INSTRUCTIONS: Interesting statue you chose and one that I think many of us have probably walked by and seen in our daily routines. While your opening paragraph did a nice job with describing the statue, the assignment really called for you to engage with the statue not the history of the person represented in the statue. So while the information on the history of Lincoln may be important, you need to connect that history to the making of the statue what it stands for. Additionally, the assignment required you to have a conversation either with the statue or the maker of the statue and ask question or critically assess the statue, your paper just describes the history of Lincoln and what he did in real life-once again you need to connect those points to your analysis of the statue itself.
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PREVIOUS PAPER INSTRUCTIONS (#377502099): Monument and Memorial Conversation Paper:
Goal:
Why “writing in conversation”? Conversations are dialogues between individuals. Conversations are encounters; they open up the potential to understand new or different ideas, through debate, exchange, and reflection. Therefore, Writing in Conversation with an author/artist gives you the opportunity to engage, from your perspective, their ideas, but in a way that gives you the opportunity to ask questions, disagree, or expand a writer’s ideas. As with all good conversations, you will want to demonstrate that you understand the artist/author’s argument, or viewpoint (no one likes to be misunderstood). From that foundation, imagine you want to start a conversation with that person. How might you respond to her / him? What would you ask that individual? How would you explain to that person the experiences or background that give rise to your response?
The intention of Writing in Conversation is to cultivate the habit of either close reading (listening) or viewing ideas, not just to glean information, and then consider your own response to those ideas. Because this is just the beginning of a conversation, the length for the Writing in Conversation piece is short -see below for formatting details).
Suggestions for a fruitful conversation:
First, Choose a monument or memorial from this list:
https://www.nycgovparks.org/art-and-antiquities/permanent-art-and-monuments
Or Google NYC Memorials or Monuments to choose a local one.
Second, Visit this monument or memorial online or if can be done safely, in person. Gather basic “biographical” information on the memorial or monument: name, artist, date made, location, why? For whom? What was the goal of the artist(s)? Then begin the essay by stating directly the artist’s one big idea and SUMMARIZE how this idea was carried out via display and incorporate the other “biographical” aspects of the memorial or monument you learned.
Now, what would you say about it? Come at it from your perspective--what do you want to say to the artist? To the curator/museum? What questions do you have? What more is there to be explored? Do you object? Does the artist’s argument bear up under closer scrutiny? Does it represent a selective view? How does it connect to what you are learning in this class (or others)?