The prompt for Kathleen Telfer's essay was the following: Using the Aristotelian theory of art as mimesis, analyze a work of art of your choice (preferably a movie or a painting) and explain how well this theory works (or fails to work) for that particular artistic medium. I really liked Kathleen's paper because it wasn't merely an answer to the assignment, but a clever reformulation of it. It is a fresh, amusing, ironic and genuinely original essay that stands out not only for its good arguments but for its frank and playful tone that reveals that good writing can and should be fun. Catalina Pereda, Instructor, Great Books 191 Department of Comparative Literature
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First-Year Writing 2010