Sumários

Discussion of last class's film screening. Bob Dylan (cont.). Creative writing exercise.

28 Novembro 2016, 16:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Discussion of last class's film screening.

Bob Dylan: context of the 60s - Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam War protests, etc.

http://popularamericana.blogspot.pt/2016/11/bob-dylan-and-macrosystem-30s-to-1965.html
“Subterranean Homesick Blues” – does rock allow for literature more than folk?

“Hettie Brown” – 1964, The Times they Are A-Changing

Creative writing exercise.

Participation in the Shakespeare celebrations: screening "Romeo + Juliet" by Baz Luhrmann.

23 Novembro 2016, 16:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Participation in the Shakespeare celebrations (400 years): screening "Romeo + Juliet" by Baz Luhrmann.

Presentation by James Brandon Baptista Kapena.

Decision on final essays. Bob Dylan and the American cultural context 1940s-1970. From folk to rock.

21 Novembro 2016, 16:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Discussion and decision about final essays.

Affective reading of lyrics from the song "The Ballad of Hollis Brown" (1962).

Bob Dylan and the American Cultural context:

The importance of the folk scene in the early 1960s: appreciation of "Blowing in the Wind" (1963).

Lecture "Messengers from the Stars"

16 Novembro 2016, 16:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Attendance of lecture by Katherine Fowkes, "A Deal with the Devil?: Zombies vs. Tricksters as Cinematic Magic" in the Conference "Messengers from the Stars: episode IV" (room Anfiteatro IV)

Debate #4: DC vs Marvel; Conclusion of Watchmen. Tribute to Leonard Cohen and introduction to folk.

14 Novembro 2016, 16:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Debate #4: DC vs Marvel
Conclusion of Watchmen and guidelines for final essay:

http://popularamericana.blogspot.pt/2016/11/fearful-symmetry-adaptation-citation.html
Tribute to Leonard Cohen and introduction to folk.