bcox /teaching /havc 110 ath

HAVC 110a Pre-Hispanic Mexican Art, Professor Carolyn Dean

Lea Cox, Teaching Assistant, Thursday 2-3:10; 4-5:10

Office Hours: Mon 1pm, Porter D232; or by appt. bcox@ucsc.edu

slideshow of all thurs section students ...2pm...4pm

29 November 2007

Discussion of portraiture and Pasztory, Esther, 2005. The Portrait and the Mask

27 November 2007: Second Paper Due

15 November 2007

Discussion of Seligman, Thomas K., 1988. "An Unexpected Bequest and an Ethical Dilemma". Wagner's "Gift".

8 November 2007 SECOND PAPER ASSIGNMENT

1. discuss Midterm (strategies for the Final)
2. discuss 2nd paper (88 and above: option to write creative paper; 70 to 87: write a second analytical paper on new topic; below 70: make appointments to see TA about second paper)
3. hand back first paper

Supplementary Links for writing analysis papers http://www.metrostate.edu/writingcenter/clues/critical.html

1 November 2007 MIDTERM REVIEW

Midterm is Next Tuesday; BE ON TIME; BRING A BLANK BLUEBOOK; get enough sleep, eat breakfast, BREATHE

For Reference, links to writing a thesis statement:

http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/thesis.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/01/

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/thesistatement.html

http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/thesis.html

25 October 2007 NO SECTION

18 October 2007

Discussion of the Analysis Paper (DUE NEXT TUESDAY, in class)

1. Title Page
2. Introductory Paragraph with identification of the article and your thesis statement. Example thesis statement: {I will argue that} Matos presents clear and convincing evidence that the Templo Mayor was the most important structure in Tenochtitlan and, as such, was enlarged several times over a two hundred year period.
3. A clear statement of the topic/problem addressed by the author
4. A concise summary of the author's conclusions.
5. The characterization of the intended audience and how that affected the style and presentation (if at all). Look at source books or journal.
6. An identification and discussion of the kinds of evidence used (iconographic? ethnographic? archaeological?); provide CONCRETE illustrations to support your identification of evidence, and demonstrate that you know what constitutes that type of evidence.
7. A comparison of the author's conclusions with those of other scholars.
8. A reasoned evaluation of the evidence, method, arguments and conclusions. State your position clearly even if it is ambivalent. (this should be the largest section of your paper)
9. A bibliography or "works cited" page, formatted according to MLA style.

11 October 2007

Video: The Burden of Time (Michael Wood)

1. Why does Wood seem to admire the Maya so much more than the cultures of Central Mexico (including Mexica)?
2. What impression does Wood leave about the Mexica in comparison to the Maya?
3. Write a page on these questions and turn in
4. Do the reading (Matos Moctezuma, Eduardo, 2004) for next week's discussion

4 October 2007

Introduction(s)... Paper Assignment...

What is Critical Analysis?... Discussion and Questions