Part 1
Conduct a close reading of one of the texts/films ( Fritz Lang’s 1927 film Metropolis is a silent film, a well-known classic. You can watch it for free here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_4no842TX8.) assigned by your professor for this unit, being careful to take notes and record specific evidence with time stamps for easy reference.
NOTES:
Cataloging textual evidence for visual media may require multiple viewings and careful note-taking on the elements and/or devices specific to film.
Do not use any of the texts used in sample assignments or instructional videos in this course.
Part 2
Identify a theme from Unit 1:
Dystopia
Quest for Identity/Coming of Age
Alienation/Otherness
Redemption
and consider how the text supports this theme through the use of literary devices or elements specific to film OR identify a critical theory applicable to the text and examine how and why this specific lens “works with” and can be used to interpret your chosen film.
Part 3
Using pre-writing and outlining, identify a working thesis that makes a claim as to how and why the literary devices and elements in a drama/film support a specific theme OR can be interpreted through a particular critical lens, and examine the overall significance of that connection. Once you have written your working thesis and basic outline, begin drafting your essay, being mindful to integrate textual evidence from both your primary text and a scholarly source (see below), and provide analysis to explain how and why each piece of evidence supports your thesis.
Part 4
Identify a scholarly source that supports your thesis; you may opt to use the source previously identified in Module 11, or you may select a new source.
NOTE: Be sure to integrate your source correctly, using proper signal phrases and citations, and use the source only to support your own, original argument and not as inspiration or the foundation for your argument.
