Introduction and Video: Against Interpretation
This handout introduces Susan Sontag’s views on modern art and art criticism in Regarding Susan Sontag, and reflects on students’ own relationship to art as viewers
ART & LIT LESSON 1: HANDOUT 1
1 class period (45-60 min)
VIDEOS:
Against Interpretation Video and Transcript
HANDOUTS:
Unit Background
Handout 1
Notes on Sontag (as needed)
About the Film (as needed)
TEACHING PLAN:
- Art and Culture
Medium > Visual Arts
Subject Matter > Art History
- History and Social Studies
Themes > Culture
- Literature and Language Arts
Genre > Essay
Place > American
Place > Modern World
- Analysis
- Critical thinking
- Cultural analysis
- Discussion
- Evaluating arguments
- Interpretation
- Media analysis
- Making inferences and drawing conclusions
- Summarizing
- Visual art analysis
- Writing skills
- ELA Reading: 1, 7
- ELA Speaking & Listening: 1-2
- HSS Reading: 1-2, 7
OR complete the lesson now with one of our Student Activity Options
- Screen Regarding Susan Sontag and discuss with our Educational Screening Guide before the lesson.
- Reflection questions may also be assigned as short essays or response papers.