#seminar class

[iliketodothethings]

My professor: I think you’re doing more work than you need to be.

Me: 

[danchukmichelle-blog]

this is an awesome activity that one of my classmates came up with- we all read an example of a problem, and were instructed to find the positive within that problem. at the end we took all of our positive messages and applied them to this quote!!

[plowthechoochoo]

When you really, really, REALLY don't want to do a paper O.o

[amarxlen]

I just wish I had a bit more to go on for this paper than:

"1. Previous research 2. Investigative method 3. Result 4. Summary/what I understood" and a chapter in a book that's written using kanji and grammar structures I've never even heard of before.

I'm just so lost. Maybe after tomorrow when people start presenting I'll be able to figure my own out...?

[supahstarn9ne]

seminar class!

[lavender-menace-blog]

Stand Up and Be a Man: Exploring Representations of Men, Manhood and Masculinity in Film, Literature and Art

What does mean it be to a man? Do we expect too much from men, be they brothers, fathers, friends, or ourselves? Who teaches boys to become men? How should men relate to women? How do women relate to men? How should men relate to other men? Regardless of your answers to these questions, issues surrounding what it means to be a man impact your life on a daily basis, whether you’re male, female, or transgendered. In this course we will study and question dominant and deviant notions of manhood, masculinity and maleness. We will study anthropological and sociological ideas about manhood across cultures. We will analyze, discuss and research representations of manhood in literature, art and film, and consider feminist interpretations of gender politics as well as the growing body of criticism in “men’s studies” that has arisen in along with feminist theory. From ancient mythology to today’s professional sports, videogames and films, men are frequently represented as violent, but scholars in men’s studies have advocated for more nuanced views of what it means to be a man. We will seek out these nuances, study representations of manhood from the past through to the present, and explore what it has meant and what it means today to stand up and be a man. 

This is my seminar class at Dickinson for my first year. LOL. Im actually really excited. It will at least keep me interested.