Assignment Paper

SUBMIT HARD COPIES TO CMA DROP BOX (CFT 221) OR EMAIL AS AN ATTACHMENT TO YOUR TA
ANSWER BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN ESSAYS OF ~500 WORDS EACH.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: SUBMIT A SINGLE DOCUMENT THAT INCLUDES, ALONG WITH THE TWO
ESSAYS, A TITLE PAGE THAT INCLUDES THE ASSIGNMENT TITLE, YOUR NAME, YOUR TA’S NAME, AND
THE COURSE NUMBER. THE ESSAYS ARE TO BE DOUBLE-SPACED, WITH PAGE NUMBERS, AND A WORKS
CITED PAGE.
ANSWER BOTH QUESTIONS IN ESSAYS OF ~500 WORDS: WHILE ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS, INCLUDE
RELEVANT REFERENCES TO AS MUCH COURSE MATERIAL AS POSSIBLE.
QUESTION 1: REFERRING TO THE ASSIGNED READINGS BY RICHARD DYER, DOUGLAS KELLNER,
AND DAVID COOK, DISCUSS JEZEBEL (1938) AS AN EXEMPLARY HOLLYWOOD FILM. IN YOUR
RESPONSE, DISCUSS THEMATIC AND FORMAL ELEMENTS OF THE FILM, ANALYZE IT AS A PRODUCT
OF THE “CULTURE INDUSTRIES” AND CONSIDER ITS IMPACT AS MASS CULTURE. (ANSWER IN AN
ESSAY OF ~500 WORDS)
QUESTION 2: USE INSIGHTS FROM THE ASSIGNED READINGS BY HERMAN GRAY AND LYNN SPIGEL
TO SUPPORT LOUIS ALTHUSSER’S CLAIM THAT IDEOLOGY IS OUR IMAGINED RELATIONSHIP TO
REALITY AND PROVIDE AT LEAST 3 EXAMPLES FROM IN-CLASS SCREENINGS OF HOW MOVIES AND
TV, BY INTERPELLATING AUDIENCES AS SUBJECTS, SERVE AS IDEOLOGICAL STATE APPARATUSES.
(ANSWER IN AN ESSAY OF ~500 WORDS)
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