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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm not teaching 1C this term. (I'll be teaching
1SC.) But after recently watching the 2008 renegade, animated
film <EM>Sita Sings the Blues</EM>, I cannot help but think it would be a
rather rich subject for 1C analysis (whether the approaches are intertextual,
semiotic, feminist or oriented toward film or story structure -- pretty
much anything we talk about). I think it might be very fruitfully paired with
many of the readings in <EM>Text Book</EM>, for instance. Since the
film is short, recent, critically acclaimed, unfamiliar to most students,
and can now be viewed <A
href="http://www.thirteen.org/sites/reel13/blog/watch-sita-sings-the-blues-online/347/">online</A>,
it occurs to me that someone out there might be thinking about having students
analyze it. If you are, I'd love to hear how it goes. If you weren't originally
considering it, but decide you like the idea, feel free to run with it.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Gray</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>