Description Materials: Use Module 2 Required Reading in your textbook and the Module 2 Online Expl ...
Description Materials: Use Module 2 Required Reading in your textbook and the Module 2 Online Exploration as your guides. PLEASE WATCH THIS FOR POSTING GUIDELINES Instructions: For this Personal Critical Response, view and evaluate one work of art from the required online exploration area in this module. Note: You are only permitted to write about a poem or short story from the Module 2 Online Exploration list. 1. After reading the required textbook pages and exploring the material in the Module 2 Online Exploration area in this module, write a new thread of at least 200 words containing the following information: ($6.00) a. Identify the work of art and include the hyperlink to the work you are evaluating. b. Clearly indicate the type of art you selected, its title, the artist, and the year the art was created. Additional research on the artist and the work is encouraged; be sure to cite all sources, including the textbook. c. Identify the culture this work seems to represent or by which it is influenced by noting WESTERN or EASTERN and why. (Some Western examples are European, American, Canadian etc. Some Eastern examples are Asian, Native American, Indigenous, etc.) d. Identify whether the work's approach is mainly “Apollonian” or “Dionysian.” e. Identify whether your response to the work is mainly “Apollonian” or “Dionysian." f. Evaluate the work's “craft.” Is this a good example of this type of art? Is it well presented? What are its points of value? What is its message if there is one? g. Would you recommend this work of art to others? Why or why not? 2. Write replies of at least 50 words per reply to at least two different classmates (total of 100 words), in which you: ($2.00 each) a. Explain whether you agree with their evaluation and specify if your response to their selected/evaluated work is mainly “Apollonian” or “Dionysian” b. Give examples of how the post to which you are responding demonstrates either a “literalist” or “figuratist” perspective. Tip: For best results, use the letter next to each prompt listed above (a - g) for each of your responses. 2 attachments Slide 1 of 2 attachment_1 attachment_1 attachment_2 attachment_2 UNFORMATTED ATTACHMENT PREVIEW The Art of Being Human THE HUMANITIES AS A TECHNIQUE FOR LIVING Eleventh Edition Chapter 2 The Humanities and Critical Thinking Copyright © 2017, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Learning Objectives • • • • • 2.1 Discuss the importance of critical thinking in understanding the value of the humanities. 2.2 Distinguish between Apollonian and Dionysian responses to the humanities. 2.3 Identify three ways to exercise the mind and become a critical thinker. 2.4 Differentiate between the role of a professional critic and that of the individual responding to a creative work. 2.5 Identify the characteristics of “literalist” and “figuratist” critical responses. Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved The Important of Critical Thinking 2.1 Discuss the importance of critical thinking in understanding the value of the humanities. • Critical thinking provides a way of sharpening the mind and of enriching our experiences with the humanities by offering us a more active way to participate in the works and ideas we encounter. Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Apollonian and Dionysian Responses to the Humanities 2.2 Distinguish between Apollonian and Dionysian responses to the humanities. (1 of 8) • Apollonian – Dominated by reason and disciplined analytical, rational, and coherent thought – Seeks objective analysis • Dionysian – Dominated by feelings, intuition, and freedom from limits – Responds emotionally to music as well as to the “force and fury of tragedy” – Involves the personal and emotional, beyond reason Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Figure 2.1 Michelangelo, David, c. 1501–1504. What notion of artistic power does Michelangelo’s David offer? How does the notion of the Apollonian help make sense of this experience? Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Figure 2.2 Donatello, David, c. 1440s. Donatello’s David exhibits another side of the artistic experience. How does the Dionysian give access to understanding its appeal? Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Apollonian and Dionysian Responses to the Humanities 2.2 Distinguish between Apollonian and Dionysianresponses to the humanities. (4 of 8) • The Popcorn Syndrome – Refers to the temptation to respond to a work of art on the basis of mere emotions – Risks stunting our mental and human development – Misses the point that even “fluff” may surprise us when we subject it to critical reflection Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Apollonian and DionysianResponses to the Humanities 2.2 Distinguish between Apollonian and Dionysian responses to the humanities. (5 of 8) • Empathy and Alienation – Two opposing responses to works of art and ideas – The first draws participants in; the second pushes them away • The Importance of Knowing When a Purely Emotional Response is Appropriate • The Importance of Responding Critically Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Figure 2.3 Brian Cranston as Walter White in TV’s Breaking Bad (2008–2013). Walter White is a kind of experiment with empathy and alienation. What other famous figures from film or literature offer a similar experience? Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Apollonian and Dionysian Responses to the Humanities 2.2 Distinguish between Apollonian and Dionysian responses to the humanities. (7 of 8) • The Importance of Responding Critically • The Steps of Critical Response (a) (b) (c) (d) Define what you want to determine. Put aside emotional responses. Collect and analyze all pertinent factors. Evaluate the work or topic in its proper context, without dismissing it because of its foreignness to you. (e) Be willing to understand characters who are different from yourself. (f) Arrive at an informed opinion with evidence to support it. Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Figure 2.4 Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam, c. 1511. Seeing The Creation of Adam, the central panel in the Sistine Chapel ceiling, is to realize that there are summit experiences for which words are irrelevant. Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Exercising the Mind 2.3 Identify three ways to exercise the mind and become a critical thinker. • Solving Problems – Exercising the first goal of critical thinking • Challenging Assumptions – Frees us from unwanted cages of thought • Recognizing Contexts – Enriches understanding and improves critical judgment Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Discussion Points: • Adaptation or reboots of a novel or film often face a tough challenge. – Think of one that you believe to be successful and one you believe is less successful. – Consider and comment on which of these is more likely to be governed by a personal critical response, and which is more likely to be governed by some other kind of response. – How prominent is the role of nostalgia in how we judge adaptations and reboots? Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Figure 2.5 and Figure 2.6 1) Scene from Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, Opera Bastille, Paris, 2006 2) Scene from Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Miss Saigon, Dancap Productions, 2010. These two works show in adaptations how context changes material and medium—in this case from one form of American imperialism to another. Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved A Guide to Critical Viewing, Professional, and Personal 2.4 Differentiate between the role of a professional critic and that of the individual responding to a creative work. (1 of 2) • Role of the Professional Critic – Understands and applies the standards of excellence in a given artistic field Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved A Guide to Critical Viewing, Professional, and Personal 2.4 Differentiate between the role of a professional critic and that of the individual responding to a creative work. (2 of 2) The personal critical response suggests that we: 1. Keep an open mind and not jump to conclusions about things unfamiliar to us 2. Learn to classify or identify what we have seen or heard 3. Learn about the historical contexts of a work that can yield better understanding an appreciation 4. Speculate plausibly about it 5. Appreciate the form and craft of the piece that was created, understanding the form of the piece—for example, how a sonnet works in general Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Discussion Points: • Think of a film, book, poem, or performance that received mixed reviews from professional critics and audience members. – How do you decide if a film, book, poem, or performance is successful? – What are the roles of the professional critic today? Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Literalists and Figuratists 2.5 Identify the characteristics of “literalist” and “figuratist” critical responses • Literalist Speech – Another name for uncritical acceptance or rejection of art and ideas • Figuratist Speech – A way of thinking in more complex ways about art and ideas, and the language we use to describe them Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Key Terms • Alienation effect • Apollonian • Context • Critical thinking • Dionysian • Empathy • • • • Figuratist Imagery Literalists Sonnet Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Purchase answer to see full attachment Tags: Apollonian and Dionysian responses notion of artistic power Popcorn Syndrome Empathy and Alienation Responding Critically User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following Studypool's honor code & terms of service.
