Pygmalion

ART 2730, Integrated Arts

Final Exam Essay

Rubric and Learning Objectives

This final essay documents your ability to integrate the various disciplines presented in this class. Your job is to critically analyze and compare the Greek myth Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion, and one of the film versions: either the 1938 film Pygmalion or the 1964 film My Fair Lady. Use your journal, homework assignments and handouts to review and formulate your ideas and conclusions related to the theme of “metamorphosis”, as interrupted through the various adaptations of the Pygmalion myth presented this semester. The film clips shown in class are now at the college library reserve desk for you review, should you need to see them again. Ask for ART 2730 digital disc at the front desk. Write your essay incorporating the vocabulary learned in this course, translating your analysis into a cohesive, verbal statement.

Learning Objectives: The Final Essay is designed to insure that you have learned to express in writing the following learning objectives. In your essay you should 1) demonstrate knowledge and appropriate application of key vocabulary within each discipline; 2) analyze the interconnection of dance, theatre, film, visual arts, and music; 3) integrate aspects of all disciplines found in various adaptations of a Greek myth as it is interpreted through time and culture; and 4) explain the impact and personal meaning of the humanities.

Rubric

Read and follow the directions for the format and content of the Final Exam Essay, which is titled, Final Essay Guidelines provided within the Traveling Through a Myth unit. The paper will be graded using the following rubrics:

1. Introduction/Description: The writer clearly states his intention with a topic sentence and a thesis statement. The paper clearly identifies the works chosen and sets the pace and tone of the essay. (15 points)

2. Analysis: The writer accurately describes the chosen works, citing visual, auditory, theatrical, and rhythmic elements that contribute to the dominant theme, meaning and mood of each piece, which supports the thesis put forth in the first paragraph. (35 points)

3. Evaluation: The paper communicates a clear judgment, with evidence to support the writer’s evaluation about the comparison among the chosen works. (35 points)

4. Style: The paper is suitable to college level work, using proper grammar, correct spelling and appropriate vocabulary for each discipline addressed (15 points)

The writer will submit this paper through the Assignment function on Blackboard. Click on Traveling Through a Myth, then go to the Final Exam Essay assignment and click on View/Complete. Submit paper as a separately attached document. Use rich text or Microsoft Word. Do not paste work into the text box.

Download the assignment directions and read them carefully as you write the Final Essay.

Make sure your name, date, and title are at the top of the paper.