Hum2250 sm2018 research project description

1. TWENTIETHCENTURYHUMANITIESProfessor Will Adams · Wadams5@valenciacollege.edu
Osceola Campus · Building 3, Room 208
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:45 – 11:20 AM
Research project instructions
For your research assignment, you will be tasked with researching a piece of art, and
then reinterpreting it in your own creative way. The following will guide you through the basic
process you will use to create your reinterpretation:
1. You will be assigned a work of art, music, sculpture, or architecture as a research topic.
2. Once you’ve received your topic, perform research on it.
3. For a four-page research project, you should use no fewer than 6 credible sources.
i. Apart from the databases available through Valencia’s libraries, none of your sources
may come from the Internet (i.e. Google search results, Wikipedia, etc.)
4. After you’ve completed your research and have a good understanding of the piece of art’s
message or purpose, use what you’ve learned to create your own interpretation of it.
• You may, and in fact are encouraged to, change the medium from the original
work of art to your own. For instance, if you choose a painting, you may
reinterpret that as a painting, a song, a film, etc.
• Be sure the medium you choose caters to your own abilities and interests, not
the original artist’s.
• Possible media to consider for your interpretation include photography, fashion
design, painting, dance, sculpture, modeling, film, or poetry.
• Be creative and “think outside the box”!
5. Finally, craft a research paper that first discusses the original artwork, as you understand it
from your research.
• This section should make up the bulk of your paper’s length – at least 3 pages. In
addition, you should not use first or second person point-of-view when writing
this section of your paper.
• After discussing the original artwork, then discuss your own interpretation. Be
sure to explain your own perspective and creative choices. This is the only
section of your paper in which you are allowed to use first-person point-of-view
(i.e. “After completing my research on Andy Warhol, I concluded that…”).

2. • Collectively, the written component of your project should total 4 full pages (not
including a cover or Works Cited pages).
• Your text should be double-spaced, set in Arial size 12 font, and have standard
1” margins. Use proper MLA style citation for in-text citations, and Works Cited
page.
6. Both the artistic and the written components of your project are due in class on Tuesday,
July 3rd
. A draft may be submitted to me for review & feedback on Tuesday, July 17th
.
In Conclusion: Have as much fun as you can with this! This assignment isn’t meant as a
punishment, but rather as an opportunity for you to blend your academic skills with personal
expression. The more passionate you are about your chosen topic, that less “work” this
assignment will be.