After you have read “Hills Like White Elephants” and the “Critical Approaches” chapter from your textbook, select a lens that you think most illuminates what you see to be the central issues in the story. In other words, do you think that Hemingway does something particularly interesting with a literary element within the story? You might write from one of the lenses that places an […]

 2+ SELECTIONS (totaling about 60 min of music) COUNT AS ONE CONCERT)   Chopin, Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11: Daniil Trifonov & the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEFc-5Xturo Saint-Saens, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (Viktor Tretyakov, violin) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHOYd-6Uszg   Each review must include the following: 1) Title and composer of each selection on the program. 2) Genre of each piece (opera?, aria?, recitative?, symphony movement?, sonata?, concerto?, […]

  Assignment Description: It is important for you to learn how to write about another author’s work. That is different from writing down exactly what the author wrote. Your review should not read as though you are the author of the article or material. You are the reviewer of the article, and your review should read as a review. When you proofread your review, if […]

There are two assignments for and four readings to complete. And please read the following requirement. All the Documents will be uploaded. Please finish it by 12 tonight! Thanks! Assignment 1:   Read the document on Postmodernism and Modernism,   List all the important information you find on each period: dates, politics, economics, philosophy, life style, social changes…. – For each period, what were the important religions […]

  A musical ethnography is a piece of writing that explores some aspect of a particular music-culture through fieldwork.  The main goal in doing musical ethnography is to come to an understanding of how an “insider” experiences their own music-culture and then to write up your findings in a way that communicates this perspective to your readers.  To gain an “insider” perspective, ethnographers must seek […]

Write a 500-750 word essay on one of the following topics. Write a critical analysis of one of the works from weeks 1 or 2. An overview of approaches can be found here, but many are quite straightforward. Psychological, gender, sociological, biographical, and historical are all approaches that many use naturally in viewing a work. However, if your interest lies elsewhere, feel free to choose another approach. Please include […]

Assignment 10: Food Ethics  Textbook: Louis Pojman and Paul Pojman, Environmental Ethics: Readings in Theory and Application. Seventh Edition. Cengage Learning. Read the introduction to Chapter 9 and the following: 1. Mylan Engel: Hunger, Duty, and Ecology: On what We Owe Starving Humans (See Chapter 9) 2. Garrett Hardin: Lifeboat Ethics (Chapter 11: This was also assigned in the previous assignment.) Please write at least […]

Final Essay Assignment Instructions Final Essays are due on Wednesday of Week 4 by 11:59 p.m. ET. This is a formal essay and should be formatted according to APA guidelines. Review the APA Format link (click on “Start Here” and then “Course Resources”) if you need assistance in creating a title page, headers, citations, or a References page. You do not need to include an […]

When Katy Perry released “Dark Horse,” still her biggest hit, I thought immediately, “this is about Carmen the Opera.” It’s even a Habañera. Remember the characteristic rhythm that makes a Habañera a Habañera? I sampled the cello from our recording and matched the pitch. Play the video above and see what you think. But its’ the lyrics that actually first caught may attention; there are […]

   Assignment due tomorrow at 6 pm (EST)  Write a vision speech about something that you are passionate about, which includes the five key elements (perhaps 6 including the action step) …approximately 1 page Do not write a locker room speech for an athletic event… Martin Luther King – I Have A Dream Speech – August 28, 1963 (Links to an external site.) Start listening […]