channel Digging in the Dirt |
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| T, 9-22 |
No Boundaries
The Bible: John 8:33-36
The Bible: Romans 6:16-23
The Bible: I Corinthians 7:21-24
The Bible: Philippians 2:5-8
Dr. M's intro. to Lars von Trier's The Five Obstructions (2003) / coming soon!
Jørgen Leth’s The Perfect Human (1967), YouTube
Lars von Trier's The Five Obstructions (2003) / available through Kanopy (via library) |
- slideshow-directed, interactive lecture
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| R, 9-24 |
Not Consumed
The Bible: Genesis 4:1-16
The Bible:
2 Samuel 11:1-12:25
The Bible:
Job 23 (all), 24 (all), & 31:1-22
The Bible: Song of Songs (Song of Solomon), chps 1-8
The Bible:
Lamentations 3:16-40
video: Life Is Layered--Part 4: "Psychological Substance" (24 min.) |
- small group argumentation exercise
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| T, 9-29 |
The Way of Distortion
The Bible: Mark 12:1-12
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "Lord Walter's Wife" (1862), PDF
Robert Browning's "Porphyria's Lover" (1834; 1836, 1842), PDF
C. S. Lewis' "Transposition" (1940), PDF |
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| R, 10-1 |
Eyes Wide Shut
The Bible: 1 John 1:1-9
The Bible: Psalm 97:1-6
Robert Browning's "Andrea del Sarto" (c.1853; 1855), PDF
Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood (1952), chps. 1-2
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T, 10-6 |
Parabolic Drift
The Bible: Luke 15:11-32
video: Flannery O'Connor's life
Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood (1952), chps. 3-7 |
- slideshow-driven discussion
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| R, 10-8 |
A New Jesus
The Bible: Jeremiah 17:5-10
Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood (1952), chps. 8-9
Robert Browning's "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" (1852; 1855), PDF
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- sml grp: argumentation exercise
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T, 10-13 |
One Truth
The Bible: Matthew 5:1-30
Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood (1952), chps. 10-12
Salvador Dalí's The Endless Enigma (1938)
Midterm Exam study guide |
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| R, 10-15 |
Out of Sight
The Bible: Mark 8:22-25
The Bible: Acts 9:1-19
video: Life Is Layered--Part 5: "Spiritual Substratum" (34 min.)
Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood (1952), chps. 13-14
Robert Browning's "Abt Vogler" (1864), PDF |
- slideshow-directed discussion
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| T, 10-20 |
MIDTERM EXAM
bring
blue book for 60-minute, open-book essay
bring
100-qstn green scantron for 20-minute, 45-question closed-book section |
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| R, 10-22 |
Magical Freedoms
The Bible: Genesis 1-3
pre-class video: the life of C. S. Lewis [includes notes about The Problem of Pain, all of which I assigned in an earlier course iteration]
C. S. Lewis' The Magician's Nephew (1955) |
- slideshow-directed discussion
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| M, 10-26 |
REQUIRED SCREENING: Lars von Trier's Dogville (2003), 2h 51m / 7:15 p.m. / Palm Theater. If you instead watch it on your own over the weekend, complete a 30-minute essay response on Monday in Dr. M's office between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. |
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| T, 10-27 |
Grace and Justice
The Bible: Luke 13:5-9
The Bible: Matthew 18:21-35
Lars von Trier's Dogville (2003), only look at the content warnings if you are fine with plenty of spoilers
Dr. M's intro. to Dogville
bring film terms handout |
- sml grp: argumentation exercise
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| R, 10-29 |
False Teachers
The Bible: 2 Peter 2:1-22
Lars von Trier's Dogville (2003)
C. S. Lewis's The Problem of Pain (1940), chp. 8, PDF and chp. 10, PDF
bring film terms handout |
- sml grp: tableaux vivants & dry-erase drawings
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| T, 11-3 |
Dark Like Blood
The Bible: Proverbs 1:1-19
C. S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces (1956), Part 1: chps 1-5
bring film terms handout |
- format: roundtable discussion
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| R, 11-5 |
Graceful or Grotesque?
The Bible: Proverbs 31:10-31
Salvador Dalí's Paranonia (1935-36)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "The Romaunt of the Page" (1839), PDF [used w/ permission of one of the editors, Dr. Beverly Taylor]
C. S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces (1956), Part 1: chps 6-9 |
- roundtable discussion
- small group exercise
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| M, 11-9 |
DUE by 9 a.m.: Impassioned Plea #4 / comment on Dr. M's intro. to your assigned Path 2 film at Digging in the Dirt
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| T, 11-10 |
Not Shaken
The Bible: Judges 4:1 - 5:31
C. S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces (1956), Part 1: chps 10-16 |
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| R, 11-12 |
Alone with Myself
The Bible: Galatians 6:1-10
Lucius Apuleius's The Golden Ass (late 2nd century AD), PDF
C. S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces (1956), Part 1: chps 17-21 |
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| T, 11-17 |
Veilings and Unveilings
The Bible: Mark 5:21-43
Romance 101: "Can I Trust You to Protect Me?"
C. S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces (1956), Part II: chps. 1-4 |
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| R, 11-19 |
Mental Myopia
The Bible: I Corinthians 13:1-13
Flannery O'Connor's "The Comforts of Home" (1960), 573-94
Flannery O'Connor's "Everything that Rises Must Converge" (1961), 485-500 |
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| Nov. 23-29 |
Thanksgiving Break |
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| M, 11-30 |
REQUIRED SCREENING: Troy Edward Shults's Waves (2019), 2h 15m / 7:15 p.m. / Palm Theater. If you instead watch it on your own over the weekend, complete a 30-minute essay response on Monday in Dr. M's office between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. |
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| T, 12-1 |
DUE BEFORE CLASS ON TUESDAY: Impassioned Plea #5 / comment on Dr. M's intro. video to Waves / coming soon--subscribe (for free) to my non-monetized channel Digging in the Dirt |
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| T, 12-1 |
Not a Monster
The Bible: Proverbs 10:1-12
Trey Edward Shults's Waves (2019), only look at the content warnings if you are fine with plenty of spoilers
bring film terms handout |
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| R, 12-3 |
Love & Marriage
The Bible: Ephesians 5:21-33, James 3:3-10
video: the lives of EBB & RB
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850), sonnets 7 & 30 / PDF
Robert Browning's "Meeting at Night" (1845) and "Parting at Morning" (1845), PDF
Robert Browning's "A Lover's Quarrel" (c.1853), PDF |
- slideshow-directed discussion
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| T, 12-8 |
The Evolution of Ecstasy
The Bible: Ecclesiastes 1-2
Salvador Dalí's essay "Mystical Manifesto" (1951)
Salvador Dalí's My Wife, Nude, Contemplating Her Own Flesh Becoming Stairs, Three Vertebrae of a Column, Sky and Architecture (1945)
Salvador Dalí's The Madonna of Port Lligat (1950-51, 2nd version of the painting, not the 1949 version)
Salvador Dalí's Christ of St. John of the Cross (1951)
Salvador Dalí's The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory (1952-54)
bring: the Principles and Elements of Design handout to class
bring: Path 2 poems by EBB and RB for your group!
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- slideshow-directed discussion
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| R, 12-10 |
Everything Off Balance
The Bible: Mark 12:28-34 and Matthew 10:32-39
Salvador Dalí's The Temptation of St. Anthony (1946)
Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" (1953), 137-53
Final Exam Study guide shared and discussed |
- discussion
- review session for final exam
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FINAL EXAM: MISCELLANEOUS VIDEO REVIEW LECTURES [only review if assigned this quarter]
videos: The Redemptively Grotesque Arts (a preview of my book): in segments
video: Elements & Principles of Design and "Christ Crucified" (33 min.) [TYPO: I say "immaculate conception" when I should say "Virgin Birth"]
video: artistic modalities w/ graphs (36 min.)
RB's "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" (reading & explication)
Part 1: lecture on Dalí, in pieces: Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6 / Part 7
EBB's "The Romaunt of the Page" (walk-through reading)
LvT's Dogville & film terms
pre-class video: Life of Lars von Trier |
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| Finals Week |
FINAL EXAM (Path 2 & select Path 1 texts)
sec 01 (7:00-8:20 a.m. / TR / final: Tues., Dec. 15, 7:00-9:30 a.m.
sec 02 (9:00-10:20 a.m. / TR / final: Tues., Dec. 15, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
sec 03 (10:30-11:50 a.m. / TR / final: Thurs., Dec. 17, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
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