Overview
Prompt: Comparing the written texts with the documentary, how does watching / viewing a historical document differ from reading about the same events?
Please make sure to make comparison
Reading:
- Read: Spence, “Introduction” “Reopening the Doors” and “Redefining Revolution” 559-614 access link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/138z5JDOecQ7RLhMhd...
- Read: “A Hero for Our Times” and “Mastering New China,” in SANG Ye, et al. ed. China Candid (2006) (attached)
- Spence, “Levels of Power” and “Testing the Limits”, pp. 615-665 same link as above
- Read: “Testing the Limits” in Chen (attached)
- Watch: Carma Hinton, dir. “The Gate of Heavenly Peace” (1995) link:
Cite from the text you're examining - be specific, page numbers and quotes
you don't have to quote all readings
it's okay to use first person. (eg. I think, I argue etc.)
respond directly to the prompt
Please pay attention to: argument, engagement, originality, structure, mechanics
do not use any outside materials
500 words