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Tune in all of this week to get the most recent help tips. These are only suggestions and, therefore, you will not be using all of them. If you do, your paper will become a mechanized nightmare. Use only what makes sense and works for you. |
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Tip #1 |
"Consider WHAT the painting means." Sit back and observe Starry Night. What does it mean to you" Do you make any associations? Have you seen it prior to this assignment? |
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"Consider HOW the painting means." You will probably want to use your semiotic terms when discussing the specifics of the painting. You may choose to describe your original interpretation of Starry Night in semiotic terms, since you might be affected by the images (signifiers) and, perhaps, by their arrangement (syntagm). The baggage that you bring will probably mix and clash with the painting's (signifieds). |
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"Consider HOW the painting means." You will probably want to use Berger's theory from "Ways of Seeing." Remember, Berger presents several major ideas about works of art and how external influences such as time, setting, perspective and reproduction seriously affect their meanings. |
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Consider HOW "Vincent" means. This text is no different than the painting in the sense that it is an arrangement of parole/signifiers, all of which rely on some system of meaning in order to make sense. It is different when you consider the fact that McLean wrote his lyrics one hundred years after Van Gogh painted Starry Night. Does that have anything to do with how either means? Does it affect how one influences the other? |
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"How does "Vincent" affect Starry Night?" The sky is the limit here. No pun intended. You have maximum freedom when it comes to the focus and direction that your paper will take. Regardless of the topic, however, remember that you must show how both mean before you can show how one affects the other. |
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Want to share a thesis statement or an introduction? Email it to me and I'll post it along with your email address so that you can get feedback from your peers and from me. |