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Choose one of the follow articles. Read the article and then answer the KQ, stating examples from the article and your opinion.
At least a one paragraph response (5 sentences) due by the end of class.
French jail break
AoKs/WoKs: The arts, human sciences
KQs: Does art imitate life, or does life imitate art?
Category: Article
Link: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/frances-enemy-number-one-armed-robber-redoine-faid-is-now-on-the-run-after-a-spectacular-jail-break-8577291.html
Description: The story of French armed robber (and 'enemy number one') Redoine Faid suggests a life dedicated to emulating Hollywood movies. Are we inspired by films and books, or do we inspire them?
Source: The Independent
Salinger becomes more human
AoKs/WoKs: The arts
KQs: To what extent do we need to know an artist to understand their work? Should an artist's 'morality' be measured in terms of their life or work?
Category: Article
Link: www.nytimes.com/2013/04/24/books/9-letters-from-young-j-d-salinger-unearthed.html?ref=arts&_r=0
Description: New letters by the ultimate artistic recluse, J.D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye, have just been discreleased. Dave Itzkoff discusses whether this helps us to understand the writer and his work better.
Source: The New York Times
Brainwashed by art
AoKs/WoKs: The arts, human sciences, emotion, ethics
KQs: Why is art so powerful in persuading us to behave in a certain way? Is propaganda useful or damaging to society? What is the difference between propaganda and advertising?
Category: Exhibition images
Link: www.bl.uk/whatson/exhibitions/propaganda/index.html
Description: The British Library are running a large exhibition highlighting the power of government propaganda throughout the ages and from various regions. The diversity and extent of exhibits demonstrates the importance governments place in trying to shape the minds of their citizens.
Source: British Library
At least a one paragraph response (5 sentences) due by the end of class.
French jail break
AoKs/WoKs: The arts, human sciences
KQs: Does art imitate life, or does life imitate art?
Category: Article
Link: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/frances-enemy-number-one-armed-robber-redoine-faid-is-now-on-the-run-after-a-spectacular-jail-break-8577291.html
Description: The story of French armed robber (and 'enemy number one') Redoine Faid suggests a life dedicated to emulating Hollywood movies. Are we inspired by films and books, or do we inspire them?
Source: The Independent
Salinger becomes more human
AoKs/WoKs: The arts
KQs: To what extent do we need to know an artist to understand their work? Should an artist's 'morality' be measured in terms of their life or work?
Category: Article
Link: www.nytimes.com/2013/04/24/books/9-letters-from-young-j-d-salinger-unearthed.html?ref=arts&_r=0
Description: New letters by the ultimate artistic recluse, J.D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye, have just been discreleased. Dave Itzkoff discusses whether this helps us to understand the writer and his work better.
Source: The New York Times
Brainwashed by art
AoKs/WoKs: The arts, human sciences, emotion, ethics
KQs: Why is art so powerful in persuading us to behave in a certain way? Is propaganda useful or damaging to society? What is the difference between propaganda and advertising?
Category: Exhibition images
Link: www.bl.uk/whatson/exhibitions/propaganda/index.html
Description: The British Library are running a large exhibition highlighting the power of government propaganda throughout the ages and from various regions. The diversity and extent of exhibits demonstrates the importance governments place in trying to shape the minds of their citizens.
Source: British Library