The follow
ing post has two assignments namely;
1.Aristotle's Poetics.
Review the Power Po
int for Aristotle's Poetics.
Pay Particular attention to the order
in which the importance of play constructions is spelled out by the Ancient Greek teacher. The order of Poetics and their six part structure could not have
been any more important for Aristotle.
Over the centuries that the essay has been written, many playwrights and storytellers have broken from this method of play structure but you can always see the six elements with
in any story when we
look. This
includes television and film.
It is important that we beg
in to see how film, Theatre and TV, tend to fall
into categories that help us engage with that storytell
ing medium. As we move through the course of our semester we will
see how understand
ing Genre, Style and Poetics as an approach help us ga
in a fuller
insight
into what our film-makers, play-makers and storytellers want to us receive and react to when they tell
their stories. In this way tragedy, cultural background, sociopolitical, class, race, relationship issues can be raised and addressed
in a clearer way.
For this exercise you are to choose a favorite film of yours and decide how that movie is arranged with the ma
in six categories that Aristotle gives us. Why does this movies fall with
in its
specific category? What about the nature of the storytell
ing tells you that this movie is a plot driven movie, a character driven movie, an idea movie, a story that is about the language, a story
that is rooted and driven with music or a story that is driven by its spectacle
2.A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
In a clear, thoughtful, and well-supported literary essay of at least 5 paragraphs, discus how "A very old man
with enormous w
ings" can be read as a critique of both human nature and social
institutions (ie. government
and organized religion). Include a strong thesis.