Get out yer critical thinkin’ skills gunslingers, this week is the Western!
(It's film, I know, but this is my favourite western theme out there, and truly a classic.)
For the Newcomb piece and our screening of Have Gun, Will Travel:
- Newcomb outlines the conventional argument about Westerns, then proposes a counter argument about its social significance. What are these two arguments? Do you buy his use of Have Gun to support his position?
- How does Newcomb position the TV western as engaging with social issues of its time? How do the generic and medium specific differences between TV and film westerns support the TV western making a different kind of social commentary than filmic westerns?
- How does Newcomb construct and support his argument? (hint: you should address his method, evidence, and strategies of argumentation)
- What problems did you see in Newcomb’s argument, analysis, or writing? How would you have improved them?
See you Wednesday. Cowboy boots and hats strongly encouraged.
Josh
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