Academic papers on Music, Film, Television, Theater & Photography

Avant-Garde Music of the 1920s vs.
A 10 page paper which examines how the music of the European and American avant-garde illustrated the rebellions they and their supporters wished to stage against the
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Marxist Themes in O Brother Where Art Thou?
A 4 page essay/research paper that analyzes the Coen Brothers' film O Brother, Where Art Thou? In terms of Marxist ideology. The writer argues that the characters, uniformly, express an overwhelming concern with capitalism, money and in placing...
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A Documentary From a Rogerian Perspective
A 6 page research paper that, first of all, focuses on one of these girls, Anna, and then introduces the principles of therapy developed by Carl Rogers, and how this particular method of counseling would have facilitated Anna's task of developing...
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Diary of a Mad Black Woman/Film Review
A 5 page film review/summation of Diary of a Mad Black Woman (directed by Darren Grant for Lions Gate, 2005). The writer argues that this film tries to be all things to all people. The film tries hard to be a comedy, as it features the outrageous...
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Anti-romantic elements in neo-classical music of the early twentieth century
A paper which looks at the development of neoclassical music, such as that of Stravinsky, in the early twentieth century, with particular reference to the rejection of the Romantic movement and the socio-cultural changes brought about by the First...
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An Analysis of Bowling for Columbine
This 3 page paper evaluates the film in the context of concepts to come from a textbook. Many details are relayed and explored. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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American History X/Social Process Theory
A 6 page research paper that combines a film review of American History X (1998) with an analysis of the film in terms of social process theory as an explanation of juvenile delinquency. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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A 3 page paper which examines whether or not the play
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Cinema: writing in images
A paper which considers the definition of film as "writing in images", with reference to the difference between written and visual texts, and the function of iconography within cinema. Bibliography lists one source
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A 4 page analysis of the play
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Marriage in
A 4 page paper which examines the condition of marriage in the main characters from Henrik Ibsen
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Theatre of the Absurd: Ionesco and Beckett
A paper which looks at the way in which the Theatre of the Absurd does away with traditional dramatic conventions in order to explore the instability and irrationality of the human condition. Examples from the works of Ionesco and Beckett are...
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Jack Nicholson
This 4 page paper examines the persona of Jack Nicholson and how he exemplifies American values and culture. Jack Nicholson's personal life and roles are explored. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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The Folk Musical and the Film
A 5 page paper which examines how the film adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage production fits the folk musical semantics and syntax described in Rick Altman
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The Allure of Dead Composers
A 6 page paper reviewing articles by Weber (1977) and Burkholder (1983) discussing the development of the classics and the inability of living composers to eclipse their popularity. The dichotomy had its origins in the mid-19th century, toward the...
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