take notes

”The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” by Walter Benjamin

The written assignment for this reading is not an essay. It is a compilation of your notes.

You will be taking copious notes for each numerical section of the essay I-XV. There are 14 numerical sections. 

Please read the entire text which includes the preface and the epilogue. These passages will provide context.

Example of layout for the assignment:

1) I          notes

2) II       notes, notes

3) III     notes and notes

4) IV    even more notes

5) V     blah blah blah

6) VI   notes notes notes 

7) VII  etc.

8) VIII ????

9) IX     ????

10) X   ????

11) XI   ????

12) XII  ????

13) XIII ????

14) XIV  ????

15) XV final notes

Notes on taking notes:

Use your own words.

Citing quotations is okay but avoid simply copying quotations.

Identify the ideas of the text.

Summarize the ideas of the text.

Compare and contrast the ideas of the text.

Synthesize these ideas.

Reflect on the text by using your own scholarly opinions.