Final Reflection
I really enjoyed this class and it put me outside of my comfort zone. Especially during the beginning of the class I was not completely sure how to approach the material. Classics/ comparative lit is still relatively new to me, […]
Chloe
Food, Banquets, and Triumph
This is my video, definitely improvements to be made 🙂 Link to watch the video in a new tab:
Appetizer: Biomechanical Theater and the Grotesque
For my appetizer presentation I wanted to look at images of the grotesque in Biomechanical theater. Biomechanics is a stylized character study created by a Russian director (Meyerhold) who formatted acting exercises for his actors so that his actors’ bodies […]
Appetizer Reflection: East Asian Art and the Grotesque + Carnivalesque
I’m really happy with how my presentation went. I had a lot of fun sharing with the class some of the art I grew up learning about, and I thought that everyone was engaged with the material and seemed interested […]
Appetizer Idea
For my appetizer presentation, I want to draw connections between the grotesque and carnivalesque to ancient East Asian art. Through this, I want to show how these themes are cross-cultural, and that the carnivalesque and grotesque have been present throughout […]
