"Last": traveling etymologies

6 Novembro 2017, 10:00 • Zuzanna Zarebska

Discussing Ali Smith's short story "Last" and her concept of traveling etymologies. How does language evolve and why? What is translation? Students' presentations.

Watching 'Secrets and Lies' by Mike Leigh (part II)

6 Novembro 2017, 08:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA

Watching 'Secrets and Lies' by Mike Leigh (part 2)

Discussing character construction and cinematic techniques.

Reading and discussing two filmreveiews : ' Secrets and Lies' by Jonathan Romney (The Gardian) and 'Life is sweet after all... Secrets and Lies Mike Leigh' by Adam Mars-Jones (The Independent).

Students were asked to carry A4 sheets of paper for a class writing exercise .

'Crits' session

30 Outubro 2017, 16:00 • Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim

Watching 'Secrets and Lies' by Mike Leigh

30 Outubro 2017, 14:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA

Watching 'Secrets and Lies' by Mike Leigh (part I)

Discussion of American Dream as presented in the movie Elizabethtown

30 Outubro 2017, 12:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Watched 3 sections of Cameron Crow'e film Elizabethtown (2005) - the initial corporate American scenes and treatment of failure; the return to Kentucky and the final road trip scene to discuss the concept of the American Dream and being alive in America as presented in the movie Elizabethtown. Preparation of students presentations of Deep South which will begin in the next class.