This is sub assigmnets that is about 2001 space odessey in Kubrick film and the book of Arthur C Clarke’s. I gave all the instructions as Google doc and i will attach. The only source you would use are the book of Arthur C Clarke’s and kubrick film. other sources you don’t need to cite both in-text or citation.
I will also attach marxim idea of Alination and Formalism and Structalism notes.
Assginment 3
The assignment for Friday, Jan 28th is to do a short critical reflection regarding the question of CHOICE, in consideration of the brief lesson on defamiliarization.
Describe one artistic choice that 2001 space odessy made in the “Dawn of Man sequence” (and perhaps in the early scenes of the spaceships that follow) that you think “impart[s] the sensation of things as they are perceived and not as they are known”, or that otherwise makes something familiar or recognizable unfamiliar or unrecognizable– in short, that makes things “strange”. How does it do this, and what meaning do think this has? If the film had chosen something else, how would the meaning change (in other words, what is this choice matter)? For example, why does 2001 CHOOSE the monolith? Why that object and not something else? What else could 2001 have chosen or (and how, by choosing this instead, is a different theme or meaning expressed)? You can consider this or other choices that the film made.
Assigmnet 4
Analyze Chapters 1-6 of Arthur C Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey novel, and to write up a pre-critical response about what you find interesting regarding the difference between the film Kubrick 2001 Space odyssey and the book.
Keep in mind that Kubrick’s movie was not ADAPTED from the book. Kubrick and Clarke wrote the screenplay together, and Clarke wrote his own version of the story, a novel based on the story that was conceived together with Kubrick. The screenplay was inspired by a couple of Clarke’s short stories, which we will also read, but the stories are quite different from the novel and the film. What this means is that Kubrick and Clarke are NOT telling the same story– in other words, Clarke’s novel does not “explain” the film, even if it may provide some detail worth considering.
Assignment 5:
apply Marxist interpretation of alienation to the “Dawn of Man” sequence in 2001 (you can do aither the film or the chapters from the Clark novel, or both).I attached a file where you can find the definition of Marxist interpretation regarding alienation.
Assigmnet 6
apply a STRUCTURALIST approach by doing a close viewing of the “Dawn of Man” sequence from Kubrick’s 2001 film and/or from Arthur C Clarke’s novel; consider at least one dramatic or symbolic juxtaposition (on a “horizontal” axis) and explore at least one “choice” the “vertical” axis).
To explore the horizontal axis, consider specifically WHAT is in tension (i.e., “syntagmatic” combinations), then consider how those tensions are unified in ambiguous and complex ways. What is the MEANING of the things in tension? Is it the parallel structure before and after the monolith? The cut from the monolith to the ape with the bone? the cut from the bone to the spaceship?
To explore the vertical axis, think in terms of paradigmatic choice, but this time in context: how does the CHOICE of the monolith– or any other choices Kubrick or Clark made– affect the meaning of the narrative? How would the meaning change if different choices were made?
Assignment 9
Analyze chapters 10-13 of Clarke’s 2001 (note that we will probably focus on 12-13) and write up a pre critical reflection. This selection corresponds to the Clavius Base and second monolith sequence from Kubrick’s film.
Pre Critical response:
Setting, Plot, Atmosphere, Character.
Assignment 11:
Analyze chapters 27 through 30 of Arthur C Clarke’s 2001. Note that in chapter 27, different reasons are given for HAL’s failure. Write up your pre-critical.
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