Thank you professor Dana for such a Wonderful Class!
http://www.myspace.com/tohellwithitall_gregor
Luisa Sierra
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Final Exam Topic: This Exam consists of two parts:
I. 75% You will design a MySpace page for Gregor Samsa. This page will be replete with visual effects, but must also contain a minimum of 800 words (this does not include listed items such as “favorite songs,” but rather I’m looking for some paragraphs). You might accomplish this in the “About Me” paragraph, or by inventing friends who you can link to your myspace page to post comments about Gregor, or by creating a blog with journal entries (customizing your page as a blog is a feature available through your profile).
II. 25% You must post your MySpace link to the designated Gworks “Exam 3” Blog NO LATER THAN Sunday, December 9th at 11:59 p.m. E.T. Additionally, to receive full credit for this exam, you must visit and post extended comments to THREE of your peers’ MySpace exam links; these posts must be completed by Sunday, December 16th at 11:59 p.m. E.T.
This assignment requires research and thought, and some technical savvy. For example, notice that you will list some of Gregor’s favorite films and hobbies, as well as his religious and sexual orientation. Don’t simply do a Google search on “Existentialism and Movies” – rather, put some real thought into Gregor’s identity and what he would enjoy. Feel free to “invent” his religious and sexual orientation based on impressions you got of him from Kafka’s text. The writing you add to your MySpace page should explain some of the choices made. Anyone visiting your page should gain some basic knowledge of Gregor Samsa AND of Existentialism as a philosophy. Gregor should be presented as a real person, not as a character from Kafka’s Metamorphosis.
With regard to technical issues, I have provided some links below to help customize your MySpace page. Do not procastinate; as you have five weeks to complete this webpage I expect to see great things, not a basic template. Don’t panic if you have never used MySpace—this is a challenge to your computer literacy skills, but you have adequate time and resources to learn the basics and produce a quality page, and you will ultimately gain confidence when you see your accomplishments.
There are no restrictions for this project. Feel free to download images off the internet, link songs from other pages, upload photos you’ve taken, invent film and music titles, invent Gregor’s lifestyle, etc. You may also contact your group members for feedback.
http://www.myspacezor.com/
http://www.modmyspace.com/
http://lifehacker.com/software/css/customize-your-myspace-layout-150531.php
http://www.minutecity.com/
4 comments:
Hi,
Your blog is very creative! I like the design and the pictures that you choose.
Nice work!
Luisa:
This post is very creative and artistic, and the art design and layout looks so professional! I especially like your photos; using “The Scream” really communicated the sense of estrangement I imagine Gregor felt, and the horror at his metamorphosis. I like your comment about Gregor’s boss having the power to make him “feel like a cockroach.” And it is an interesting idea to suggest that Gregor was gay, and felt that it was God’s retribution to turn him into a bug.
Very entertaining myspace!
best, Len
Hi Luisa,
Very creative and professionally done. Design is great: color of background, pictures, song. Looks like you spent some time for this assignment.
Hey Luisa,
The page was awesome! The profile pic and the music were interesting. "Existentialism on Prom Night"? where'd you find that? And Portishead is on e of my favorite groups of all time (DUMMY!!!) The poem/blog was cool, it had a real dark feel and you could see that his life was a it gloomy, but you made him seem like he was coming back to avenge his death.
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