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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Calibri">ENG 497.01W</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Calibri"> and ENG 697.01W</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Calibri">: The Second Hobbit Film</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Calibri">Winter 2014 Mini-Mester</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">English 497</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">697</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">are</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> the course designation</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> for Literature and Languages</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">undergraduate and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">graduate special topics courses. The number</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> exist to provide faculty and students the chance to explore special topics not part of the regular curriculum. English 497</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> and English 697</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> may be taken more than once for credit, as long as the topic changes. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The topic for this winter mini-mester class is</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I> <FONT FACE="Calibri">The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> (2013). The class will focus on the film as the primary text (previous knowledge of J. R. R. Tolkien's novel is not required!), with reading and writing assignments designed to teach students how to understand and apply four critical paradigms of film adaptation. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">Required Texts</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Picturing Tolkien: Essays on Peter Jackson's</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> The Lord of the Rings</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Film</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Trilogy. Edited by Janice M. Bogstad and Philip E. Kaveny. Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-4636-0. McFarland.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">"</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I><FONT FACE="Calibri">The Accidental Tourist</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> On Page and on Screen; Interrogating Normative Theories About Film Adaptation," Karen Kline.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Literature Film Quarterly</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> 24.1 (1996): 70-81.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">NOTE: This academic article is available in our university's full-text database; you will not be buying a copy. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">English 497</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri"> assignments will consist of:</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">1. Viewing the film in the theatres at least three times between December 13 and December 22. There will be online discussion (informal writing assignments) associated with all three viewings; there will be assigned film terminology and adaptation questions for two viewings.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">2. Posting in the online discussions (which will be a major part of the class grade because that's the way to get writing into a mini-mester); and,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">3. Writing a 3 page proposal for an essay, with a working bibliography of 3-5 academic sources. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">We will also do a group review/discussion of the film for posting in my Tolkien Studies blog. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">English</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT FACE="Calibri">6</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">97</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri"> assignments will consist of:</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">1. Viewing the film in the theatres at least three times between December 13 and December 22. There will be online discussion (informal writing assignments) associated with all three viewings; there will be assigned film terminology and adaptation questions for two viewings.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR>
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</SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">2. Posting in the online discussions (which will be a major part of the class grade because that's the way to get writing into a mini-mester); and,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">3. Writing a 5 page formal proposal for an essay, with a working bibliography of 7-10 academic sources.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri"><BR>
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</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Calibri">We will also do a group review/discussion of the film for posting in my Tolkien Studies blog.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Robin Anne Reid | Professor of English</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Department of Literature and Languages</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="mailto:Robin.Reid@tamuc.edu"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Robin.Reid@tamuc.edu</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Texas A&M University-Commerce</FONT></SPAN></P>
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